, 1915-09-22

The dog which kept guard ou the premt ,es
was also rescued and u cugeI bird from the
first floor above the fir, although while
bringing it downstairs the wire was blown
Oft 1t by tire explosion Of "a b)mb which tt.I
IN u nelghbOnrIng court yard. Such Il case
as the last showed the futlity Of the e%ueny'%
attack, but other cNses were tingir. Some
where IN the suburbs of London there i, a
httie b ock Of houses almost by itself and
divided into small fats. Bombs dropped
squareIy on The roof, and as a working m,.u
aud his wife ON the second floor lescribaI
1t, the whole p%rrtition wall beside their bed
gNVe way and disappeared. The nun pnIled
his wife into the oeutre Of the room aud
went to find the children. Two who slept
in the room under the spot where the b )mbs
fell had vanished with tie room and every
thing in it, their bodies being found two
Days later under the debris. OF others IN
the building eight ran safely to the staircase.
which hnd however been blown away, and
III the dark they fell into the hole where
the sisters bodies were buried beneath the
ruins, the DO lies Of two of the occupants
Of the first floor being subs Qlently recov-
cred. The worst effects of luo bombs were
fell on the ground floor, II plrt Of the body
OF the man who occupied 1t being found 15D
yards away. Bombs dropped in II street
blew in the front Of a shop aud spent their
maln force on q passing motorbus on which
70 persons were driving, including The driver
and conductor, 8 being killed aud the rest
injured, the driver, who had both legs blown
Oft, dying in IL hospital. These incidents
alone, which account for nearly hall the
deaths, will suffice to show the nature of the
success attending the attack upon London
The net result of the weeks raids in tue
London district were 80 persons killed and
124 injured, 2 policemen aud l Army Ser
wee Corps man being among the victims.
No other man IN uniform was either killed
OF injured.
a Reuters despatch from Petrogrnd sny4
that the fate OF Wilma hangs IN the bnlance.
The latest letters from there stnte that can
nouading has been heard without inlerrlp.
ton day and night and that bombed oppinr
aeropIanes are constant visitors. Three acre
planes were brought down recently. The
evacuation Of Government institutions has
been completed and the contents of laclorlts
are being removed, 1000 workmen having
nlready left. The supply of sugar has been
exhausted, the prices of the various commo-
dltles have doubled and the newspapers
have suspended publication.
\ Russian otficiNl statement saws: .It ~
not the purpose Of the Russian Staff to de
fend Wilma At all cost, bot only rs long ~
the presence Of the army there does MOI in
spire alarm. Wilma cnn be held az long ~
may be required by the strategic situation Cd
that front
a German oflicinl statement says Field
Marshal Won Hiudenhurg, south of Dyinsk.
has reached tina Komni high-road. Viizy
was cnptured emily in The morning, after
fierce fighting from house to house. North
west and no th-east Of YiInn our attack bns
been continued. On the Szczlrn we crossed
near q place of he same name. Prince Lpa-
pold has also ctfected clo~sln9s on the Szrz IRA
at several points. Field Marshal Won Alackcn~
sen has.cleared the marsh districts north Of
piusk of the enemy"
An Austrian official statement saws "A
Russian coumter-nttack northeast Of Buczucx
has been repulsed. Our ARTILLERY destroyed
an enemy armed motol-car. Killing two off
GERS and injuring one soldier. Thele has
been little action il Galicia on the Ikwn lne,
but violent Russian counter-attacks III tho
VOlhyuia province continue.
Official Austrian and ItaIinn bulletins re-
port the continuation of the artillery duels.
nnd similar conditions are announced from
the western front.
The correspondent of the "Petit Parisien''
at NIsh reports M interview with NJ. Pas