Evening star., 1915-06-14
Four People Killed and Sev-
enty Injured by Bombs
Dropped From ZeppeIlns.
FIRST DETAILS OF RAID
MADE Fifteen DAYS AGO
Police Reports Show That About
Ninety Explosives Were Dumped
by the Invaders.
Correspondence Q, the Associated Frs.

LONDON, June -Four people kil1.d
and nearly seventy treated at hosp
tails was the harvest of last might :
Zeppelin excursion to London. I'elt,s
reports show that about ninety homhs
were dropped. but the number of air
craft which took part I'm the cXpe'it-
tioD cannot be learned definitely.
Some persons say they saw four Zep-
pelins travelling at a great height. hut
apparently they separated when they
reached London, because post spects-
tors saw only one
The government has permitted ~,
foreign correspondents TO cable au1
the newspapers TO publish only brief
official bulletins. The reason for at
tempting to maintain secrecy is that
admiralty officials doubt whether the
Germans knew their exact position
when they dropped their missiles. and
definite information on that point would
help the next air squadron on the same
errand to lay it's course
The raid fell short badly on tho
spectacular side. Reports OF guns or
of bombs. occasional flashes and the
whirr of propell@rs caused some excite
ment in certain section of London,
but the inhabitants of the rest of it's
oSS IlileS came nome from the
theaters and picture shows and slept
undisturbed.
Bomb Chips Church Spire.
Even now the average inhabitant of
England knows no more about the af-
fair than is known in America There
were not more than a dozen fires; one
bomb struck the outside of a theater
and another Clipped church spire
The German air raiders apparently
reached land at Leigh Sea. which is
two miles from Southend. Here they
dropped five bombs at 1890 pm, but
did little damage. as the explosives fell
on the open downs. They were next
reported over Brentwood. and from
this town easily reached North London.
only a few minutes flight away. STRAIT
ford, known as a suburb, but which is
well within the metropolis. was the
subject of their attentions, but little
property damage was done here, the
bombs falling on waste land.
The raiders then continued their
flight until they were over Dalston
Junction. a very important railway
junction. with a heavy night traffic of
freight trains. which necessitates many
signal lights. Instead of striking the
railway lines. most of the bombs fell
in marsh.
Where Greatest Losses Occurred.
Swinging more to the east. the raiders
scattered bombs over Shoreditch. which
is on the edge of the city of London.
and it was here that they accomplished
the greatest loss to life and property.
setting fire to several private resi-
dences and shops and killing four peo-
Pile and injuring many others.
An incendiary bomb bounced from
the roof of the Shoreditch Empi-.
Music Hall. leaving the place virtually
unscathed. but causing a panic in tho
theater audience. A small house stand
ing near the theater was burned ap-
parently by the bomb which bounded
from the roof The most important
structure hit in this neighborhood was
the ancient Whitechapel Church, the
spire of which was slightly cracked
by an incendiary bomb.
Through Hoxton the zigzag course
of the Zeppelins could be traced by a
series of fires which they left in their
track. Along Commercial road many
business houses suffered. One of tho
luckiest escapes that of a Eig
whisky distillery in this neighborhood
With its great watts of spirits and its
storerooms filled with case goods. II
might have proved an easy victim "a.
an incendiary bomb, but the lone ~ t..
which struck the place went thTrulu
a galvanized iron roof into a dec ,arS
filled with water.