The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-14

as the ear got near enough zach pro-
testing group was able TO recognize In
the dim Light the uniform of the naval
airmen and see the nose of an anti
airship CUR sticking up from the body
OF the big gray car,
All cabs were stopped some distance
from the church. Police and special
constables were out in force. Their
was no sign of fire in the church itself.
but Immediately behind 1t some busi
ness premises were blazing. \ small
crowd. hardly 900 In all, lined the
sidewalk opposite. nobody being allowed
IN the same side of the street as the
fire.
No Sign Of Panic.
So far from there being any PAM, 1t
is impossible to say that there war"
even any signs Of real excitement. AID
this was only midnight, and barely
forty minutes after the Zeppelins had
come and zone. BY twenty minutes
after midnight the fire was scarcely
visible and the remnants OF the crowd
were making their way home.
II the intention of the raid was to
paralyze In any degree the Great
Eastern Railway 1t failed. No damage
was done to the railway lines. and at
Bishopsgate goods station, about ff-
teen minutes from Liverpool street sta
ton. where three incendiary bombs
were dropped. only two exploded. and
the small fires they started were easily
extinguished before much damage was
done. Another bomb, however. missed
the Great Eastern's electrical power sta
ton by a few feet only. and exploded
harmlessly on the roadway in front of
the main entrance of the building.
The course Of one OF the Zeppelins.
as reported by observers OF the Great
Eastern line. shows that the raider carrie
in between Northumberland and
Southend. The first report was received
from the station master at Rockford
in Essex. thirty-nine miles from Liver
pool street, just before 10 80 +. NJ. 1t
was evident that the raiders had picked
up the Standardization lire of the
Great Eastern and were following L
westward. as the next report was from
WEXFORD, twenty-nine miles from Liver
pool street, stating that an airship mad
passed at 10 $50 =. NJ. flying very high.
This line of rails proved an excellent
guide for the invader until Brentwood,
eighteen and "A quarter miles from Liver
pool street, was reached at lO:4O, TT"
Zeppelin evidently lost its way about
here. AS IL turned almost due north until
il reached OngaT, which IL twenty-three
miles from Liverpool street and the
terminus OF a line that runs through
Epping Forest. The airship was reported
at Ongar at 10 81 p. NJ. There II picked
up the rails again and headed Amos.
due south for London. 1t was reported
at Theydon Bots. fifteen miles from
Liverpool street, at IL :O6 J.. NJ.
Residences Attacked.
Getting clear OF the %blackness OF Ep
ming Forest, II struck the comparative
brightness OF the town OF Leytonstpnc.
the population OF which is between 49,
600 and $4,000. some six and "A half
miles from Liverpool street. Ley'on-
stone is a thickly built town on the out
skirts Of London, which may well he de-
scribed as one OF London's great dormi-
tories. From here and similar districts
every morning sees a great army OF
orker streaming into the city via
Liverpool street station, and every
evening sees them return. The Zeppelin.
or Zeppelins, probably mistook this
mass OF buildings for a part OF London
proper, for a large number OF bombs
were dropped. All were of an incendiary
nature and several houses were set anrs,
nut ~ FAR AZ can be learned there was
no loss OF life nor injury IN persons.
\ man who lives at Leytonstone tells
The u that he was standing near his
own house when the whirr OF the Yep
pelin propcllers attracted his attention.
The night was wonderfully clear. the
sky was studded with stars. but on look
ing up he could not catch even a glimpse
OF an airship the sound Of the propellers
,,.u thA Anlu AUiAanna hA had that thu