The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-10-18

LONDON. Oct. II. $40 u. m
French troops have encountered the
bulssrian army at Ghevgheii, accord
ing TO dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph company from Athens.
Ghevgheli. or Gievgeli. Is on the
Nish-Salonih railway line In Servia.
about nine miles north OF the Greek
border. A dispatch from Athens TO
London news agency last night said
tnat the railway administration or
allied troops to Gievgel
Another news agency dispatch from
Athens stated that allied troops mad
iert Salonih on Saturday for toe
Serbo-Buigarian frontier.
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rooms until they were awakened again
by the sound OF guns about midnfrht-
Last Area Q suburb.
III. me last areas covered by the raid
single FACTORY or business house and
hardly any shops. There are no mill
rs eneampmens. no store sheds. no
serial deienses and not even search
lshts. All the property consists of de-
tached or semi-detached houses sur
ron a by small gardens. II was in
son. the largest number OF bombs were
cropped and they must have been
zz. n, by what the commander OF a
Zeppelin In his interview on the last
rad described as rapid fire"
"A, me actual period OF bombardment
dld not last a minute and the distance
from the spot where the first bomb
cropped TO the last could not have been
ilore then 900 yards. Within so yards
no less than five fell together. while
nearby three fell In a single garden.
which did not measure more than 80
ye.ts square
she striking and fortunate feature OF
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indeed OF the whole attack on this occa-
sion, Is the number OF cases in which
me bombs dropped. not on the buildings.
put on the ground In only three cases
IN this suburban area were houses act
usiy struck. though. OF course the>force
OF me explosion was TO destroy whole
couses. even al considerable distance.
Astontshtng Escapes.
Here there were many astonishing
escapes. In one instance a bomb fell on
houses. the entire fronts OF which were
DioWn out causing the upper bedroom
bS oSrs 70 COLLAPSE In one OF the upper
sleeping. They were thrown out onto
the street through the place where the
both escaping with their lives
!, IN the next house little boy lying
IN his cot was buried under the debris
in order TO release him the whole roof
had 10 be lifted up. so securely was the
e9t pinned down. There was not a
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LEFT whole In either Of these two housos:
only two small pictures remained with
the mass unbroken
large house a few yards away suf-
Tered very badly. A bomb fell right on
the center OF Il. killing Instantly two
children and severely injuring a third
child. and the father and mothre
Many Houses Damaged.
In the road In which this occurred
there are 20 houses without doors or
windows. ana every house is heavily
pitted with shot marks. In one OF tine
houses. where a woman was sitting IN
sofa the door OF the room was forcde
open with such violence thar the lock
was wrenched from its fastenings and
struck the wall within n few inches OF
the woman's head.
AT another point where a bomb fell
into the street. a young man was saying
good night TO woman at the front door
OF the house. He was killed immedi-
ately by a fragment OF the bomb, ara
the woman was badly injured. At this
point also an old man. who was walk
ing on the pavement was struck and hts
arm was blown on lie died in a hos
pital shortly afterward"