New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-31
Trumpeters Sound a
Warning, but Air
ship Turns Back.
24 LIVES LOST
IN LAST ATTACK
Reports Tell of Bomb
Crashing Through the
Street to Subway.

London, Jan. 3l.--A Zeppelin alrship
was close to Paris at 10 o'clock Sum
day evening.
Before reaching the city itself, how
ever. it turned back. Soon after III
D. m. the lights were again turned on
in the city. ~
Reports from the French capital say
that al 9:40 o'clock last evening fire
men dashed through the streets
sounding warnings of another Zeppelin
raid. In few minutes the capital was
entirely dark. Crowds remained on
the boulevards watching the skies for
the appearance of a German aircraft.
The Place de rOpera. which is gen
orally brilliantly lighted. was suddenly
thrown into darkness. and policemen
carrying poles hurried through the
streets extnguishing the gaslghts.
Paris. Jan. 80. A Zeppelin drigible
passed swiftly over a section of Paris
last night, dropping about dozen great
bombs. which killed twenty-four per-
sons and injured twenty-seven. Ten
Of III. wounded we're placed in hos
pitsls.
The raid lasted about one minute
snd a half, while in the first visit OF
Zeppelins 90 Paris, on March 2l, 1870
four Of these aircraft were over or IN
the neighborhooi OF the capital for
nearly two hours. They came at that
time under entirely different atmoss
rhcric conditions, being plainly visible
in a clear sky. Last night the fog
seriously interfered with the work OF
the Paris aerial guard.
The fact that only one German ma
chine appeared leads TO the belief thas
the Zeppelin was making a reconnolt-
rirg trip. and the supposition Is tnat
the Germans have in view similar oP-
Grafton Of larger scale.
Thirty Airmen Mount.
Warnings OF the presence OF Iep-
nelin were hastily given Ind the lignts
Of Paris were dimmed. At the hour ot
the raid the theatres and cafes were
omen and householders had hardly yet
retired. Almost Immediately all the
aeroplanes guarding Paris were made
ready. and about thirty OF them took
tho air. One Of these machines hred
en,v-fve shots from qulck-iirer az
the invading craft, which, pursued by
several of the little machines, sped at
ton speed westward Apparently the
hombs carried by the Zeppelin were
iet loose indiscriminately and without
thought Of where they should strike.
One of the pursuing avistors said
that the searchlights were useless IN
the fog. he himself being hardly able
,o sec more than twenty-four feet
above with the aid Of his light.
The Paris newspapers are demanding
.ba, measure Of retaliation be taken
Immediately.
CITY Fog -Mantled.
eft was not through lack Of foresight
or speed." says one Of the men who par
ticipatcd in the defence, that the aero
nlsnes we're unable TO reach the hostile
silcraft. The fog vas the real reason
for the German success. Last nlght IL
covered Paris completely, ana tne
sosrchlights were urable 20 pierce TINS
y,aIl AS for the land artillery. 1t was
confronted with absolute invislolllty'
r,akine it impossible to fire.
"All the aeroplanes were put INTO
oneration when the alarm Of the pres
once of Zeppelin was gwen, but only
tho sviators OF tho sector entered by
the Zeppelin were able to perceive 1t.
Even most Of these got only glimpse,
as the Zeppelin was not using search-
lights. The aviators in the other sec
tors were able only to remain IN tne
air and guard their districts, "nlch they
did for several hours.
Five French aeroplanes arc SAID to
have fired on the Zeppelin, one OF them
pursuing it toward the west Tor more
than fifty minutes.
Aeros Hunt Raider.
Thirty French aeroplanes searched
the remote air regions above Pans last
nioht for the Zeppelin raider. BY the
timc it had reached the edge of one or
tho old quarters of the city several o.
Tho airmen we're able to make out IT'S
male yellow shape, $4,000 feet from the
earth. Frightened. doubtless, by the
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