The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-21
Two Zeppelin. In Raid.

II Is believed At Kings Lynn that Two
IeppeIins took part IN the raid and that
they separated on reaching the coast, one
Eoiug to Yarmouth and the other to Cromer,
Sharingham and Lynn. Warnings reached
Lynn far ahead OF the raider. All pre-
scribcd precautions were observed. These
did not include resistance by firing ut
the airship. Crom"r. over which an air
chip passed. entirely escaped attack, prob
ably because all lights were out The
invader. seeing no lights. went on to
EherinEhsm. which is a smaller village
aud dropped bombs intended for Cromer
on that village. one house was hit and
two holes were blown IN tho ground
Tho people treat the incident as "a pleas
ing thrill. relieving the monotony and
dulncss Of the winter season Fortune
favored Snettisham. where the beautiful
fourteenth century church was missed by
barely 100 yards The conclusion shat
tered windows on the east and south Of
the church
II seems that tho aircraft travelling
toward Hunstanton and Lynn steered by
"a locomotive. trying In keep pace with
~ train whose lights were visible The
driver OF the locomotive was aware Of
1he enemy overhead and crowdng On
steam TO the utmost won the race. The
invader is said to have approached Lynn
at an elevation of only 300 feet.
Tho bombs which exploded were ire
nendously powerful This was shown by
houses one bomb fell among the docks
and destroyed the hydraulic shed. stop
ping the machinery. II was intended
probably 20 wreck the Anglo American
oil Companys depot, the Bentnck Dock
'he post office and the railroad station.
weighed From 90 to 100 Pounds.
An examination OF unexploded bombs
and OF FRA gments OF bombs goes part way
toward answering the question as to what
-ype OF airship was used IN tho raid.
Aeronautical experts believe that air
ships OF the small. nor-rigid Parseval
;ype were employed They are slower
than Zeppelins and can carry less am
Wuuition, hut they are manufactures
quickly. The bombs dropped weighed
lro'r sixty to 100 pounds each.
On tho other hand. one Of the bombs
Lao two propelers and was ~ the type
used in aerial torpedo tubes such as are
lifted 10 ZeppeliuS The destructive re-
It's on the tisu wharf and on St Peters
Plain at Yarmouth lend more color to
The Zeppelin theory.
Apparently the raiders. descri bed in the
German official report as naval airsh!ps
which might mean either Parsovals or
Ieppelins. dropped twenty bombs. II g
row known that only four persons were
Killed and that ten were injured Var
mouth and Kings Lynn were most dam
aged.
the type 90 aircraft comes from Major
Ashley. commanding the National Reserves
AZ Kings Lynn. lie will report officially
that one OF the latest Zeppelin types few
over that town.
The explosive employed has not been
snalyZed. but whatever It's constituents
we're II was extraordinarily powerful. From
one OF the bombs which did not explode
Jumps Or a yelowish substance we're taken
md distributed as souvenirs a teamster
finding a bomb lying under the feet OF
his horse Carelessly kicked II to one
-.de and drove on, ignorant OF the nature
W the object.
Although the damage was insignificant
-here are numerous stories rs to thu eN-
tent OF the broken glass damage The
bomb which Killed an old man and an old
woman at Yarmouth made such hole
IN the street IN front Of the house that
she front Of the house collapsed into the
role. The shoemaker who was killed had
Vsntured into tho street 10 see what was
going on. A piece Of steel tore through
mis- head and embedded itself IN the wal
Of his shop The deck Of small steamer
living at dock was riddled by stee,
fragments.
81. Peters church in Yarmouth wa,
damaged the whole Of the windows or
one side being shattered. In 81 Peter,
Vlla, which was partly wrecked, a mar
escaped with nothing worse than a scAlI
wound. he was pinned under wreckaP,
for several hours before ne was rescued
Portions of Yarmouth and Kings Lynn
r'semble districts where works OF demol
ton had been going on for DAYS
The dense darkness and rising mist
prevented success, ful pursuit OF the raid
"r- and nterfered also with their &C
rlracy in bomb dropping.