Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06
German Aircraft Make Visits
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Nights-COast of Scotland At
tackled.
ONE Yep FALLS IN THAMES
Berlin Reports That in Friday
Nights Raid Bombs We're
Dropped Freely between Lon
don Tower Bridge and Docks
and on Munitions Works.

London, April AT least 16 persons
We're killed and about 100 others injured
by the explosion of bombs dropped in
another raid of Zeppelin drigible bal
looms over the northeast coast of Eng
land Saturday night. The official version
of the raid says:
Two airships approached the northeast
coast Saturday night Only one crossed
the coast. The other turned back.
London, April 3.-The coast of Scotland
and the northern and southeastern coun-
ties of England We're attacked by Yep
cial announcement by the secretary of
war The announcement says
"A Zeppelin raid took place Sunday
night. when the coast of Scotland and
the northern and southeastern counties
of England were attacked.
Bombs were dropped at various
places. No details are available
For the present we know that 16 per-
sons We're killed and about 100 injured
Eight dwelling houses were demolished
and n serious fire was caused in a
French polishing shop"
a correspondent in a northeast coast
town says that a Zeppelin was sighted
there at II o'clock Saturday night. 1t
dropped II explosive and seven incen-
diary bombs. Ten men. three women and
three children We're killed and % per-
sons were seriously injured. In addi-
ton about NJ others received minor in
iuries.
A tramcar inspector was killed and n
woman tram conductor had a leg blown
off. Several houses We're wrecked in
one street. One house was completely
wrecked. but the family Of five managed
to scramble out without serious injury.
London. April 2.--The official press
bureau tonight gave out the following
statement dealing with the Zeppelin
air raid on the English coast last Fri
day night:
"The total casualties reported in the
Zeppelin raid on the night OF March 81
April / now amount to 43 killed and &c
injured. Nearly 200 explosive and in
,cendiary bombs were dropped.
"a Baptist chapel. three dwelling
houses and two cottages were demolish-
ed A town hall, four dwelling houses
35 cottages and a tramcar shed We're
partly wrecked There was no mill
tary damage.
"a number of our aeroplanCs went up
to attack the raiders. Lieutenant Brandon
r. f. c., rising six thousand feet saw a
Zeppelin about 1900 feet above him. At
1900 feet he got over it and attacked,
dropping several bombs, three of which
he believes took effect.
Later he got over the airship again and
let off two more bombs over her nose.
His own machine was hit many times
by machine gun bullets. This may have
been the Zeppelin which dropped a ma
chine gun. ammunition, rotrol tank
and machinery, or possibly that which
came down off the Thames estuary"
Berlin. via London. April 2-The
following official communication was
issued to-day concerning the German
air raid on England Friday night
During the night of March 31-April
one of our airship squadrons attack
ed London and the south coast of Eng
land. Bombs Were freely dropped on
the city between the tower bridge and
the London docks and on military
camps in the northwestern district of
the city, manufactures near Enfield.
and munition works at Waltham Alb
hey.
Another airship having success
fully attacked n battery near Stow
market tSuffolk) dropped a number of
explosive and incendiary bombs on
Lowestoft A battery was silenced
near Cambridge Extensive manufac-
turing works in the town We're attack
ed. Bombs We're finally dropped on
ratification works and harbOrS of the
Humber by which three batteries were
reduced to silence. All the attacks
were successful. Reliable observations
from the airships showed the presence
of numerous fires and the collapse of
buildings.
In spite of the violent bombardment
all the airships returned with the eX-
ception of the LIS. which according to
report was compelled to descend on
the water of the River Thames.
Searches instituted by our naval forces
up to the present have not been pro-
ductiVe of any results"