Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-06-07
British Claim to Have Shot
German Airship to Pieces
Over Belgium.
FIVE SLAIN BY BOMBS
English East Coast Visited
During Night, Two Fires
Being Started.

London. June lit was announced
az the admiralty this afternoon that a
Zeppelin visited the east coast OF Eng
land last night. dropping incendiary
and explosive bombs Five persons
were KILLED and 40 injured. Two fires
Ncrc caused by the inccndiary bombs.
The admiralty announced today that
a Zeppelin had been blown 20 pieces
over Belgium By British airmen-
The statement follows;
This morning az 2;sO a. m. an at
tack Sas made on the airship shed al
Everc. north of Brussels by Flight
Lieutenant J. =. Wilson. r. y. and J.
5. Mills. r. y. Bombs were dropped
and the shed vas observed TO be in
flames
1t is not known whether a Zepplin
was Inside. but the flames reached 4
great height. coming out from both
sides % the shed. Both pilots returned
f.iciy.
At , O'Clock this morning Flight
Sub-Licutenant r a. J. Warneford.
r y. attacked a Zeppelin in the air
between Ghent and Brussels. Al 5000
feet he dropped six bombs and the air
ship exploded. fell TO the ground and
burned for a considerable time.
The force Of the explosion caused
the MoTaue monoplane TO turn upside
down The pilot succeeded In righting
the machine. hut had 20 make a forced
landing fn the enemy's country. How
ever. he vas able 10 re-start his ma
ekfne. and returned safely 20 the aero
dromc."
--1.a ----.-r.-,-an-. - .ha E~~ba,ra
Telegraph company at Amsterdam
supplies some details OF the destruc-
tion OF a Zeppelin airship between
Ghent and Brussels by British aviators
IN a monoplane.
He declares the Telegraaf has re
ccivct a dispatch from Client saying
that when the Zeppelin came down IL
landed on an orphanage. Two nuns
and two orphans were killed. while
many others in the establishment were
injured. The crew OF the Zeppelin. IS
men. lost their lives.
Berlin. June :. (by wireless 10 Say
vile. y. Yl-The following statement
vas given out here officially today:
a German submarine on June {
sank the Russian cruiser Amur. OF the |
second class. near Baltic Fort."
Gas Tank l. Hit.
ION the night OF June As German 1
naval dirigible attacked the fortified /
mouth of the Humber ton the east
coast OF EnEiandi the naval port OF
Harwich. England. and the harbor es-
az Harwich. They were
-onspicuousiy successful Many bombs
E.rc dropped and there was a large
iumhcr of explosions. one particu
ariy violent explosion was that OF
gas tank or oil tank which was hit
Bombs we're dropped on the railroad
icpot
German airships were shot at Wig 1
irousiy by guns on land and on ships.
They wcrc not hit. and returned safe
-
\ asmi-oficiai statement from Pc (
roErad last night said that the Rus
ian warship Yenisci had been sunk /
n the Gulf % Riga by a German sub
marine The Amur. a mine layer OF ,
.s2s tons displacement. vas a sister
hip of the Ycnisel and Il f. probable
hat the names Of these vessels have
zen confused. apparently only one OF |
hem having been sunk. a
The raid of German dirigibics over /,
ne east coast of England on the night /
4 June t-s was announced on Satur-
.ay 10 a brief statement made Official I
5 az London. bat no details OF the {
,laccs visited or damage done were {
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