Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-07
Airmen Hoyered Over English
Towns in Fog at Low AIti-
tude, Indicating That They
Had Lost Their Bearings,
SNOW NO HINDRANCE
TO GERMAN AERONAUTS
Public Warnings of Attack Fail
to Create Panic, but Rather
Tend to Lessen Magnitude
Of Disaster.

lBY noHHHo InuEHkL SPECIAL LGAHrn wtREi
London. March U:i2 u. m The
three German air raiders caused for
ty-fiVe casualties Sunday night, ac-
cording TO reports received up 10 mid
might tonight The Zeppelns separ-
ated on their arrival on the English
coast and they wandered over about
eight counties. but virtually an the
damage was done in one Yorkshire
town
! Reports from other parts Of the
raided territory spoke of the Xeppe-
lins remaining stationary at compal-
latively low attitudes All three Of
/ them seemed to have lost their bear
ings. owing to the bad weather eondi-
tonF.
At a town on the southern coast a
Zeppelin was observed fastening
lhomcward. with rs nose down. rs II
disabled severely The German Of
cial reports say that an the raiders re-
turned safely.
SnOustorms No llndrancc.
Sundays raid proved two things to
the British putiic first that snow
storms are no l4udrance to the Ger
man aircraft. and second, that The
public warnings which are given in
advance 10 most of the districts visited
do not lead TO panic tut probably les-
sen the casualties. Snow was falling
heavily when the raiders arrived, but
some experts believe that they flew
above the clouds during the greater
part of their visit.
one alrship passod over the county
Of Cambridgeshre hnlf hour after
midnight bat no bombs were dropped
Due warning was given and the uFual
precautions against the raiders were
taken.
Special eonstables remained on duty
until 8 o'clock in the morning, when IT
was announced all danger was passed
No Idea of Location.
4 correspondent in Kent telegraphs
that only one arship visited the Kent
coast, approaching directly from the
sea The pilot evidently had no ac-
curate idea of his whereabouts, for
only three bombs were dropped. ALI
the bombs fell in a marsh a long dis |
tance from any buildings or points Of
importance
They did no damage except to make I
three great holes in the marshand |
about 200 yards apart
The populaee had fine view Of the /
fdlutit WHfiil ifftiht VII III A. 1tuli iANfl1NH
erly direction at q height of about TO-
600 feet
A dispatch from an unnamed town
where the most serious damage Of
the raid occurred says that warning
Of the zeppelins approach was given
some time In advance. Then eamo
the sound of three powerful cXplo-
sions in a suburban village To the
northwest
The visitors lowered some time
over the western part Of the town and
then turned te the more populous
part IN which several bombs fell
ono destroyed row Of Workmen's
houses in which an entire family eX-
,ept tho father was Killed. Another
house I'm which twenty people had
sought refuge was wrecked but the
sustained only slight In
uries After leaving the district for .
lalf an hour the Zeppelin returned
md dropped bombs on n church, the
itccple of which offered Il good target
Igaiust the snOW-c0Nercd ground. In
he same district damage was done to
tore property The manager OF
1ffee house had his head blown off
'hree fires were started but all were
with slight loss
Ht HNAiiDtl VI DFAN'AiH hiiNIA Hhi'
vas twelve. -Four persons dropped p
cad from heart failure.
people Want Protection. i
The business men of the two met I
fonday and demanded that the gov :,
rnment take immediate steps to pro (,
idc for the defense of the city =
gainst any further raids
In Norfolk all precautions We're
AIKEN against the raiders but they u
i'd not approach any Of the large u
lWns I'm this district and no bombs
ere dropped. Apparently the air. {
raft only iraVersed Norfolk In reach q
lg the other detectives, II
Reports received from Lincolnshire ~
" that two zeppelins passed over e
rat country, but no bombs were u
ropped The engines of both could IS
g heard plainly although neither pi
aft appeared to have sbecn visible IA
The first intimation that the Zep- So
slin raid was expected came at n
iurch time but only one church dis in
its services A short time
'icrward, however. another warning
me and all lights were extingiished
ID traffic stopped
u.