Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-01-20
poMBs DRorPED ON
YARMOUTH. ENGLAND

Yarmouth. Jan ~ ffia3f .. m RI
A hostile air craft PASSED over var
lraufh n gse oesock tonight. drop
y.nF several bombs. Considerable
dnmsge h property resulted and = W
feared fizere paB seine loss II iife one
nsan " reported To have had his htaH
blown of.
one bomb feli in Norfolk square
iene 10 the eea front, ana another on
the s0uth quay 4 third struck the
York read drill hail. fragments cf the
casing ~ the she'll crashing through
the glass roof 81 the billiard room u
the headquarters o. the national re-
serve a fourth migslie fell near The
Trinity depot.
Great excitement prevailed IN the
town and special eonsfabies. the pc
bee and the military nafe called eni
10 calm the people. who streamed out
81 their homes when the explosions
occurred The electric supply vas
immediately euf OH and the town was
plunged Ia darkness.
The whirrtnr Of The propeIlers Of
the air craft first attracted attention.
Then came the explosions and the
sound Of breaking glass The flrFi
bomb dropped near TIM Recruiting
ground and the others near the drill
hall In all five bombs were thrown.
after the attack the air craft sailed
81 southwesteriY direction.
The towns Of Yarmouth. sandring-
ham. Kings Flynn and cromer are AZ
~ the province Of Norfolk. which
abuts the North sea, about $50 miles
northeast Of London.
Yarmouth. known az Great Var
mouth and Croner. are f1yOrite water
resorts, while S9ndfiuFnam contalnH
the country palace ~ the late King
Edward. Kings Lynn IL a seaport AMI
market tovn. !, contains shlD-buiid-
Ing yards. iron fouudrief, machine
shops and other Industries
n the air craft which made the ni-
tack we're the onee which passed over
the Island 81 Ameiand they probably
ffarted from the vicinity ~ Cuxbagen,
Ia this case they would have had a.
fly about $50 nliea across the North
rea 10 reach England.
One man WINS found outside his
home on 81 Peters Plain His head
had been crushed Ne WAS identified
az gamuei Smith. q shoemaker. A
woman. who has not yet been ldeHti-
lied, also was found dead, while
soldier was discovered in Norfolk
with = wound In his cheat
80 far as can BE- asesrtained thus
far these are the only casualties In
Yarmouth, but owing to the complete
darkness thbt prevails. a. q result Of
the cutting of 81 The electric light
service. this statement cannot be ac-
eepted az definite.
The greatest damage done by any
Of the bombs resulted from one th0t
fell IN 81 Peters Piain NEAR st. Peters
church. which damaget whole row
u houses. breaking all the windows
aud litfefins the street with slate
from the rpefs and trick.
4 man who NHa near whore the
bombs we're dropped said
- WAS walking along King street
WHEN suddenly ! heard terrific ox-
plasi0n. II WAS like a roar Of heavy
thunder I booked np toward the sky
lat could see nothing The explosion
Feemgd e. hase COME from H. spot a
few hundred yards away aud / ran
toward - Peters Plain.
There ! found IN 81 Peters road
two houses had been wrecked and
many afhef houses and shops IN the
vicinity damaged and everywhere
windows had been broken Although
tna whole town was shaken by tho
cpBrbssipn, ewing 10 the darkness
nuthing could be seen Of any air craft
Vi the hky