New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-17
Many Women and
Children Victims of
Former Attack.
BRITISH COAST
AGAIN VISITED
London Hears 200 We're
Killed in French Air Raid
on Karlsruhe.

London, June 16.-An official state
ment issued tonight, which places the
number of victims of last nights Yep
peln raid on the northeast coast of
England at sixteen killed and forty in
jured, contains the revelation that the
airship attack Of June 6, along another
part of the coast, in which it was then
reported that five persons perished,
really cost tweLty-four lives. OF the
twenty-four sixteen were women and six
were children. The five men who lost
their lives were civilians. More than
forty persons were wounded in this
raid.
The official announcement earlier to.
day, which gave the first news to Lon
don of last nights attack, placed the
number Of killed at fifteen. This was
supposed by the public to have been
the deadliest raid OF them all To-
nights statement. adding to the lat OF
June 6 and giving the numbCi Of
women and children victims. sent a
thrill of horror through the capital.
All Fires Extinguished.
A few fires were caused by the Yep
pelin bombs last night, but the material
damage was small.
Beginning with the German air raid
on the municipal area of London, on
May 81, in which foIr persons were
killed. the last sixteen days have
kr1nprkt pf har nf al
attacks by both sides, all of which in
dicate a determination to force the
fighting from the clouds.
An air attack by the birdmen of one
side has been followed so closely by a
counter attack from the other, al
though on a different locality. that re-
taliation is strongly indicated. For in
stance, yesterday morning twenty-three
aeroplanes delivered an attack upon the
German city of Karlsruhe, killing nine
teen persons and wounding fourteen
and inhicting material damage. The
raid on England followed this on
slaught we'll within twenty-four hours.
Air Attacks of Two Weeks.
The most important aerial engage
ments Of the last two weeks over the
Continent and England are as follows:
heIODldntS OF the hlllts hlLdChtu lHe
headquarters of the German Crown
Prince on June 3, and two days later
German aeroplane dropped explosive
bombs on the French seaport of Calais.
Then came the raid of June on the
east coast of England. 1t was on June
7 that Warneford, the young Canadian
aviator, destroyed a German Zeppelin
in an air duel over Belgium. From his
aeroulane he wrecked the dirigible and
caused the death of her crew. On
June 8 Ghent was badly damaged by
British air raider, and the following
da- Venice was bombarded by an Aus
trian aeroplane. On June ~ Austrian
avaiators bombarded towns on the Ital-
ian frontier, and two days later British
airmen attacked the German dirigible
sheds at Evere. Belgium.
Report Increases Death Toll.
The text of the Official statement on
the Zeppelin air raids issued tonight
follows:
Further inquiries show that the
casualties in connection with the visit
of Zeppelin to the northeast coast on
Tuesday night amount TO sixteen killed
and forty injured.
at is now possible to state more
exactly the casualties resulting from
an airship raid on another portion OF
the northeast coast on the night of
June 6. The number of deaths there
was twenty-four, comprising five men,
all civilians, thirteen women and six
children. There were also forty cases
Of more or less serious injuries.
"The principal fires were in drapery
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