The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-01-21
zEPPEL|NS SHELL
|. ENGLISH TOWNS;
!. MANY ARE KILLED
King and Queen Miss Attack by
l., Few Hours.
PEOPLE ARE IN A PANIC
Three German Airshlps Drop Bombs
/ on Yarmouth and Buckingham
; Palaee-RuIers Reach London
! Before Attack.
London. Jan. 20-The first Zeppelin
raid nm England was carried ont

London, Jan. 20.-The first Zeppelin
raid on England was carried out.
Three zeppelins passed over Var
mouth about nine o'clock last night
and dropped several bombs. Many
persons are reported to have been
killed. One mans head was blown
OF.
1t is feared the loss of life will be
heavy. The destruction of buildings
was considerable.
The three Zeppelins we're first
sighted flying towards the North sea,
over the Tristan islands, which skirt
the Dutch coast on the north. The
nearest point Of German territory to
Yarmouth on a course passing the
Tristan islands is 26O miles distant.
Yarmouth is 120 miles from London
by rail, and is the principal port on
the Norfolk coast
The greater portion of the bombs
hurled upon the city we're dropped
In the southern part of the town.
One Of the projectiles disabled the
gas works and the town was thrown
into utter darkness.
The panic that existed in London
when the German cruisers lombard
ed Scarborough. Hartlepool and Whit
by was as nothing compared to that
existing here at the news that Ger
man aerial dreadnaughts have pene-
trated more than fifty miles into Eng
land without being brought down.
Attack on London and Rulers.
The conviction is that London is the
objective Of the Zeppelins, and that
the Germans, having had previous
knowledge of the projected visit o.
King George and Queen Mary to their
country seat at Sandringham. DELHI
erately planned a course that would
take them over that village while the
rulers were there and enable them to
drop bombs, not so much, perhaps, to
kill the king and queen as to inspire
the English people with terror The
king and queen returned to London
before the zeppelins arrived.
Then, it is believed, the airmen
don and throw bombs upon the CAPT
tai. Military men say it is hardly con-
ceivable that the Germans would send
three of their Zeppelins over England
unless the great goal of London was
their objective.
The slight deviation of the course
necessary to fly over Sandringham,
which is SO miles west and a trihe
north of Yarmouth, would be offset by
the fact that Sandringham, which is
80 miles from London as the crow
flies, is Is miles nearer the capital
than Yarmouth.
Both towns are in Norfolk, Var
mouth being an important shipping
center. Sandringham is three miles
from the the shore OF The Wash, in
the northwestern parliamentary d.
vision of Norfolk, and while it is
small village 1t has been famous ever
since King Edwards day as the coun.
try seat OF the English kings
King Edward VII when prince Of
Wales acquired the mansion by pur-
mansion was torn down and replaced
by the present imposing palace in
brick and stone in the EliZabethan
style. The estate consists OF some
1000 acres, including a park OF 200
acres entered by fine wrought gates.
After the death of his father and his
own accession to the throne Sandring.
ham was equally a favorite recess OF
King George.
Thought Raid Was impossible.
The peril in which the king and
queen were placed, added to the facil-
fly with which British military au-
thorities have been assuring the peo-
pie that a Zeppelin raid on London
was impossible, has caused a state
of apprehension in London that has no
precent in modern history.
Fears that the Germans would be
able to use Zeppelins successfully
against the inland cities of Britain
have been quieted by the assurances
that the English we're prepared to
meet the Germans with great sur
prise should raid be attempted Yep
pelins are flying over the country,
presumably In the direction of Lon
don, and the surprise still remains a
secret.
The fact that the air raid was at.
tempted so far north of Dover, which
is opposite the German afr base at
Zeebrugge, in Belgium, is believed
here to indicate that the Zeppelins
were sent not from Zeebrugge, but
from some more northerly port in Ger.
many. most likely Cuxhayen. which
would make the fight one of the long
est sustained Zeppelin cruises in his
tory.
The zeppelins that raided Yarmouth
subsequently passed over Sandring.
ham and dropped several bombs there.
King George and Queen Mary had re-
turned from sandringham to London