Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-21

like meteors, shattered into sudden
fire all around the Zeppelin. The
spits Of flame seemed to be finding
their target. Meantime the Zeppelin
Unanswered over the Holborn section
of London, circling at least twice.
These, maneuvers ended when q she'll
burst almost directly under the air
crafts bow.
A swerve, a sudden dip and the
searchlights lost the Zeppelin. They
were on her a moment after and it was
seen that she appeared to be going
down by the head. For a few seconds
she lowered as If uncertain what to
do, then righted herself, pointed her
nose slightly upward and ascended
SO rapidly that within q minute oritwo
the searchlights could find her no
more. There were no further bomb
explosions thereafter.
Londoners Wrathy.
London went to bed that night with
hot wrath, but not in fear, these pas
sengefs said. The next day they went
out to see what damage had been done.
They passed by recruiting stations
which had been empty the day before.
On this morning there were long. lines
Of men waiting outside, eager to join
the army.
An entire city block wal in ashes
with only the shells of buildings left
standing. The sightseers heard that
the burned buildings had been big
warehouses, filled with clothing and
other supplies. for the British army.
There were no munitions In the build
ings, however, it was said.
At the Opthalmic hospital, 9 small
building, within fifteen minutes ride
Of the Metropole hotel, and in the cen
trail section of the city. they found
that considerable damage had been
done by a bomb which had fallen about
a block away. This building and two
others converted into hospitals for
wounded soldiers had felt the force
of the explosion as II 1t had been
at their doors.
Great Hole in Street.
In Bloomfield street, two and one
half miles from Trafalgar square, "a
row of dwellings had been damaged,
as if by artillery fire, There was a
hole in the middle Of the street thirty
feet In diameter and about eight feet
deep. ~.
At one place, about fifteen minutes
ride from the Victoria hotel, q. six
story tenement had been demolished.
The sightseers heard that five persons
had been killed in their beds in this
building and that more than twenty
had been hurt. Altogether, 1t was tun
officially reported, approximately forty
persons were killed by bombs and 200
or more wounded. About half Of these
it was said. were women and children.
Not a government building, nor a
church, MOI an arsenal, dock or a
hospital had been reached by a bomb,
the Orduna's passengers were Inform
ed. The greatest material damage,
they said, was the destruction by fire
of the block of warehouses. near st.
Paul's cathedral. The chief result OF
the raid, however, was to swell the
number of recruits by many thousands.
page Sees Air Battle.
Suddenly, from every section OF
London, the sky vas swept by long
white beams OF. scores of ~searchlights.
The tops of these beams we're not long
in resting on what they sought. When
tho Zeppelin was found, a dozen or
more searehlights focused their rays
on it, stretching back to scattered
points in the city like the long white
ribs of a fancy fan.
Woman Tells Story.
Miss Ethel B. Davis of Bryn Mawr
university, near Philadelphia, who was
returning home from hospital duty in
Paris, saw the raid. She was at the
Lyric theater when the Zeppelin
reached the heart of the city.
"They were singing in Trafalgar
square as the Zeppelin foated over
them" she said.
The steamship Rotterdam, which
also arrived today, brought scores of
passengers who witnessed the air raid.
They, too, said that they had seen but
one Zeppelin, but that it was a sight
never to be forgotten. They told OF a
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