The Washington herald., 1916-01-31
Twenty-three Lives Snufed
Out by First Attack on
French Capital.
REPRISALS DEMANDED
Citizens Cry Out for Ven
geance on Germans and
Urge Counter Attacks.
NINE WOMEN AMONG KILLED
Seven Mutilsted Bodies Found IN
Ruins of One Home Shattered
by Bomb.
REPRISALS DEMANDED
NINE WOMEN AMONG KILLED
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Paris, Jan. 30.-FolIo~iins the Zep-
pelin raid on Paris last night. in which
twenty-three persons were killed by
bombs dropped on the city. German
fliers made another attack on the
capital this evening.
About a dozen bombs have been
dropped.
Reports Of the extent Of the dam
age Of the second raid have not vet
been received.
FIfty-tSo persons were killed or
wounded in last nights Zeppelin raid.
according to the complete reports
available today.
Nine women were killed and four
teen wounded; fourteen men were
killed and fifteen wounded.
Included among the killed wa, a
baby of eighteen months. JxpL CHI
dren were injured.
KILLED In Ho.--
Ten houses were damaged BY tn.
raiders. In each OF three houses eight
were killed or injured and IN another
house seven persons were killed or IN
jured-
One Of the houses in which the most
serious dSmHge was done was home
in which the tsmiIy had met to ceIe-
hrats the return Of a son. a zousv.,
on leave OF absence from the front
Around the table were the erandfs ther,
Sc years; his daughter. the lstter's hus-
band, an aunt two sons. and a girl Of
10 years. Seven mutilsted bodies were
found in the wreckage OF the house.
A corporal who had arrived at home
weilerkopf instinctiyely fell on hi,
face when the bomb struck the house
and made his wife do the sam. thing.
The floor yielded and both fell through
to the ground floor. but were not serf-
ously injured.
unexpected, as a Zeppelin was seen IN
the Epernay district on January Is.
undoubtedly making a trial eYecur-
sion. As a result Of this earlier ap-
pesrance OF one OF the raiders, the
military governor of Paris definitely
refused to allow Paris street lighting
TO be returned TO its normal footing a
request to which a few weeks ago the
military governor had shown himself
distinctly favorable II the plan had
the approval Of the defense experts.
Reprissi, Jm.nded.
There is no sign OF panic, but tn
dignation is shown and demands ar.
made that each raid shall be answered
by an aeroplane raid on a German
town
OF the seroplanes which arose al Ie-
bourget within twenty minutes Of tn.
alarm. FIVE got near the Zeppelin, one
close enough TO FIRE. II Is noted that
Saturday was chosen again for the raid.
choice which is attributed TO tn. fact
that there are more persons in the city
on Saturday night and the streets are
more crowded.
The fact that only one Zeppelin par
ticpsted IN the raid. leads to the belief
that the raid was merely forerunner Of
other rsids to come. II is calculated that
the aircraft travelled at the rate Of SIXTY
miles an hour
President Poincsre visited The sceoe OF
the explosions returning to the Eysses
Palace at / O'Clock this morning.
One bomb fell into the subway. smash
ing an arch few yards from a etation
from which a train had started two min
utes before. This bomb was loaded with
twenty-one hiogrsmmes Of 1rinitroto-
iueneN