The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-11-16
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1884 LONDON FOLK !
D|ED|N AIR RAID
Victims Were In a Theater Which
Was Partially Wrecked BY
" Zeppelin Bomb
MANY OTHERS KILLED
ALSO, NEW ADvIcES SAY
Germans Fly So High Antiaircraft
Guns Fail To Reach Any
OF Them /.

For the second time The Advertiser
obtained "inside information on a
Zeppelin raid against England yester
day. The identity of the person who
gives the information is withheld, for
the reason that there has been crit.
cism heretofore for revealing details
Of the air raids. some members of the
British colony believing the Germans
thereby profit by learning important
news. The Information, however, ~
believed to come from Il reliable source
According to this information the
October ID raid eclipsed even that of
September 8. London was rained with
bombs by several Zeppelins. One bomb
fell in the rear of lone of the lead
lug theaters of the city, killed 1874
persons of the audience and partially
wrecked the building, according to the
advices. The tenor of the information
indicates many more were killed in
other parts of the city o.
Many Buildings Hit
Many other buildings were hit by
the Zeppelins, and many fell on the
Commons and in the Thames River Ac.
cOrding to the advices none of the
Zeppelins was hit by the anti.aircraft
guns, as they were flying at tremen-
dOusr height. For that reason their
bombs wrought more havoc than in the
previous big raid.
The Britisher who sends the informa
tion here states that the writer saw
one of the Zeppelins over the house
in which he lived.
Receipt Of this news recalls the AS
ISOLATED Press dispatches on the raid,
These dispatches said fifty-five persons
were killedNand ia injured. On the
raid the press bureau of the war Office
issued the following statement:
"The press bureau of the war of
fee announces that fleet of hostile
airships visited the eastern counties and
a portion of the London area last night
October l31 and dropped bombs.
One Aircraft KSels Over = yN
"Anti ,aireraftS guns of the Royal
Field ARTILLERY, oattached to the central
force, were in action and ah airship
was seen TO keel over on its side and
drop to a lowei altitude.
"Five aeroplhnes of the Royal Fly
ing Corps went up, but owing to AT
mospheric conditions only one aeroplane
succeeded IN, locating ap airship. This
aeroplane, however, was unable to over
haul the airship before it was lost in
the fog. y ....N
Several houses were damaged and
several fires were started, but no Sc
rious damage was done to military ma
terial. All fires were soon under con
troll.
1.-THE following military casualties
have been reported: Fourteen killed
and thirteen wounded. Non military
casualties were l42. OF these casualties
thirty two killed and Rinetyfive in.
iured were in the London area.
Germans Report On Raid
The official report of the German al
miralty the day after the raid said:
"German arships during the night
of October 1914 attacked the city of
London and nearby Important establish
ments, as well as the batteries of lp
switch. Several attacks were made, es
peciaIly on the city of London.
"The docks of London, the water
works at Hampton, near London, vamd
Woolwlrh also were heavily bomharded
With inrendiary bombs. ,At"all the
places attacked important explosions
and great fires were observed. All the
airships returned safely, although they
were vigorously attacked on passing
over the English coast