The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-10-15
PANIC STRICKEN CITY
IS AWAITING GERMANS
People Fleeing From Ostend as
Fast as Ships Can BE
Provided.
SCENES ARE INDISPENSABLE

Thousands OF Refugees Are Crowded
| on Quays, and Women and Chill
tlrcn Are Trampled in Mad Fright.
! Land Escape Cut on.
OSTENp, October IA (via. London,
October 10: 1910 a. Ml...-ostend's fate
hangs in the balance. The government
military Headquarters went on Tues
day. and, 10000 panic stricken people
twenty miles OF the city.
MS The sims insaSIs tn are fleeing as fast
to England nospitais were emp r"ii
to-day, and the docks we're lined with
ried on filters. while those less severe
~ Wounded hobblcd on canes and
snpor5ea by Red Cross
The wounded were given preference
on on The Ezra transports provided for the
| Cling people were masscd upon the
| docks and terminals attempting to find
man Taube flew over tho harbor and
struck terror to those below. many OF
whom had come here from Antwerp.
! drop bombs on the docks and the great
glass sheds which cover the joint ter
/. minals OF the railways and steamers
BELGIAN SOLDIERS FIRE
ON GERMAN AEROPLANE
The Belgian soldiers guarding tho
=
the fusillade lasted ten minutes. This
created still greater CONSERVATION
among the thousands of women and
! three days on the cement floor OF the
great terminal sheds, their nerves at
F., the breaking point.
Escape + cut or rom all sides by
land, and thousands were still gathered
miserably ON the docks when the last
ers leave Ostcnd at night because OF
the danger from mines. Still the crowds
| dawn and more ships. Z
Even the refugees. who managed to
md deck space on the crowded trans
ports were not relieved of the terrible
strain under which they have been
laboring, FOR the watchful Taube flew
uwGr naH steamers ,h observing their
F, harbor
The ncroplane did not drop bombs.
when civil and military hospitals were
so narrowly missed by exploding shells
thai the Bclgians. charged that the
| Germans were aiming at the hospitals
Last night was a nightmare to the
residents nnsI Of ostend. and the thousands
INVASION. Wounded soldiers We're
brought here by the score from Client
IT is reported that they We're engaged
battle. The allies are said to have been
obliged to withdraw toward the. west
/ OStcnd.
rlrinE IN the direction Of Client was
mearu plainly iii Ostcnd on Monday and
Iucsuay. The terrified refugees who
were at the siege of antwerp bianched
as thex listened to the bombardment
anu Increased the fear, among, the resi-
4 dents Of ostend by describing the nor
rorS atttending the fall of that fortress.
u MoSt OF the business houses In Ostend
4 cioScu Yesterday. and professional mon
merchants and hotel Keepers Joined the
front for fear Of losing places in m" tbn
ever growing line of men. women and
children cfamoring for chance TO
MI taNicabs and cab horses in os-
tend were taken by the army long ago.
so there was little means OF Transport
.huoI, me tram cars were com,nan-
dered by the troops, and civilians had
little chance to ride. The hotels near
crowded with refugees who had money
and who begged for the opportunity
SLEEP i IMno s fn%!r
m WITH GERMANS COMING
Tuesday night brought insistent re-
ports that the Germans would enter
ostend "Wednesday at dawn, with the
result that few slept. At daybreall
GmN niryi street Of os,end was alive with
water front: Hundreds OF fishermen
took their families and friends away
IN their small boats. which sailed out
stream. loaded down with frightened
women and children, carrying their
personal effects wrapped in table
n DAY e So ,irSrasd iix siiFht re-
We're 10 1ns a"S Shs sr%wdn nmGrs
was less than twenty miles away and
ne appearancc Of the taubc in the
me Germans were perfccting their
plan for entering. tho city.
sort pra ren,aiGs no g government of any
,ure. of King Albert and military
headouarters left only the civil guard
nnd rr noisem ,rdo They are attempting
direction. as the burgomaster, head of
The municipal government, also has
left.
The crowds mass about the gang
ways OF the vessels. making the work
OF emharking the, refugees more diff
cult. Women and children are tram
pied in the stampede. as of frightened
ANIMALS at every rumor. Bundles OF
everywhere in confusion. preventing
the free movement of the crowds
Women and children first" is the
announcement the ship officers made in
are lowered 'rh,s rule has been Ell
greatest effort; women cling to their
husbands and other male relatives de-
hantly blocking the eangways. All at
drop their bundles and hasten aboard,
the boats are unayailinG., 1T is all we
ana iniirm woman, staggering under
AHAz'SGfS GSH ,SE,c,.x n.so,,
Ostend to-day is amazingly unlike
the gay Atlantic City of Belgium. which
Formerly attracted most of the fash
lonable pleasure seekers of the world
me shutters are closed on the great
hoteis facing the splendid bathing
beach Rich and poor alike, residents
Of Ostend and refugees Of ali classes
from The interior of Belgium are hud-
/ died together
For days the food of, women and
children has been bread and coffee
provided by committee, which are at
| the. people. in spite of the fact that
j ordinary activities have been suspend
| eu. Now even bread is becoming very
| scarce. The relief boats to Folkestone
are so crowded and hurried that they
| nave l!ttie time to consider the ques-
| non OF meals. and frequently they arc
| unable 10 offer even a cold lunch to tho
refugees crowded into every available
| Marked attention is shown ,ba
] MommMG1 Sollicrs- hv lie fIaI