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

city In which 81. Paurs Is located
THE zeppclsn seemed to float
lazlly above Us. said Misg A. 4. Tat
nam OF sydned. Australia. who was
staying at tho Victoria hotel near
Csaring Cross. ~ reminded mo OF
nothing 80 much ne a sreat fat saus.
age"
My wife and ! watched the zep.
pelia from a balcony Of our hotel. tho
Metropolis" (Which IL near the Ma
tional gallery and the strand) said
Alexander NcNab OF bridgeport,
Conn. N went directly over the ho-
td and dropped bombs around us.
There was hardly a space 9f i've
seconds during the ten miautes or
moro that the searchlight beams rest
ed on tho raider. eye witnesses said.
th.t the sky was not lighted by
flashes q exploding shells.
As the noise Of cnnnonading xrew
louder those who had He'd al nrnt 10
cellars gained courage and came out
into the streets They we're in almost
every stage OF undrcss. aAd thousands
OF men. women and children walked
the streets or stood In groups, gazing
upward, dressed only In their night
clothes.
The bursting Saeiis. lighting tha
I sky like meteors, shattered into sud
den fire all around Zeppelin Tho
/ apiia of flame seemed 10 be finding
, their target. Meanwhile the zenpelin
manuvered over the Holborn section
| OF London. circling al least twice
/ These manuvers ended when a shell
/ burst almost directly under the air.
crafts bow
The Zeppelin appeared 70 be going
\ down By the head For few seconds
] she lowered as II uncertain what Go
do then riehted herself pointed her
nose slightly upward and asccnded so
I rapidly that within minute or two
/ the searchllghts could find her no
7 more. There were no further bomb
eNplosions thereafter.
London went 10 bed that night
wiit hot wrath. but not in fear, the
passengers said. The next day they
went out 20 soc what damage had
been done Having noticed that tho
sky In the vicinity OF 81. Paul's cath-
odral had been tinted red. as II by the
glow OF a great fire, thoy went IN that
direction first.
Recruiting stations which had been
empty the day before. this morning
held long lines Of men eager 10 Join
the army. Back Of the Cathedral
here there are many warehouses
near the ri"er front. they came upon
first visible effects OF the raid.
An entire city block was in ashes
with only the smudged shells of build
ings left ataLdinR The sightseers
heard that lie burned buildings had
been big warehouses. flied with cioth-
ms and other supplies for the British
army
/ At the Opthaimlc hospital. a small
building within flfteen minutes ride
Of the central section Of the city, they
/ found consideraniv damage had been
done by a bomb which had fallen
about a block away. This building
! and two Others converted into hOspl-
tails Tor wounded soldiers had felt the
force ~ The explosion az " It had
been al their doors.
1 In bloomfield street. two and one
half miles from TfafaigaF square. a
row OF dwellings had been damaged
as u by artillery are. The damage
4 extended over an area OF aaout three
blocks. There was cavity In the
! mld1le of the street. thirty feet In
dianieter and about eight feet deep.
Guides IN motor husses We're car
rying steady streams Of sight soets TO
tbe various points whore tho damage