Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-04-24
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The third German aerial raid on
England within thirty.six hours has
created extraordinary alarm. The APP
pearance of German aeroplane on
the outskirts of London during the
day aroused grave anxiety.
American steamship companies OPP
Grating between Seattle and Alaska
ports and Seattle and San Francisco
we're notified by the British admiralty
that all Germans would be removed
from any vessel calling at a Canadian
port and held as prisoners of war.
The most gigantic battle in the his
tory of the world has resulted in the
complete defeat of the Russians at
tempting to cross the Carpathians,"
said an official statement from the
Vienna war Office The enemy's
losses were appalling.
Several bombs were dropped by
cinity of the cathedral in Amiens,
France. Ten persons were killed or
wounded. The material damage done
was slight
Lloyds ascertained at London def
nitely that the striking of a mine
caused the sinking of the Swedish
steamer Folke. 1t was thought for a
time that she had been hit by a sub
marine torpedo.
An official casualty list of British Of
ficers issued at London contains to-
tai of 1914 names, of which seventy-one
we're killed and 1T wounded, and six
are missing. This number added to
lists issued previously gives total of
1915 officers killed, 3,41S wounded
and 73S missing.
French airmen hurled ten bombs
on the railway workshop at Leopolds-
hoehe, east of Rurigue, in the grand
duchy of Baden, and ten more on a
powder magazine at Rottweil. which
was seen to burst into flame. Two
civilians were killed and one injured.
Forty other bombs were dropped on
the Metz electric light station, fire
followed
The British government has offered
"a full and ample apology" to the
Chilean government for the sinking
in Chilean territorial waters of the
German cruiser Dresden.
Dispatches received at Amsterdam
from Freiburg I'm Breigau, grand
duehy of Baden, announce that hos
tile airman dropped bombs there at
noon. killing six persons and injuring
a large number, most of them school
children
The Russian staff at Petrograd has
called to the colors additional classes
of reserves which will almost double
the present army strength. The Hun
garian civil authorities have evacu-
ated Ungvar, the immediate objective
of a Russian column which has
crossed the ridge westward of the
Uzsok pass.
Tremendous excitement has been
aroused in Holland. according to dis
patches received in London, by the
destruction of the Dutch government
steamer Katwijk by a German subma-
rine. The Katwiik was torpedoed at
anchor off Noordhinder lightship, Hol-
land Crew was rescued
Total British casualties among the
troops up to April II were 1891
Under Secretary of War Tenant an
nounced in parliament in London,
This includes killed. wounded and
missing
After a tweIve-hour battle the Rus
slams have captured another section
of the mountain barrier between Cali
cha and Hungary. according to a dis
patch to London from Lemberg This
report tells of Russian attack on the
Austrians at Mezolaborcz. in the East
Beskids The Austrian forces were
forced to give ground
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