Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-20
GERMAN A|RMEN
RAID ENGLAND
Bombs Dropped During
Night Attack on Six
Coast Towns.
KILL FIVE PEOPLE,
INJURE AS MANY
sem. Property Damaged i" Bold A.
t.ek-kins'. Residence at sandrins-
ham Attacked But Not H's-Aec"r'
aey Of Ai-m.n Causes Surprise
Among eritish-Most Of Damage IN
a;et.d on private Homes and s"ops

f1ictod on petN1to 0V"Ss e
london. Jan. Coleman airmen oe-
livered their long predicted attack on
England last night. From base pre-
sumably in Germany. they he" over
tho North Sea to the eastern coast OK
E,o,and where for four hours they
circled over a group Of some SIX Ehs
l,sh towns, only little more than 1"o
miles from London.
So far as has been learned tooay
four or FIVE persons were Nlieo s"0
about as many more were WOUNDED.
whether these airships were Zeppe-
lin dirigible balloons or aeroplanes mas
not vet been definitely estaousneo'
There is increasing belief IN Lonoon
this morning that possibly only ar
ships took part in the attack. ihefe
has been no confirmation OF the report
that a Zeppelin has been brought do"n
on the English coast On the contrary
1t appears all the raiders have returned
whence they came.
Raiders Miss King.
The most important towns over
which the airmen appeared were Sand
ringham. Yarmouth Sheringham, Hun
stanton. Cromer. Heacham, Dersins-
ham and Kings Lynn. King Edward
had left Sandringham only . few hours
before the raiders visited 1t.
Most OF the damage appears to have
bees, inflicted upon private houses ana
shops. Few public buildings or docks
seem TO have been injured.
Phe rasding aiFmen showed excellent
sbility 10 pilot their vessels. as well a.
eood nnafksmanship. Despite the dark
ness OF the night they seemed to hnd
their way with directness and the ac-
tiafAeSA % tiieif bombs was greater thAn
Saa been deemed possible.
Too Dark % See Machines.
The night was quite calm. but very
lark and cloudy. which made 1t I'M
possible for. the people in the towns
over which the raiders passed to dis
.inguish even the outlines OF the ma
.h:nes tho the whirr Of their propel-
lers and the droning of their motors
.ould be heard distinctly.
Bombs were dropped in Yarmouth.
Kings Lynn, sandringham, Cromer.
sheringham and Beeston, and every
where except at Beeston casualties
and damage to property resulted.
The first place visited was the
widely known seaside resort and fish
ing town OF Yarmouth A man and a
woman were killed, a number of other
nersons we're injured and much dam
age TO property was done by the raid
ers in their visit, which lasted less than
ten minutes -Four or five bombs were
dropped in Yarmouth.
When the attack began the author
tiles gave Instructions that all lights in
the town be extinguished and other
precautionary measures were taken.
Few signs Of panic were seep during
the raid
Apparently the raiders. after visiting
Yarmouth, few over Cromer. where
they dropped bombs and then went to
Eheringham and Beeston.
Boy Killed at Kings lynn.
Turning inland from there they
made for Sandringham, dropping ex-
LYNN. where q boy was killed and q
man, woman and q child were injured
Two houses were destroyed.
The damage done in Sandringham
has not been reported. It II known
however. that the royal palace wa1
not harmed At Sheringllam q bomb
penetrated q house but did not ex-
aplode.
Only Monday Scotland Yard author-
tiles. issued INSTRUCTIONS concerning
measures to be taken BY tho police and
other OFFICIALS In the event OF an ail
raid. II
People Respond 10 Alarm.
"A dispatch from Yarmouth says It Il
believed there that the raiders came II
aeroplanes Of large sizc.
Among those killed IL one soldier
The property damage does not exceed
Z few thousand, dollars. A shoemaker
and woman were killed in Yarmouth
and q civilian and soldier lost theil
Nves at Kings Lynn.
The police reports from the towns
say that the public responded very vel
10 raid Instructions recently made pub.
to the cellars.
An unexploded bomb in Yarmouth
weighed six pounds and Is cone shaped
British Prsss Comment Bitter.
Comment Of the British press on tn.
$ oII0ck - UltteT HI toHe, many 4OnOOl
papers assailing the Germans in tn,
same unmeasured language as at tn,
time Of the Hartlepool naval raid. Tn,
event 10 being used as text for edi.
forials urging more rapid recruiting
Tho Pail Mall Gazette says the onl,
hitting answer is the sending Of troop,
to the continent. The Globe urges re-
taiiation in kind. observing that ther,
areh several fiourishing towns within
NJ easy reach Of British airmen.
sTREGrs PAVED WITH GLASS.
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