The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-01-21
GERMANS RAID
ENGLISH COAST
WITH AIRCRAFT
DROP BOMBS ON HALF DOZEN
CITIES NEAR LONDON.
ALL ENGLAND STANDS AGHAST
The Airships, Whether They Were
ZeppeIins or AeropIanes Make
Good Their Escape After Raid
Seen off Holland Coast.

London, Jan. 2O.-London stood
aghast at the news to-day that a feet
of German aircraft, either Zeppelins
or aeroplanes, swooped down on the
English coast during the night, bonn
barded nearly half dozen cities
within scarcely 100 miles of London
and actually threatened the capitol
itself. All the raiding aircrafts are
believed to have escaped.
Unofficial reports from Amsterdam
brought word that the airships
flying eastward were sighted off the
caost of Holland early today, believed
to have been returning from the at
tacks in England. ..r 4.
Official reports placed the number
of persons killed in the night attacks
by the Germans at from four to nine.
Reports concerning the number of
aircraft engaged ranged from three to
six with the latter figure generally
accepted.
Reports Are Conflicting.
Because the raid was made in the
darkness the reports are conflicting.
Two persons are known to have been
killed at Kings Lynn. Mrs. Dazeley,
"a widow, was killed while paying a
visit to neighbors. Her body was
recovered from the ruins this morn
ing when relatives started a search.
A 17-year-old boy named Goat was
killed in bed when a bomb dropped
through the roof of his house. His
father was crushed under the falling
roof and badly injured. A woman
and baby in the same house were
hurt. ma NJ
Other dispatches from Kings Lynn
place the number of dead at four but
give no additional information.
Yarmouth correspondents also re.
IpOrt four dead but only two of these,
an unidentified woman and Samuel
Smith, a shoemaker, are mentioned.
Smiths head was partially torn off.
A soldier was found with hole torn
in his chest and is dying.
The air raiders did not visit Lon
don. After throwing terror into the
hearts of the east coast towns the
fleet turned eastward shortly after
midnight and sped back across the
North Sea.
Royal Residence Threatened.
Bombs we're dropped at Sandring-
! ham, county Norfolk, the kings royal
residence.
King George and Queen Mary, who
had been staying at ~Sandringham
with their family, returned to Lon.
don only yesterday to resume their
residence in Buckingham palace.
Too Dark to See Machines.
The night was quite calm, but very
dark and cloudy, which made it i'm
possible for the people in the towns
over which the raiders passed to dis.
tinguish even the outlines of the ma
chimes though the whirr OF their pro-
pellers and the droning of their mo-
tors could be heard distinctly.
A Zeppelin is reported to have
been brought down by the fire of a
warship at Hunstanton, few miles
north of Sandringham.
The damage done in Sandringham
has not been reported. 1t is known,
however, that the royal palace was
not harmed. At Sheringham a bomb
penetrated a house but did not ex-
plode.
Only yesterday Scotland Yard
authorities issued instructions con.
corning measures to be taken by the
police and other officials in the event
of an air raid.
Were Not Zeppelins.
Yarmouth. Jan. 2O.-There were no
. Zeppelins among the air raiders that
hurled the death dealing bombs upon
Yarmouth last night the police say,
The outlines of the craft were clear
ly visible when they first appeared al
$50, the police say and were aero
planes.
Aeroplane Drops in River.
Paris. Jan. 2O.--An aeroplane carry
{ ing Lieut.. La Porte OF the French ar
l my and Lieut. Chennery of the Brit
ish army fell from a great height oil
the banks OF the Seine and took fire
l The British officer was burned L
death and the French officer will
both legs broken died shortly after
: ward. - agn ,al1I
Fly Over Cologne. W wy
, Amsterdam, Jan 20.-Two Of tn
allies airmen few over Cologne yes
, terday according to dispatches re
,, Icelved here but did no damage.