The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-06-03
AVENGE
RAID ON LONDON
FOUR PERSONS ARE KILLED BY
BOMBS FROM zEPPELINs.
GERMAN PROPERTY WRECKED
Official Report Says Airshlps Dropped
lncendiary Explosives, Setting
Fires in Various Section
of the City.

Berlin, June 1.-THE bombardment
by German Zeppelins is described in
the German official statement The
document says that the bombardment
was in reprisal for the allies attack
on the open town OF Ludwigshafen.
London, June g. Anti-German
sentiment throughout England again
has been stirred to high pitch by
the Zeppelin raid on London. Mobs
swept through several sections OF the
metropolis, attacking Germanowned
shops, tearing barbados from win
dows, and footing and wrecking the
places which had been closed since
the mob demonstrations which fol.
lowed the sinking of the Lusitania.
| Special constables called out to deal
with the mobs have met with great
difficulty.
Additional details of the German
air raid were made public celebrating
the formal statement. 1t is now an
nounced that four persons were killed,
one MORALLY injured and five serious
ly hurt by the Zeppelin bombs, Of
which ninety, most of them incen-
| diary, were dropped Three serious
fires and many small ones were start
ed, but were extinguished by the fire.
men. The damage was confined to
private property.
The killed include one baby, one
boy, one man and one woman. An
other woman was mortal1y hurt.
Mobs Wreck Propsrty.
The long-anticipated Zeppelin raid
on the capital created panic in the
outlying sections of the city where
bombs were dropped.
In the anti-German demonstrations
! the most serious damage was Al
i Shoreditch, where the special con
/ stables had great difficulty in dispers
ing the mobs. An enormous amount
Of property was destroyed by the
rioters in various sections.
1t is believed the Germans aimed
to destroy the dock yards. warehouses
and ships along the Thames river.
The Zeppelin raid on London was
the first time the great German
dirigibles have succeeded in reaching
the worlds metropolis. The sky had
cracked over many other English
towns, some Of them suburbs of Lon
don, but the zeal of the Zeppelins had
never carried them to the bank oil
the Thames.
Raids Heiuiaten Fear.
The fear of the Zeppelins, which
however, has not been dispelled since
the war began, was heightened dur
ing the last month or two by the fire.
quency and startling suddenness Of
the air raids on towns within ar
hours ride or less from the capital
Without warning Zeppelins and aero
! planes darted out of the sky from the
east, dropped bombs, almost without
apparent aim, and darted off again
only to return few hours later and
throw the city into terror again.
Much has been written about Lon
don's darkened streets, the huge
steel net covering Buckingham pal
ace, the antiaircraft guns pointing al
ways to the sky. and the nightly
watches for the long-dreaded Zeppe
Inns, and these raids served to in
crease the horror and to impress Lon
doners with the fact that the German
, air feet probably could visit the
metropolis IL 1t cared to.
Name Two German Victims.
The first official statement did no
mention the number of attacking di
rigibles, but said Zeppelins had beer
sighted near Ramsgate, 65 miles south
east of London. In Brentwood, II
miles northeast, and Gin certain outly
: ing districts Of London" and tina
many fires had been reported. Thi
, indicated that several airships com
: posed the attacking squadron.