The Detroit times., 1915-01-20

/ dropped there, but that no danage
was done.
I The government remained silent to-
1 day about the air attack. This was
taken TO mean that an investigation
was under way and that the war office
/ hoped later TO relieve the public mind
with the assurance that aeroplanes
and not the dreaded Zeppelins had
crossed the sea to attack England.
In the absence OF Official informa-
ton the best reports tonight put the
number OF bomb victims at seven.
with possibly two more. Five persons
were killed at Yarmouth, the Var
mouth police report. and two others
are dead at Kings Lynn.
All the raiding aircrarts are believed
TO have escaped. Dispatches from
Hunstanton, near the raided area, to-
day deny the report that a Zeppelin
was brought down there by the fire
OF warships OF the coast On the
contrary, it Is stated, an airship was
! sighted drifting leisurely seaward
early today, apparently returning TO
the German aircraft base at Cux-
haven. Unofficial reports from Am.
sterdam brought word that three air.
ships, flying eastward, were sighted
of the coast OF Holland early today
| They are believed 10 have been re-
turning from the attack.
In the absence OF official reports
today, the number OF persons killed
in the night attack by the German air
ships, is variously placed at from four
to nine. Reports concerning the num-
ber OF aircraft engaged range from
three To six, with the latter figure
generally accepted. Because the raid
was executed In the darkness, reports
are most conflicting.
Two persons are known to have
been killed at Kings Lynn, Mrs.
Dazeley, a widow, was killed while
paying visit TO neighbors. Her
body was recovered from the debris
this morning when her relatives start
ed search. A l7-year-old boy named
Goat was killed in his bed when
bomb dropped through the roof OF his
home. His father was crushed under
the falling roof and badly injured. A
woman and baby In the same house
were hurt
Other dispatches from Kings Lynn
place the number of dead there at
four, but give no additional informa-
ton.
The air raiders did not visit London.
After striking terror to the hearts of
residents OF east coast towns. the
fleet apparently turned eastward
shortly after midnight and sped back
across the North sea.
One report had IL that upon reach
ing the English coast the squadron
divided. part OF the airships flying
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other coast cities, while others flew
southwark TO attack London This
report placed the number OF dirigibles
In the raiding party AT six Several
correspondents In east coast cities are
positive that aeroplanes accompanied
the supposed Zeppelins. One resi-.
dent of Kings Lynn is quoted as stat
ing that he saw the outlines of an
aeroplane.
Dispatches from Kings Lynn do not
state definitely whether an attack
upon the royal residence near Sand.
ringham actually was attempted. A
number Of bombs were thrown within
radius of few miles from the
country palace. King George and
Queen Mary, however, had left Sand
ringham and returned TO Buckingham
palace several hours before the raid
was made.
The cities and towns definitely
known 10 have been bombarded are
the following:
Yarmouth. Kings Lynn. Shering-
ham. Snettisham, Gorleston, Grimston,
Beeston, Dersingham and the environs
OF Sandringham.
All OF these were attacked within a
few hours and telephone wires were
hot with warnings 10 interior cities
OF the approach OF the raiders.
Preparations 10 repel just such an
invasion had been made months ago
In London. When the news reached
here special forces of constables raced
to the northward In motor cars, hop
ing TO sight the approaching dirigibles
In time to warn the city. Batteries
Of anti-aircraft guns we're trained on
the northern sky and giant search
lights swept the horizon. Fears OF a
raid on London were not wholly dis
PEELED until after dawn, when the Am
sterdam dispatches reported the re-
turn OF the airships.
In all probability the airship squad
ron started from the German aerial
base at Cuxhaven. Weather circum-
stances were unusually favorable and
the giant airships so timed themselves
as TO sweep over the 900 intervening
miles OF North sea and arrive of the
English coast just after darkness set
tied down
The first attack was made at Var
mouth, a famous watering place at
about $50 D. m. The towns first
warning was a glare OF light from a
powerful searchlight that suddenly di.
rected It's rays over the heart of the
city.
Two bombs dropped almost stimuli
taneously. The authorities immedi-
ately plunged the town in darkness
Five more bombs we're hurled from
the sky, damaging number of build
ingS Several houses in st. Peters
plain we're partly demolished. but St
Peters cathedral was unscathed
From Yarmouth, the airships moved
I'm a northeasterly direction, making
Kings Lynn one OF their principal
points OF attack. Five to seven bombs
were dropped there and two houses
were demolished.
YARMOUTH. Eng. Jan 20-There
were no Zeppelins in the party of air
raiders that hurled death-dealing
bombs upon Yarmouth last night, the
police asserted positively today.
The outlines OF the attacking craft
we're clearly visible when they first
made their appearance at about $3.50
D. m, the police say. and all were
aeroplanes. Four bombs we're dropped