The Washington times., 1915-09-20
STARTLING EFFECT OF BOMBS.

TT was q tremendous sight when the
Zeppelins arrived" said Edward Fo.
well, another eyewitness. First came
the crash Of the first bombs, which
could be heard for miles. Then the
lights went out-all but the searchlghts
which picked out the yellow-brown gas
bags outline in the sky. The erect OF
the bombs was startling. I believe
that one dropped on the Singer build
ing would blast out the interior clear
st. paYTs. London's historic church.
ssr5ns nsr5GwY to Freselic zfpDee eOudeT
York ,iawyer on the Rotterdam. bonlos
dropped by the German airmen caused
considerable damage In Newgate sIrse., !,
a few squares from st. Paurs' |0'"e'
England is strongly fortified IN a
financial way, despite the TREMENDOUS !,
sums Of money being spent oany ~,
war purposes. IN the op,n.sHa prs,er Oh also a
Marcosson, a. financial Wr'ef' "'oo -
aonly the fringe Of England's ffnsn;;
cial resources has been scrapeo' ea''
ateGsi ae said he had it on the highsst t. su; ~
thoritv in London that conscription
surely is coming.
Rush To Spectacle.
Frank c. Page, son Of the American
smha ssador to Great Britain. who was
another passenger on the Rotterdam
estimated roughly that between thirty
and forty persons were killed IN Lohoon
by the Zeppelins. ..,-
cealed in Grosvenor square. IN tne en
elusive residential section" said rage.
"When they began barking. people rusn-
ed out from the finest homes IN Lonooh
to see the spectacle; ~. asn,e,,n.
were from 5000 to 10000 feet above the
Granville Barker. noted English play
wright, called the sky attack on Lon
don 1.-The greatest stupidity OF the "ho''
war"
Describe Raid.
The recent Zeppelin raids over London
are described by Haddon Chambers
English playwright. In wireless mes
sase from the steamer ROTTERDAM 10
the New York Times.
Mr.. Chambers account, In part iol-
lows:
IT have not yet seen Zeppelin. Many
Of my friends in London have been more
fortunate, and my valet. william HOGS
had tho experience Of his NO the otrer
night as you shall hear presently.
ION the night Of the great raid an
American friend. Mr.. Marcosson. dineo
with me at the Carlton. We dispute i
during the dinner as to whether We
should walk the st.eet5 IN the SUD
dued night afterward nr visit the 81:
James Theater and see, the On new Ir,,,s last
act Of Pinero,s play the e. sif ,ss Ddum tbsn.
ter. carried the evening and we Jus!
missed seeing the Zepp .lins and gained
seeing an English u1lcnco under tre:
by 1O:3O o'clock we were with Lazy
The act opened with a scene between
two men played by Sir George Alex
ander and another actor. 1t had only
been in progress e few min minuttes ,,ovsiY Wnen
They sounded as il being fired in the
street outside. At first no one In the
house moved. but presently a section
of the gallery arose and started for the
ments Of shrapnel actually fell on the
and said: Ladies and gentlemen:
Should it besSme advisable to shii. IeaYs the is
is at least as safe here as outside
There was a round Of applause. and
the gallery sat down. In no other part
Of the house had there been move
NO f8nlC IN 1NeStcIs
alexander then came to our side OF
the stage and said to me: .Haddon,
would you mind asking Helmsley to
come around to me when he is not
busy?' Adopting his tone I called out
chap The house seemed tickled at
our intimate tone and laughed consider
ably while the guns tts to roaf sstins
tnl 10 - a
Ssd sssn SaH eaed away syeea oa dusy
when I returned to the box the play
was again progressing. and so much
ofe 1t as could be heard through the
Intermittent booming OF the guns was
being quietly listened to by that un-
fors sttable London audience.
when we reached the streets the
storm had passed. and the only local
interest was to be found in the swift
ly moving fire engines going east
ward"
Saw One Zeppelin Hit.
The statement Of Chambers valet.
William Hogs. Is as follows:
"On Wednesday 1 went up to High
gate. Just outside OF London. to see
my wife. There had been raid on
Tuesday night somewhere on the east
coast, so naturally we talked about 1t
and wondered If we should ever see
a Zeppelin. We were soon to have
our wish gratiied.
I'VE went to bed about 1880. At
about a quarter to eleven we were
startled by a loui boom. l said to
my wife. Zeps.' We got to the win
dow and we saw a wonderful sight.
From where we were 1t seemed as
II the world was q theater and we
were in the best box. There. suspend
ed in a horizontal position. outlined
by q wonderful dark blue sky studded
with stars. was an oblong object like
q huge bar OF gold. That was the Yep.
Huge flashes OF light were searching
the sky for her companion. II she had
any, while one searchlight held her to
view.
"ThC boom of the guns was terrihc.
and flashes OF the bursting shrapnel