Evening star., 1915-09-20

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of st. Paurs Cathedral had been tinted
red, as if by the glow of a great fire, they
went in that direction first
They passed by recruiting stations,
which had been empty the day before.
On this morning there, were long lines
OF men waiting outside, eager to Join
the army. Back of the cathedral where
there are many warehouses near the
river front they came upon the first
visible effect of the raid.
An entire city block was in ashes.
with only the smudged shells Of build
ings left standing. The sightseers heard
that the burned buildings had been big
warehouses, filled with clothing and
There were no munitions in the build
ings, however, it was said.
At the Opthaimic Hospital, a small
building whose exact location none of
was within fifteen minutes ride of the
Metropole Hotel and in the central Sec
ton of the city, they found that con-
siderable damage had been done by
bomb which had fallen about a block
away. This building and two others
converted into hospitals for wounded
soldiers had felt the force Of the ex-
plosion as II 1t had been at their doors
Three Blocks In Ruins.
In Bloomfield street, two and one-half
miles from Trafalgar square, a row Of
dwellings had been damaged, as II by
artillery fire. The damage extended
over an area of about three blocks.
There was a cavity in the middle Of
the street thirty feet in diameter and
about eight feet deep.
Guides in motor buses were carrying
steady streams of sightseers to the
various points where the greatest dam
age had been wrought. At one place.
about fifteen minutes ride from the
Victoria Hotel. a six-story tenement
had been demolished. The sightseers
heard that five persons had been killed
in their beds in this building and that
more than twenty had been hurt. AL.
together. It was unoficially reported.
killed by bombs and 200 or more
wounded. About half Of these it was
said. were women and children.
Not government building. or
church. or an arsenal. dock or a hos
Ordunas passengers were informed.
The greatest material damage. it was
said, was the destruction by fire of
the block of warehouses near st. PauPs
Cathedral. The chief result Of the raid,
however, was to swell the number of
recruits by many thousands
Crowds Sing "Tipperary."
Miss Ethel B. Davis of Bryn Mawr
University, near Philadelphia, who was
returning home from hospital duty in
Paris. saw the raid. She was at the
Lyric Theater when the Zeppelin
reached the heart of the city. This
theater is within a short distance OF
Trafalgar Square and few minutes
walk from Waterloo bridge and the
Charing Cross station.
They were singing in Trafalgar
Square as the Zeppelin fioated over
them." she said. I could hear them,
now and then. at seconds of silence be-
tween firing. ! couldn't make out what
the tune was, but I was told that they
were singing 'Tipperary.'
The steamship Rotterdam. which also
arrived today, brought scores of pas
sengers who witnessed the air raid.
They, too. said that they had seen but
one Zeppelin, but that 1t was a sight
never to be forgotten They told of
a bus in Cheapside blown to pieces by
one of the Zeppelin bombs, virtually
obliterating it's sixteen occupants
Watched by Ambassador Page.
How the American ambassador, Wal
ter H. Page, and his family watched
the Zeppelin from the steps Of the. en-
bassy on Grosvenor square, was told by
Frank C. Page. the ambassadors son.
The airship was about 5000 feet up,
Mr.. Page said, and looked like a silver
cigar as it floated in the night sky out
lined by the searchlights. The ambas-
sador's son said they were startled by
to the street. Passersby were looking
up and no one seemed frightened
What alarmed him most. he said, was
the sudden discharge Of an anti-air-
craft gun which had been concealed in
Grosvenor Square itself.
I'VE could see the smoke puffs from
scores of anti-aircraft guns beneath
the Zeppelin. Instead of being alarmed
pie cheer whenever one Of the shots
exploded near the Zeppelin.
The greatest damage, the Rotterdam
passengers said. was done in the indus
trial section of the city, located near
st. Paul's Cathedral, particularly in
Newgate street. Cheapside and Wood
street also bear the scars of the ex-
plosions. There was but one large fire
and this was back of st. Paufs Cathe-
dra1. One passenger told Of seeing in
Trafalgar Square an unexploded Zep-
pelin bomb on exhibition in shop win
dow which the shopkeeper advertised
as having been picked up in the square.
British Guns Ineffective.
Frederic R. Coudert, well known
New York lawyer said he saw the Zep-
pelin from Edgerton place, where he
was visiting Sir Philip Burne-Jones. the
artist He climbed the pedestal Of a
lamppost to get better view, and SUBJ
sequently gave up the vantage point
to J. Austen Chamberlain. the British
secretary for India, who lived nearby
and was among the many residents OF
the district who focked into the streets
instead of seeking their cellars.
1.-The first thing l saw after hearing
the explosions" said Mr.. Coudert, was
a search1ight sweeping across the sky.
Finally it settled on the Zeppelin,
which was visible for five or six min
utes. The anti-aircraft guns were very
slow in firing. The English guns are
far from being as rapid as the French
anti-aircraft guns. which are now 80
effective that 1 understand this is the
one reason why the Zeppelins do not
attack Paris. Here was virtually sta
tionary mark, but none of the projec-
tiles struck as far as I could see. T.
heard, tough. that the British are
about to adopt a new gun
"The way the people took it was
typical example of British phlegm. 1t
was like watching a shooting match at
Wimbledon. and caused just about as
much excitement as fire in New
York"
Mr.. Coudert located the position of
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