The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-26
SEES WORK or GERMAN AIRMEN
Returned Globe Trotter Has Many In
teresting Stories Of Fighting Be
tween the English and the Germans
Does Not Relish Experience.

irwin Zolinsky, former Kenosha boy
and for the past nine years q globe
trotter, is back in Kenosha after hay
ing had long series of adventures in
South Africa, Australia, the British
Isles and many parts Of war ridden
Europe, and he is spending q, short
zine with friends in Kenosha. Zolin-
sky, who went to England with a view
of putting on an Illustrated lecture,
had a chance to see some of the actual
conditions surrounding the war. He
told some interesting stories to his
friends in Kenosha today.
Mr. Zolinsky was an eye witness
of the great Zeppelin air raid at South
End, England Is famous seaside resort.
~ went to South End on May 25
with the intention Of looking over the
sights of the town." said Zolinsky
" Everything went merry as we'd
ding bell until about nine-thirty
O'Clock that night. The sky was dark.
South End people jocularly remarked
what a lovely night it would be for a
Zeppelin raid. In fact, ] was wishing
to witness one of these wonderful air
dreadnaughts myself, but / will never
long to see another
While sitting in the back room of
my apartments talking with my land
lord heavy noise like thunder
was heard
4 Well it's going to rain after
all, | remarked
(" Rain' exclaimed the landlord
That Is bloomin gun. The zeppe
Inns are coming,
81 rushed out to the back yard
In the meantime by landlord awakened
his family, which was large one, told
them to get their clothes and blankets,
to throw them over their shoulders
and to get buckets of water and make
ready for action.
We then turned out all the lights
in the house and he came to the back
yard where was gazing at two
zeppelins.
tThe gunners from fortified town
near South End were blazing away
with their anti-craft guns. You could
see the large shells bursting around
the air craft, but as if by a miracle
they never seemed to touch them. In
cendiary bombs were being hurled by
the Germans.
6 An incendiary bomb has to be
ignited by hand before it leaves the
chip. You could see the airmen do
this and drop them from the Zeppelin,
leaving streak of light in their wake.
AS soon as the bombs hit the ground
they broke scattering a million or
more pieces of pitch and tar rope
saturated with gasoline, which spread
to different parts of the town and
started fires.
When they had hurled their dead
~ missiles, the airships parted com
Lany. One went to the east and the
other to the west
tThe streets were thronged with
people. Women tainted. Children
cried and strong men shuddered,
'sEvery one thought the ship was
tirectly over him. We found, how
ever, that that was optical illusion.
We could easily see the crew outlined
against the dark blue sky.
''From the stories l had heard about
the Germans and their atrocities, I
readily prepared to see proiectiles
hurled among the women and children.
But, no. One of the Zeppelins direct
" over the Great Eastern Railway
station where it dropped FIVE, doing
some damage four doors from the
house where / lived.
Zone bomb dropped through a
house into bedroom where little
girl was sleeping. The place was set
on fire and she was so badly burned
that she succumbed the next day in
the hospital They called her
tQueenie' Pateman. The whole town
attended her funeral!
''Four British aeroplanes were or
dered out of the royal naval flying
station grounds at Eastbourne, Ken
shire, but the zeppelins were already
heading toward Helgoland. Shots
were fred from the aeroplanes, which
took no effect. The swiftly flying
ZeppeIins were never caught
81 have travelled through the wilds
Of South Africa and South America,
where I have seen lot of things, and
have undergone many hardships, but
T should much sooner go through all
these over again than to be under a
cZappelin when it is dropping explosives