Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-12-18
NUMBER Of KILLED
INCREASED TO 143
Casualty List as Result of Ger
man Naval Raid Grows
With Rapidity.
MORE THAN 500 WOUNDED
British Coast Patrol Ships En-
gagged Enemy During
Bombardment.
MORE THAN 500 WOUNDED

Especial Gable TO The Times Dispatch ]
LONDON. December 1.-THE casual
~ list as a result of the German naval
RAID on the east coast OF England early
Yesterday morning, in which four
towns we're shelled. many lives lost
and many of the inhabitants severely
wounded, is growing with startling
Figures tonight show that i43 per-
sons we're killed. OF whom only small
percentage were combatants. and 53I
have been reported wounded
simultaneously with the receipt Of
the report OF casualties from West
iiartlcpool. where the official list In
Hartlepool and West Hartlepool has
reached the figure of seventy nine
Killed and $40 wounded. there came the
first definite news that the German
ships had peen engaged by The British
coast patrol ships while carrying on
the bombardment
The admiralty announced tonight.
through tho official press bureau that
the light cruiser Patrol and the tor
2cdo destroyer Doom were among the
British warships that attacked the Ger
man raiders. They were heavily en-
gagged. and came OFF with some casual
iits. Aboard the Patrol four were
killed and four wounded, while on the
. Doom one was killed and eleven
wounded
tnomciai reports are that the Ger
man ships did not escape without suf-
fcring severe damage. Several are re-
ported TO have been struck
ENGLISH SHIPS ATTEMPT
TO ISFLICT DAMAGE
Members OF the crew Of the de-
stroyed Doom related how the two
ships. with others whose identity could
struck at the Germans despite their
superior strength. both IN weight OF
guns and ships. and did their best 70
!n!'ict damage. Gunners reported that
several OF their shots were good hits.
Finally the fire OF the German heavy
guns became so terrific that the light
cruisers We're forced to run for il;
The Night cruiser Patrol was laid
down In 1903. She Is $40 feet long
| and 3S.' feet beam. with draft Of
li.2 feet. Her displacement Is 2,9i0
IONS; her speed 25 knots, Her armor
is "a inches thick on the slopes and
| g inches on the fat She carries nine
four-inch (.5Q calibre) guns. eight
three, Founders and two eighteen inch
torpedo tubes above water. Her com
The torpedo-destroyer Doom was laid
down In 1905. She is e2O feet long.
twenty-three feet on the beam and
draws eight feet. Her displa cement
- 90 IONS. and her speed 26.s knots.
Like all the destroyers of the "E" class,
she carries four three-inch guns and
two e!ghteen-inch torpedo tubes above
tn. water line Her complement is
seventy men.
Three ships have already been sunk
by the mines and to-day the British
admiralty closed TO traffic the waters
between Marlborough Head and New
| castle
While the wounded were being land
ed from the British destroyers which
| attacked the Germans at sea. the Of
'icial inquiries into the deaths that
had occurred ashore We're Instituted
The inquest at 1iartlepool was start
ed to-day. and il was officially an
nounccd that the inquiry into the
deaths at Scarborough would open to-
morrow. That ut Whitby Is also ex-
pcctcd To start tomorrow