Arizona republican., 1915-10-09
0F THE
 ZEPPELIN RAID
English School Tea ch e r Writes Interestingly of Experiences - Crashes and Flashes Warn 1nhab- itants Germans Come

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 Some indication of the degree of | alarm and damage caused by Zeppelin raids on the east coast of England is given in the following letter, received l recently by an English resident of Phoenix. The letter was written by his sister, who is principal of a large school in a town on the Yorkshire coast. The letter was written to her l mother in another section of the coun- try and by her forwarded to the son in Arizona. The letter follows:
 Sept. 9, 1915. My dear Mother:
 We had such a lively time last night as the Zeppelins came to pay us a visit. l had just gone upstairs about 9:30 D. m, when there was a deafening report and explosion, followed quickly by an other. l went down stairs and found Mrs. G. wildly upset. and everybody
 asking what it was. We were ordered
 lights out and so we knew. There were horrible crashes and flashes and eX-
 plOsiOns, and as they were aiming at the works, we expected every minute to
 be our last 1 stood at the door with MT. G. and several others, and we could
 hear the humming and vibrating of the
 Zeppelin most distinctly. In about ten minutes it was apparently over It is
 miraculous that no lives were lost and no material damage done.
 Report goes that the Zeppelin had been lettering about in the direction of -, and that it followed the train to L-. Certainly the first bomb fell on the L-. bank and made a huge hole, and tore the place up gen erally. The next three fell in front of the doctors, the next six on the belt that is, at the top end of the works, and the next lot down at out end Some of the bombs were the ordinary incen- diary bomb. I saw one brought back hot. They are like long tins, about IS inches long, with a lid and a thin wire handle and packed around with some sort of wadding. They weigh about ten pounds when they are empty The others were the Wretches that make holes big enough to bury horses in | People seeh to think that the benzol 1 tank was the object of their attack If | they had landed a shell on that prob- | ably we should not have been here | They got within a few feet of it, and 1 made a hole something like s feet long. | wide and four deep.
 of course there was panic in C. and many people spent the night in the | fields and lanes. When it was over | went back to bed and slept like a top | and only remembered it afterward as a | dream Mrs. G. did not go to bed, nor did Mir. c. l think most people were too frightened to go to bed.
 Some of the bombs fell on S- sands. and nearly all the houses there have broken windows. The S-- peo- pie went into the mine and spent the night there
 Such a lot of visitors have been round today to get news and to see what was done. It is prOVidential that no lives were lost. The only fear is they may come again if this fine weather lasts, and of course we can't Go anything but stay where we are. Halt of the children were away from J school as they had been up all night. I l nope they wont come bothering tonight 1 as l object to the racket"
 In later letter regar rding the attac1, she says
 IT We get any more warning, we are gong into the pit, as that is the only pidte that IS bomb proof. I suppose | Iast night that there were seven hun- ored or so down in the pit and they i were ordered to go in by the military ne Idea is if they do come they arc gong to fight them. I think some ar fdhgement will be made for the schools 1T these alarms continue One of my teachers was in the pit until five O clock this morning. She looked i Jagged out"