The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-10-15
Letters Received BY HonoluIans
From Relatives In British Capt.
tai Give Graphic Descriptions
OF Night Attack BY Dirigibles
aNTt-AlRCRAFT GUNS
BRING CRAFT DOWN
Bombs Damage Many Buildings,
Set Fire To Warehouses and
Other Property While Citizens
Look On: Several Persons Killed

Look On: Several Persons Killed
News about the disastrous Zeppelin
raid on. London last month which hith-
crto has not been revealed in Asso.
ciated Press dispatches from the main
land, was obtained Yesterday from let
tiers to H Jnolulans from the British
capital.
One Of the letters, which was re-
Ceived by L. W. de Wis Norton, spec,
ial agent of the Hawaii Publicity Com
mission, from Mrs. Canynge Praegcr,
his sister, said two Zeppelins were
brought down by the Are of anti AR
raft guns mounted on high buildings.
One hundred six persons were killed
o. wounded in the raid she said
The other letter goes into detail
about the damage and corroborates in
several respects the letter received by
Mr.. de Wis Norton. It says the raid
probably will be the last for some
time as the approach of winter makes
further raids impracticabie for the
e':emy, More preparations have been
made, however, to combat attacks, it
is said, anti-aircraft guns of further
range LAvihH been set up.
Several Buildings Wrecked
The disastrous raid to which the
letters refer is that which took place
Wednesday, September 8, about mid
night. Both letters refer to a ra;
Gil the night previous, but say it was
inconsequential Bombs dropped ia
in the big raid left several bank build
ings in ruins and damaged badly sew,
eral buildings around st. Paul's Ca
thcdral, but neither the Bank of Eng
'and nor st. Paul s was touched, nc
cording to Mrs. Praeger's letter.
The warehouse district of Woo
street was severely damaged. Mr.
raeger writes she saw the street
which is half a mile long-a6re from
beginning to end.
-Four XcppeIins were used by tn,
Germans in the raid, she writes. TwC
o. these were brought down, she adds
bat sh" makes no mention Of the 9th
era except to say "the remaining I've
T. rm"d west as far as WOrmwOO,
. SClubs and then were headed off bN
aCropan"s and made for WOOdgreen.
Where Zeppelins Fell
One of the destroyed XcppcIins fG
on HAMPSTEAD Heath aud the other OF
! Hackney Marshes. Mrs. Praegor doe
l mot say anything about the occupants
lnt il is presumed by Mr.. dc Wis Nor
4 ton that the Germans persisted. 1t :
. mohah'" the letter was written to con
form to censorship; if so, the 0mis
> mCns "ouId be explained on thoS
i grounds.
Their" was not the slightest pnn
when the raiders awoke LOndnn, Mrs
P Praeg"r writes. In spite of the dam
| age amd casualties the British too
IL" rand ny matter Of fact and hal
. m hour after the Germans had depart
+ al the majority were in their bet
again.
IN" might before, she says, mar,
'"nhs were droppcd'in the East en-
rhUut the docks. The district o
Greenwich suffered most, but the dnw
p aye rs compared to that of the nigh
9 after Was trivial,
A copy of the London Standard r.
ocINed Yesterday says it is reporte
y that Count Zeppelin personally direc:
nj the raids, and that he was a pass
; chger in one of the craft on one Occas
4 ION. The paper adds that the tOtH
u pswaItlps from German air raids ar
y VS., of which l19 were killed, 3j
= w"und"d and three missing. In tn
3, casualty list there appears the name
ni only twelve sOlG,ers. One soldie
was killed and eleven wounded; tn
"'st of the casualties were among civ
! iIians
=, Letter To Mr.. Waldron
V The other letter Is as follows:
: eve hive now really been anon
II the wars. Last week on Tuesday nigh
t VIC were awakened by heavy eXplO
Il i0is. We turned out of bed, the CIR
+ went down to the ground floor and
|. went on tn" roof to investigate, BIT
II nothing was to be seen from there. W
II rned in again about one O'Clock.
"Thc next morning we heard thu
IN" Xeppcln had bombarded the Ne
loss district and that the shop house
! in Clifton Hin had been destroyed au
IL several persons killed. 1t was al,
n stated that bomb was dropped iu'
u OF the back Of the New Trinity Hou'
e about POO yards from this, but as "
e did not hear the Zeppelin crossing ov,
] am inclined to disbelieve; then q
re Wednesday night H had Just q
~ into bed, but had not put her heaf q
the pillow when she heard a moi,
and called out! What's th"h
said: "A Io0ru Peipgt slammed mel
lie door ...HaE IT,
% Guns and Bombs Everywhere IL
Isl "We heard II again and then u
h LOusekeeper shouted out for as 70 q
!, ~ and come downstairs at once, ga