The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-20
In Bitter Tones and Use AirshipS
Attack as Text of Their
Editorials.
URGING MORE RAPlDlTY
In the Matter Of Recruiting as
They Did When HartIepool
Raid Occurred.
tsY AssoeiAfep psEss,

Z LONDON. Jan. 20. German air1nen
delivered their long predicted attack
on England last night. From base,
presumably in Germany, they fiew
over the North sea on the eastern
coast OF England, where, for nearly
tout hetfrs, from $3.50 p. m. until
about midnight they circled over a
Group Of some six English towns,
only a little more than 100 miles from
London, apparently dropping bombs
at VIII So far as has been learned
! today four or five persons were killed
by these missiles and about as many
more were wounded.
Whether these aifships were Zeppe-
lin dirigible balloons or aeroplanes is
not yet definitely established. There
rs increasing belief in London this
morning that possibly only aeroplanes
took part in the attack.
There has been no news so far to
confirm the report current last night
that a Zeppelin had been brought
down on the English coast. On the
contrary 1t now appears that all the
German raiders have returned whence
they came. The most important
towns over which the German airmen
appeared were Sandringham, Var
mouth. Steering Huntstanton.
Cromer. Meacham, Dersingham and
y Kings Lynn. King George had left
sandrineh only few hours be-
fore the Germans visited 1t.
Most Of the damage appears to have
I peen inflicted upon private houses and
shops. Few public buildings seem to
have been injured.
the raiding airmen showed excel
lent ability to pilot their vessels as
we'll as good marksmanship. In spite
OF the darkness OF the night they
seemed to find their way over the
country with remarkable dfrectness
and the accuracy OF their aim with
bombs was greater than generally
Z had been believed possible.
Among those killed Is one soldier.
( Fhc property damage does not ex-
coed a few thousand dollars. A
shoemaker and a woman were killed
at Yarmouth and civilian and SOL
der lost their lives at Kings Lynn.
Inc police reports from the towns
upon which bombs were thrown say
the public responded very well to
the raid Instructions recently made
public For the most part the peo-
ple took refuge in their cellars.
SeyeraT theaters were empHed
quietly. An unexploded bomb found
IN Yarmouth weighed six pounds and
Is cone-shaped. Comment Of the
British press on the airship raid at
tack is bitter in tone, many OF the
London papers assailing the Gerrr>ss
In the same unmeasured language as
at the time Of the Hartlepool naval
raid. The event is being used as
text for editorials urging more rapid
recruiting.
There Is still difference of opin-
ion among Englishmen as to whether
the aerial raiders were Zeppelin
dirigible balloons or aeroplanes, and
the weight Of. opinion is veenng to the
latter, though a considerable num-
Der of observers believe they saw
Zeppelins At Yarmouth, which is
the largest of the towns visited by
the air craft, the police today is
sued a positive statement that the
raiders were aeroplanes. The small
Size Of the bombs and the fem mis-
SHE'S dropped support the theory
they were not Zeppelins as their yes
sells could carry much more for
midable cargi Of explosives.