The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-11-03
AIR RAIDS DEADLY
AMERICANS FROM LONDON SAY
LATEST KILLED $50 TO 800

RAIDERS PLAINLY Seen
Three Attacks on British Capital on
October 1S-Guns Fail to Reach
Zeppelins, Which Hoyered 5000
Feet Above in a Clear Sky-Chorus
Girl Run Into Street.
The American liner St.. Paul ar
rived in New York Sunday from Liy-
erpool with the first eyewitness of
the Zeppelin raid over London on 0c-
tober 13. All accounts agreed that
the night was clear, that the ZepPe-
Inns could be seen plainly when the
searchlights shone on them, and that
there was no cloud of steam emitted
by the airships to hide them from
view.
The shells from the anti-aircraft
guns fell short of the Zeppelins, it
was said, and caused great deStruc.
ton Of property. According to those
who timed the visit of the raid, it oc-
cupied only seven minutes altogether
There were five Zeppelins coming TO-
ward the city from the northeast, but
the squadron split up before reaching
the outskirts, and the units took diff
rH
their contempt for the British anti
aircraft guns the Germans returned
to London twice on the night of Oc-
tober 13 and. got away without re-
ceiving serious injury from shells.
The most complete account of the
raid was supplied to The New York
Times by a passenger, who did not
wish his name used, as follows:
GAS far as can be made out there
were five Zeppelins engaged in the
raid, which ranged from Folkestone
on the South coast to Hertford, the
county town OF Hertfordshire on the
north, and as far west of London as
Guildford. So far as London itsel,
is concerned, four bombs were drop
ped in the neighborhood of Aldwych
another fell at the top of Cancery
Lane, close by Holborn Viaduct Tube
station, and others were dropped II
the neighborhood Of the Minories.
"The chief damage in London wa:
around the Aldwych. One bomb drop
ped fifty yards away from the Wald
OFF Hotel in the middle of the road
The New York Tribune office is a.
43 Aldwych, leXt door to the Wal
dorf Hotel. Its windows were al
smashed, and piece of shell two
inches square drove right through the
office, knocking off the stone coping
Of the window, tearing hole through
thick curtain, and making cavlt!
as big as ones fist in the wall oppo
site.
This was just about twenty min
utes past nine, and only one man, Mr.
Kerney, was present at the time. How
he escaped was marvel, for his chall
was just in the line taken by the
piece Of shell, which, had he beer
sitting in his chair, would have
caught him Just about neck high
The probability is that he heard the
noise of one of the other bombs drop
ped in the neighborhood and Jumped
out of his chair before the bomb fel
in the Aldwych. All that he remem
bered afterward was falling down
stairs with the office boy.
Another bomb dropped by one O
the doors of the Waldorf Theatre
another fell close by in Wellington
Street, not more than twenty yard!
away from the Lyceum Theatre. Here
it was that the greatest number O.
casualties in this part of London wa'
caused, several people being killed il
public house in Wellington Street
just beyond The Morning Post offices
which had a great number OF thell
windows blown out.
"A gas main in Wellington Stree
was shattered and the gas took fire
the flame continuing until about
o'clock the following morning
Throughout the darkness Of the nigh
the scene was an extraordinary one
the blaze from the gas main luridl!
Illuminating the surroundings. There
were cordons of police holding bacl
the spectators, who numbered thou
sands.
Considerable damage was alst
done to the Strand and Gaiety Thea
tres by another bomb, which fel
close, by one of the side entrances O.
the former building. That side O
the theatre was severely shattered
and inside the conclusion brought
/ down part of the ceiling. Most o.
the windows of the Gaiety Theatre
opposite were shattered The dance
scene in The Scarlet Pimpernep wa:
in progress at the Strand Theatre
when the first crash Of the bomb wa:
heard. A moment or so later parts
Of the roof fell in crashing down into
the auditorium itself. A number ot
people were injured and at least one
killed.
"At first there was some panic
which was increased as several hys'
terical persons began calling oui
fire. These, however, were prompt.
ly silenced by those around them
and almost instantly Mr.. Fred Terry
appeared on the stage, only diml!
discernihle through the dense crowds
of dust. He successfully quieted the
din and gained the attention of the
audience.
81 beg of you to get out as quiet
ly and orderly as possible and to re.
member that there are women and
children present. he said.
"Instantly the orchestra struck up
the national anthem and practically
all the large audience stood still and
Joined in singing the words. At the
end they filed out quietly, walking
with difficulty over the heaps of plas.
ter which Uttered the floor.
''The dressing rooms on the top
floor of the Lyceum Theatre at one
end were devastated, but nobody con-
nected with the theatre received in
jury.
The scene in the public house al
ready mentioned called The Bell. re
sembled shambles. 1t appears that
the bars were crowded at the time,
and scarcely any one in them escaped
without injury. Several people were
killed outright-some reports say six.
One woman had leg blown off, and
a man lost both an arm and a leg. 1t
was also said that one man was de-