The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-01-27
AIRCRAFT MAKE RAID
ZEPPELNS DROP BOMBS UPON
ENGLISH CITIES.
In Cloudy Night Raiders Escape But
London Reports Fall of One on
British Soil.

British Soil.
London reports: German aircraft
made their long threatened raid in
England Tuesday night and attempt
ed to blow up with bombs the kings
royal residence in Sandringham,
County Norfolk.
''It is not definitely known wheth-
er the raiders were Zeppelins or aero
planes, but Zeppelins were reported
Monday as passing over the North
Sea in a westerly direction and some
believe there were the raiders.
''The night was cloudy, which made
it impossible for the people in the
town over which the raiders passed
to distinguish even the outlines OF the
aircraft, though the whirr of their
propellors and the droning of their
motors could be heard.
Bombs were dropped in Var
mouth, Kings Lynn, Sandringham
Cromer, Sherringham and Beeston.
Everywhere except at Beeston, cas-
ualties and damage to property re-
suited"
Yarmouth reports: ga hostile air
craft passed over Yarmouth at $3.50
O'Clock Tuesday night and dropped
several bombs. Considerable damage
to property resulted, and there was
loss of life.
Zone man is reported to have had
his head blown off. One bomb fell
in Norfolk Square, close to the sea
front, and another on the south quay
A third struck the York Road drill
hall, fragments Of the shell crashing
through the glass roof of the billiard
room at the headquarters of the ma
tional reserve. 4 fourth missile fel.
near the Trinity depot.
"Great excitement ensued ard spe,
cial constables, the police and the
military were called out to calm the
people, who streamed out Of theil
homes. The electric supply was cut
off Immediately, and the town was
plunged in darkness.
"The whirring Of the propellors
first attracted attention to the air
craft. Then came the explosions ant
the sound of breaking glass. The frs
bomb fell near the recruiting ground
and the others near the drill hall. II
all, five bombs were thrown. After
the attacks the aircraft sailed in
southwesterly direction"
Kings Lynn reports: ut was a
1O:45 o'clock when the loud whirr o.
a Zeppelin approaching Kings Lynn
was heard:
Reaching Kings Lynn, the aeria
visitor circled unseen over the towr
and dropped four bombs, which ex
ploded with terrific detonations.
"Great flashes of light accompanied
the explosions One bomb exploded
near the docks, throwing splinter!
from its shell into the market places
Another started fire.
"After lowering over the town fol
fifteen minutes the Zeppelin appear
ed to continue its journey along th'
borders of The Wash"
London reports: Three German
airships passed over the Island o
Ameland, in the North Sea, at 2:3(
Tuesday afternoon, according to tele
grams from Mes, the principal town o
the island. They were fling in
westerly direction.
GA Zeppelin has been brough
down at Hunstanton, by the fire of
warship, a few miles north of Sand
ringham, according to dispatch
from Kings Lynn to the Contra
News.
cat Sherringham a bomb dropped
in Wyndham street and went through
a house, but did not explode. Tht
fuse b came detached. A bomb drop
ped at Beeston, but did no damage
The bombs measured nearly fouI
inches in diameter