The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-01-20
zEPPEL|NS MAKE
VISITS TO -FOUR
ENGLISH TOWNS
Five Persons Killed and Some
Damage By Bombs
ONE AIR SHIP SHOT DOWN
Airships Presumably Crossed North
Sea During Night Sailing from
CuxhaVen.
ONE AIR SHIP SHOT DOWN

London, Wednesday, Jan. 20.-Un-
der cover of darkness, several Ger
man aircraft presumably all Zeppe-
Inns, raided the county of Norfolk, on
the east coast of England, last night.
One of the Zeppelins was brought
down near Hunstanston, a little
watering place north of Sandringham,
the seat of the royal palace, in the
| western part of the county. The
! Central News dispatch, which reports
this adds that the Zeppelin was
brought down by the fire OF wal
ship.
Besides dropping bombs close to
Sandringham palace, without doing
any great damage, the German air
men attacked the seaport of Var
mouth, Cromer. watering place for
ty miles northwest of Yarmouth, ana
Sheringham, in the same neighbor-
hood. Beeston, and Kings Lynn,
ninety miles west of Yarmouth and
near the Wash
If the German raiders hoped to
blow up the royal residence while the
King and Queen were in it, they
missed their mark, for King George
and Queen Mary, with their family,
who had been staying at Sandrlng-
ham, returned to London yesterday
morning to resume their residence ia
Buckingham palace.
Only Gat3sfing reports have reach.
ed hereaftoff the towns that Wee
6ohlaraed. but 4 IS se swi that at
least five persons have been Killed.
four in Yarmouth and one in Kings
Lynn.
The damage done to property 5y
the bombs was apparently small ex-
cept at Yarmouth. but the noise of
the terrific explosion caused panic
in several places.
The raiding Zeppelins apparently
few across the North Sea during the
day timing their arrival so as to at
tack without any alarm being giver
Three German airships, according
to dispatch from Amsterdam, pass
ed over the Island OF Ameland. IN
the North Sea, at 2,30 O'Clock yester-
day afternoon. They were flying in
a westerly direction, according to adj
vices received from Mes, the principal
town of the island.
Six hours later, or about $50 o.
clock in the evening, an aircraft ap-
peared over Yarmouth. which is 1879
miles across the sea from Ameland.
The whirring of the propellers and
noise of the engine first attracted at
tention to the arrival of the Germans
It was evident that the machine car.
ried a searchlght, as flashes of light
could occasionally be seen coming
from it,
Scarcely had the noise of the en-
CINE been heard in the city thai |
there came the sound of EXPLOSIONS, |
as the raiders hurled their bombs |
From five to seven of these were |
thrown. and considerable damage to
property resulted.
The greatest damage done by any |
bomb resulted from one that fell in
St Peters Plain. near St Peters |
church This damaged whole row
Of houses breaking all the windows
and lttering the street with debris, |
consisting of slate from the ROOT,
and brick
One man was found outside rs |
home on st. Peters Plain. His head
mad been crushed He was Identified
rs Samuel Smith, shoemaker.
A woman who has not yet been
Identified was also found dead, while
l soldier was discovered in Norfolk
Square with a wound in his chest
\ dispatch from Yarmouth says there
vas a fourth victim.
Great excitement prevailed in the |
own when the electric supply was
,ut off and the town was plunged In
larkness
After the attack on Yarmouth,
yhlch lasted only about ten minutes.
he German air craft sailed away in |
| southwesterly direction. |
At Sheringham, five miles Gcom
tromer, bomb dropped in W.Adham
Street went through house, but did
lot explode, apparently because the
use became detached in the descent
Two bombs dropped at Beeston did
10 damage These bombs measured
learly four inches in diameter.
Kings Lynn was visited at about
0.45 o'clock and from FIVE to seven
Jombs were dropped there.