Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-17

promptly sent to the military au-
thorities of all coast towns and pre-
arranged steps were Immediately
taken everywhere SO as to be pre-
pared in case a raid developed at
other points
For instance, the mayor of Tyne
mouth, on the North sea, eight miles
[ east northeast of Newcastle, imme-
-'ately ordered the gas supply turned
off, directed the police to round up
a large number of aliens and issued
I the following proclamation to the
emere ency committee:
There Is a rumor that battle is
| proceeding in the North sea, and
there is a possibility of a hostile at
tack on Tynemouth. The civil popu-
lation is advised to remain indoors,
/ but if the people wish to leave their
/ dwellings they should proceed in the
| direction of Newcastle.
There is no reason for undue
alarm. and we strongly urge the
population not to leave town, as
/ notice viii be promptly given If we
/ consider this necessary"
| There is much speculation In Lon
/ don as to how far the German raid
/ has succeeded In creating a feeling
/ of uneasiness or pane in other coast
towns.
/ Towns Undisturbed by Raid.
| One of the London newspapers
telegraphed to the mayors of all
coast towns, asking them what ef-
feet the news Of the enemy's visit
had had All replies received so
far indicate that no panic is felt.
Among the replies are the following;
lixstowe-Complete arrangements
have been made here for all eventual
tiles. Business is going on as usual
Great Yarmouth-We have taken
all necessary precautions to protect
the inhabitants in the event Of
bombardment here The people are
quite calm.
Harwich-The city is calm and nor
NAL.
Hull-The excitement over the raid
soon subsided here. We have full
confidence in the navy.
Lowestoft-The raid has not af.
fected our nerves. The emergency
committee has taken every precau-
ton. No attack is expected, but We
are prepared for any contingency.
Many refugees and travelers ar
rived in London from the bombarded
towns during the night. Some of
them showed signs of the raid in
bandages covering minor injuries re-
ceived.
Arthur Wood. manager of the cleo
tric light company at Scarborough,
had his head swathed with bandages
to cover wounds where pieces of shell
mad struck him. His son, who ac-
companied him, was also wounded in
two places. The elder Wood said:
Il was standing in front of my house
tr-A hal faxxr dc Y
and fragments ricochetted from a
window sill and hit both myself and
my son. I took my family TO the
cellar, where we bound up the wounds
and remained there until all sounds
of the bombardment had ceased. We
then decided to leave town for a rest.
Fine Homes Damaged.
1T is my impression that the dam
front was very heavy. The town has
scarcely a window pane left.
AT the first sound of the firing
our soldiers were ordered into the
trenches to prevent any attempts to
land troops
A commercial traveller, who smoked
a cigar on the porch of a hotel at
Scarborough throughout the lombard
ment, said:
Although there was some excite
ment in the town, the attack was over
so soon that there was no panic. The
guns engaged in the attack were ev-
identity of small calibre, as the dam
age done by each shell was confined
10 a small area. Some of the shells
merely cut clean, small holes in build
lngs. passing on harmlessly.
My hotel was struck by several
shells, but nobody was injured. One
shell wrecked two rooms, but neither
of them was occupied"
Another passenger from Scarbor-
oueh, a young housewife, said
AT daybreak 1 glanced out of my
kitchen window and saw three war
ships lying quietly In the haze mile
or two off shore. 1t never occurred.
to me that they were anything but
English ships, so went quietly about
my preparations for breakfast.
shell Goes Through Room.
About eight o'clock l heard the
sound of guns. but paid no particular
notice. A few minutes later there
came a shock-I cannot think of
better word for IT. A shell had struck
the house and passed straight
through the room l was in.
Il was poaching eggs at the time.
/ looked up and saw great holeS in
the walls near the ceiling indicating
the course Of the missile. l was puz-
zled for a moment, and then suddenly
realized that the Germans were she'll
ing Scarborough.
"I took the family to the cellar,
where we remained for an hour. dur
ing which one more .Shell struck the
roof and fell into the drawing room,
smashing up the furniture. Another
shell ploughed up our garden"