Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-01-27
zEPPEL|NS SHELL
ENGLISH TOWNS
King and Queen Miss Attack on
Palace.
PEOPLE ARE IN A PANIC
Six German Airships Drop Bombs on
Yarmouth and Other Towns-Brit-
ish Warship Said to Have
Winged One Machine.

Winged One Machine.
London, Jan. 21.-German aircraft
made long threatened raid on Eng
land on Tuesday night and attempted
to blow up with bombs the kings
royal residence in Sandringham,
County Norfolk.
King George and Queen Mary, who
had been staying at Sandringham
with their family. returned to London
to resume their residence in Bucking-
ham palace.
A Central News dispatch from Kings
Lynn says 1t Is reported bombs were
dropped in the kings estate at Sand
bingham.
Reports reaching London are to the
effect that a squadron of six Yep
pelins crossed the North sea and on
reaching the English coast line sep
arated, some of them taking south
erly direction and others an opposite
course.
A Zeppelin is reported to have been
brought down by the fire of warship
at Hunstanton, few miles north of
Sandringham
The night was calm, but extremely
dark and cloudy, which made it impos-
sible for the people in the towns over
which the flyers passed to distinguish
even the outlines of the raiders.
The whir of their propellers and
the droning of their motors, however.
could be heard distinctly.
Bombs were dropped on Yarmouth,
Kings Lynn, Sandringham, Cromer,
Sheringham and Beeston, and every
where except at Beeston casualties
and damage to property resulted.
The Daily Mail reports that Yep
pelin appeared over Ipswich during
the night, but that did no damage.
Ipswich is in Suffolk county, which
lies south of Norfolk. 1t is about sew
enty-five miles southwest of Var
mouth.
The first place visited by the raid
ers was the widely known seaside re-
sort and fishing town of Yarmouth.
This is one of the English airfleet
depots.
Two persons, a man and a woman,
were injured and much damage to
property was done by the raiders in
their visit, which lasted less than ten
minutes
Four or f1vo bombs were dropped in
Yarmouth.
When the attack began the author
tiles gave instructions that all lights
in the town be extinguished and other
precautionary measures were taken.
Few signs of panic were seen during
the raid.
The raiders after visiting Yarmouth
flew over Cromer, where they dropped
bombs and then went to Sheringham
and Beeston.
Turning inland from there they
made for Sandringham, dropping ex-
plosive missiles there and at Kings
Lynn, where boy as killed and
man, woman and a. child were injured.
Two houses were destroyed.
The damage done in Sandringham
has not been detailed. 1t is known,
however, that the royal palace was
not harmed.
At Sheringham bomb penetrated
a house, but did not explode.
The report of the attack on Norfolk
county caused commotion in London.
Searchlights all about the city were
busily engaged throughout the eve
ming securing the sky with their rays
to pick up any aircraft that might ap-
prach. There was no sign of any
aerial visitor.
Yarmouth, Sandringham, Kings
Lynn and Cromer are all In the Coun-
ty of Norfolk, which abuts the North
sea about $50 miles northeast of Lon
don.
Yarmouth, known as Great Var
mouth. and Cromer are favorite wa
ter resorts, while Sandringham con-
tains the country palace of King Ed
ward VII.
Kings Lynn is seaport and mar
ket town. 1t contains shipbuilding
Yards. iron foundries, machine shops
and other industries.
If the air craft which made the at
tack were the ones which passed over
the Island of Ameland they probably
started from the vicinity of Cuxhaven.
In this case they would have had to
fly about $50 miles across the North
sea to reach England.