Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-11-03
AERIAL ATTACKS ON
CITY I'l'' OF LONDON
GERMAN zEPPELINs KEEP. LON
: : DON, IN CONSTANT STATE or
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WOMEN ON and CHILDREN Il ARE yIc'lns
WOMEN and CHILDREN ARE YIC!lns

WOMEN .l'' l AND !. CHILDREN HI ARE vIs1ls'
Mr.. and Mrs. Norton Conduct Evan
aeIist Service. I III Army
/ Tents. y.
j London, October IA. Z
! A mighty crash that shook the
walls Of our room, and brought us
to our feet, white and trembling
then succession of explosions and
the rapid firing, of the anti aircraft
guns overhead, and with the dread
word, "Zeppelins'' on our lips, we
round ourselves in te hcorridor out
side our room. Our room is on the
top floor Of our hotel, and leading
off from the corridor opening on oul
room, Is an iron stairway leading tc
the roof. Also there is directly op:
posite Sa stairway leading down into
the hotel. When I found myself
in the corridor, was torn by two
deaires-on to go to the roof and
SEQ the Zeppelins, and the other,
to take the stairway, downward to
safety. My husband settled it by
making for the roof, and disregard-
ing two Hchambermaids who weeping.
ly clung to me and implored me not
to risk my life, followed to the
rOof. VI There was really no danger
Just there, as. by this timelthe Yep
1peNn had passed from over our ho-
tel, and was starting eastward. But
lights were springing up from the
fires caused by the incendiary bombs
dropped, and already fire engines
were changing through the streets.
and all the time the aircraft guns
were roaring overhead. The Yep
pelin seemed quite near; we saw
only the zone, and she looked white
and ghostly as the search lights
picked her out in the sky. AS the
shots were fired from the~guns they
made little blotches of flame in the
sky, which we saw before hearing
the report. Some Of the shots SEEM
ed to reach quite close to- the. mark,
and after one shot. which we thought
surely had reached her, q mighty
roar went up from the crowd in the
street beneath us. The. great mons
ter Of the air gave a lurch and turn
ed until she seemed to be standing
on end, but righted herself and sail
ed out Of sight. n. TIL &. Il
w This occurred only last night, the
13 HI, about nine hfrty. while we
were Seated fnss our =rollr reading
and writing. with everything quiet
except the subdued noises from the
street below. After returning y from
the roof, we 5donned our wraps, and
descended to the street. The Strand
was inky black and the air thick
with smoke but already people
were hurrying to the scene OF dis
aster. may not be permitted to
tell you just where the bombs drop
ped, but they were some Of them
less than a block from our hotel,
and in all directions the streets
were rendered impossible by fallen
bricks and heaps Of glass from shat
tered windows and shop fronts. We
stopped near public house (saloon), I,
shattered by the bombs, from which
the polica. were carrying out stretch
ers bearing the dead and wounded;
we counted five or six, and I heard
a man at my elbow. say with evil
dent feeling, .I'll never enter
a public house again" only hope
he keeps his vow. A youfg Ameri-
can boy attracted our attention, we
were standing near a blaze in the mid
die Of thu street, where the gas
mains had been penetrated by the
bomb and been ighited, and we saw
this youth reach forward and gather
some bits of glass, and knew by his
remarks to the world at large, that.
he was an American. He was glad
to talk to US, but could hardly keep
his teeth from chattering while he
talked. He was from Cleveland, SO
he told us "How long are you re
mafning over,'' asked him? "Just
until I can get boat home" he re-
sponded, and added "Say, amt it
just awful" Later in the evening
we met another American, a news.
paper correspondent from Los An,
geles, by name of Carr He was dis
gusted to think he had missed the
".show," being over in Hyde Park
when it happened, and said he
thought he would wait over for the
next boat, in hopes there would be
dAVkAC1 Vv0 QeAuoSA bSAo, y -
shop almost blown to bits. and had
to smile at the sign over the door,
These premises to come down short
ly," WeI thought them better proph-
cts than they knew.
At 11:45 last night there were 8
deaths and "a reported wounded and
without doubt today will reveal many
more casualties. Not only the heart
OF London suffered but from all
parts are coming reports of damage
done The Zeppelins are really get
ting very bold, and now that the
nights are getting 50 much longer,
they are returning to wreak
on t'perfidious Albion"
They don't seem to fear the guns
here in London, as they do the mar
velous anti aircraft guns Of the
French, and we are wishing most
devoutly, that the Londopers would
come, to realize that they need ade-
quate guns for protection as well
as darkened streets.
Perhaps you my friends are say
ing to yourselves. But why do you
stay On amongst such dangers?"
can only reply that we consider our
selves under orders as soldiers OF
Jesus Christ, and should not dream
of deserting the service because of
danger. But that does net prevent
our suffering from the shock to