New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-28
Wireless Station on Eiffel
Tower Evidently German
Airman's Target.
ZEPPELIN MAKES
A BELGIAN TOUR
Four Missiles In All Hurled from
Taube Aeroplane on the
French Capital.
By c. NMAN BARNARD.

Paris, Sept. 27.-The latest exploit
of German air lieutensnts nearly made
vacancies in the United States diplo-
matte service.
A Taube seroplane, profting by the
autumnal haze, flew unpereeived over
Paris shortly before IL o'clock this
morning until nearly above the Eifei
Tower, when a bright sun burst forth.
Then the aviator, descending to within
thousand yards or so, dropped
bomb arranged like shrapnel, which
fell in Avenue du Trocadero, at the
corner Of Rue de Freycinet, making a
great hole in the macadam roadway,
on which it exploded with an enormous
report.
A man was killed by the projectiie
and a little girl walking with him was
severely wounded. The mans stomach
was ripped open by the shrapnel bull
lets.
The spot where the bomb exploded is
200 yards from the chancellery of the
American Embassy, Rue de Chaillot.
Ambassador Herrick and Mr.. Frazier,
the second secretary of the embassy,
walked over the spot at 10:30 O'Clock
on their way TO the chanceliery, and
returning in an open motor car they
passed over the same point at 1l:lO
o'clock. only five minutes or so before
the bomb crashed on it from the aero
plane.
This is the most formidable bomb
which the Germans have yet dropped
on Paris. The masonry OF houses in
the vicinity was Clipped by the bull
lets. Fragments Of the shell were
found in over a hundred places. Trees
were Clipped and their branches
broken by the flying missiles. Bits OF
iron were thrown over fifty yards
around.
The aerial raider evidently had
planned TO destroy the wireless station
On the Eiffel Tower He followed the first
bomb with three others in more or less
rapid succession, and then vanished
from view.
One of the bombs fell in the Rue
Vineuse, another in the Rue de la
Pompe, where many Americans live,
and the third dropped among a herd Of
cattle on the Auteuil racetrack, now
called the "Paris Ranch" where COW
was killed. Comparatively little dam
age was done by these three bombs.
Crowds, taking advantage of beau
tiful autumn day, were promenading on
the banks OF the Seine when the aerial
warrior appeared. At the sound of the
first explosion the promenaders in that
section first rushed for shelter, and
then as the airship moved on they hur-
ried to the scene of the havoc. A cor
don of police was quickly thrown about
- IL Id NINr Of
the man killed was found and removed.
Nearby the body of the girl was dis
covered. Her legs had been shattered.
Women in the crowd wept audibly as
the child was borne to a hospital.
A flag picked up in the neighborhood
of the EifFel Tower after the seroplane
had encircled it contained this note:
"Parisians attention: This is the
salute of German seroplane.
"v0N DECKEN."
The Spanish Ambassador visited The
place in the Avenue /du Trocadero
where the two victims were hit, and
the American Ambassador also maIe
a close study of the incident.
Among the houses damaged was the
residence OF the Prince of Monaco.
Buildings near the Eiffel Tower. con-
tanning army stores, also suffered con-
siderably. At the time of the attack
services were being conducted in the
American Holy Trinity Church. in the
Avenue de PAlma. Many Of the con-
gregation fed to the street.
London, Sept. PA Zeppelin air
ship made bomb dropping tour during
the night, whiting several Belgian
cities, according to a dispatch to the
Reuter- Telegram Company from os-
tend. The airship passed over Alost,
Client. Dynze, Minelbeke and Rolleg-
Rem, dropping five bombs.
Az Dynze u man eighty-two years old
was mortslly injured. He happened to
be in the vicinity of a hospital upon
the roof Of which bomb struck Going
considerable damage to the building.
Another bomb, dropped at Rolleghem.
old no damage.
Retiring by way Of Thielt, the Zep-
pelin dropped two bombs upon the gas
works there, causing considerable
monetary loss. The sirship then pro-
ceeded by wan of Courtrai in the direc-
tion Of France,