The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-09-20

New ycrk. sept Ca handful OF
persons from the millions VINO aaw
the arsi Zeppelin raid ever the heart
Of London ON the night of september
5 reached New York today aboard
the steamer Drduna with thrilling
stories of the fiEht In the sky between
the invaders and British air craft and
other details OF the damage inflicted
which had hitherto been suppressed
by the British ccnors.
There we're said 10 be three zeppe-
lns in the fleet although those who
told the story today hnd seen nut one
They circlod over tho ,hcntcr and no.
tel district OF London. cropping on-
plosivc and incendiary bombs one
nf the latter. it was said. destroyed
hy fire an entire block OF warehouses
Within five minutes walk ui e. Paurs
cathedral An explosive bomb ripped
through siN-story tenement build
ing from top to bottom. and XIII
ing q dozen or more men, women and
children as they slept.
Several bombs. according 60 the eye
witnesses. fen near three hospitals in
q clustcr, the central one of which
was the opthalmic hospital. fun OF
wounded soldiers All ihrce buildings
we're rocked 90 their foundations ana
not pane of glass was lott intact
The patients had 10 be moved into
the streets, where they law Tor hours
on their cots while the damage was
repaired
Picced together from accounts Civ
On by the Orduna's PASSENGERS, IN,
story OF the air raid was as follows
The raid occurred between i0.t'
and ii.t5 o'clock on the night o
September s, u raid the previou,
night having reached the eastern see
tinn of the city but not the hcart
Persons asleep iu the Metropole. The
Victoria and other hotels In tho ccn-
ter of the city were awakened by the
inressant whirr OF neroplane wheels
as the air fleet took wing "a repei the
invaders. Just as the Icppolins ap-
peatcd over the strand most of the
thcatcrs were pouring their crowds
into the streets.
There. according to some pussen-
gers. a panic impendcd when the iirst
word OF the approaching afr craft was
passed from mouth TO mouth IN " his
pers. The lights were turned of and
men ana women p evening. clothes
fought Tor taxieabs tu take them
home. other passengers said there
WAS no panic hut that "a great wave
Of fear seemed t0 eugulf this section
of the durkened c!ty before ne auti-
aircrau guns began 30 pop away
suddenly from every section OF
London she sky was swept hy long
white beams from scores of hearch-
lights The tops OF these beams were
. not long bon resting upon Whut they
sought When tho Zeppelin WAS
/ found "a dozen or more searchlights
: focused their rays upon H. stretchlng
back Co scattered points in the city
/ like the long white ribs Of fancy
fan.
Two searchngnts nnally centored on
/ "a Zeppelin white the others continued
( To search the SAY tor more air craft
+, Already the alr was dotted with aero.
plmnes which could be seen ircqueutl,
as oy crossed the searchiight beam
ciroling upward. The roar of th,
guns from the ci,y was punctuated al
intervals by the explosions of numni
which fell In New Gate street, not tan
from -. Paui's cathedral In HoloOrn
ln Chcapsidc in Bloomfield street. no
far from the Liverpool street station
and near the water front of tn'
Thames Elyer- Ia that section ef th'