Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-07-02
AIR RAID IMpERILS
BANK OF ENGLAND
zeppelIns, Led by Autos, Get
Near Heart Of London.
HIT NOTED EAST END CHURCH

Airships Only Few Minutes From St. |
PsuPs Cathedral. Houses Of Parlia-
nent, Wsstr, mister Abbey and Kings
PaIaee-Ninsty Bombs Xiii Four, In
jurs Seventy and Cause Many Fires.
by mall have come details OF the at
tack on London by German Zcppelns.
would not allow TO be published In
England or cabled to this country.
In all II would appear ninety bombs
were dropped, apparently by airships,
which. II is believed. were guided by
spies in automobiles specially lighted.
The raiders got within a mile OF the
Bank OF England and St Paul's cathe
dral and three miles Of Westminster
Abbey, buckingham palace and the
houses Of parliament They hit
church. "A crowded theater. killed four
persons, wounded seventy and set
few fires, but are thought to have
proven lHHl IhAuS pH lsoHuol may ne
successful yet
First Bombs at 1890 p. NJ.
The German air raiders apparently
reached land at Ieigh.on-S Sea. which is
two miles from Southend. There they
dropped i've bombs about 1880 p. III.
but did little damage, as the explo
siyes fell on the open downs near the
town They were next reported over
Brentwood and from that town easily
reached north London, only few min
ntes' hight away Stratford. which is
wei within the metropolis. was the
subject OF their attentions. but little
property damage was done there, the
bombs falling on waste land.
The raiders then continued their
flight until they were over Daston
Junction very important railway
junction with heavy night traffic of
freight trains which necessitates many
signal lights Near the junction there
Is marsh which marks the site Of
natural springs known from the days
Of the Romans. aud instead OF strik
Ing the railway lines most of the
bombs fell In the marsh
Swinging more 10 the east. the raid
ers scattered bombs over Sboreditch.
which is on the edge OF the city Of
London, and 1t was here that they ac-
4Npmplished the greatest damage 60 life
and property setting fire 10 several
private residences and shops and kill.
Ing four persons aud nIuring many
Slhers.
Crowded Theatsr 10 Hit.
An jncendiary bomb bounced from
the roof OF The Shoreditch Empire Mu'
sic hall. leaving the place virtually un.
scathed. but causing panic In The
the ater audience A small house stand.
ing near the theateF was burned. ap.
parestly by the bomb. which bounded
from the roof The most Important
structure hit was the ancient Church
OF ST. Mary. Whitechapel. right In the
heart OF the thronged East End. The
spire was slightly cracked by an In
cendiary bomb.
Through Hoxton the zigzag course Of
the Zeppellns could be traced by Sc
ries of fires which they left In theil
track. Along Commercial road many
business houses suffered, One of th,
luckiest escapes wss that OF biz
whisky dlstillery With its great vat,
OF spirits aud It's storerooms Oiled will
case goods IL might have proved al
easy victim for an incendiary bomb
but the lone bomb which struck thu
place went through a galvanized lroI
roof into deep tank filed with water
Most OF the bombs used were OF til,
incendary type. and few which die
not explode have been examined b.
the British authorities These are oil
ed with tarred hemp soaked Ia Goa
oil But evidence has been founi
showing that some OF the shrapne
bombs OF the type carried by aero
planes were used
Three Fall on Freight Depot.
Three incendlary bombs were drop
ped in the big freight station OF TIA
Great Eastern railway at Bishopsgat
about half past II. They came through
the glass roof without SCATTERING th
glass. hut cutting holes AS snApth
n made with u glass cutter Two o
them started fires. which the workme
put out with buckets Of water IN
third was thrown into pail of waite
before II had done any damage an
taken 10 the police station NJ an ei
hihiI
The inhabitants ~ the poorer region
where the homhs fell we're Ia an ugi
mood. aud many Germans had 70 b
hurried to the police stations for pre-
lection Two shops owned by Russia
Jews were attacked by the crowd
the belief that the owners were Gel
mans
Next morning the only sign Of
pursuit ~ The raiders was found Va n
mud Oats on Leighton Sea whsre
British aeroplans VS. stnck fast IN IA
mud after bving compelled % dsscen