The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-04-06
SIXTEEN KILLED
ZEPPELIN RAID
BRITISH AVIATOR FIGHTS INvAD.
ERs 5000 FEET IN AIR.
MORE THAN 100 ARE WOUNDED
Several Houses Demolished In Lates,
Attack on Northeast Coast. Ger
man Craft Brought Down
and Crew Captured.

London, April 3.--At least sixteen
persons were killed and about 100
others injured by the explosion Of
bombs dropped in another raid of Yep
pelin dirigible balloons over the north.
east coast of England.
The official version of the raid says:
Two airships approached the north
east coast at night. Only one crossed
the coast. The other turned back.
For the present we know 16 per-
sons were killed and about 100 in.
jured.
Eight dwelling houses were de-
molished and a serious fire was caused
in French polishing shop"
Fory-Three Dead IN Friday Raid.
The official press bureau gave out
the following statement dealing with
the Zeppelin raid Friday night:
The total casualties reported in the
Zeppelin raid on the night of March
81 now amount to 43 killed and sc in
jured. Nearly 200 explosive and incen.
diary bombs were dropped.
"A Baptist chapel, three dwelling
houses and two cottages were demol-
ished. A town hall, four dwelling
houses, 35 cottages and a tram car
shed were partly wrecked. There was
no military damage.
Aviator Attacks Zeppelin.
"A number of our aeroplanes went
up to attack the raiders. Lieutenant
Brandon, r. F. c., rising 5000 feet.
saw q Zeppelin about 5000 feet above
him. At 5000 feet he got over it and
attacked, dropping several bombs.
three of which he believed 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"
The Zeppelin reported by the admir-
atty to have fallen into the sea was
LIS. 1t was hit by gun fire while over
the eastern counties with shell strik-
ing the upper part of the ship near the
tail .f...
After being hit 1t quickly dropped
To a lower altitude, we'll down by the
tail and finally came down into the sea
off the coast of Kent.
The captured crew said 1t was struck
by a shell near the stern, settled slow
ly approaching the coast, and plunged
suddenly to the water from height of
about 200 feet.
The German prisoners number II.
with their commander.
The Zeppelin shot down is the first
destroyed on the English coast in one
of the dirigible raids. 1t is the TWEEN
ty-sixth Zeppelin destroyed since the
beginning of the war, according to fig
ures of the British and French war
Offices.
Damage Heavy, Says Berlin.
Berlin (via London), April 3.-The
following official communication was
issued here:
During the night of March 31-April
] one OF our airship squadrons at
tackled London and the south coast Of
England 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 a battery near Stow
market Suffolk, dropped number
OF explosive and incendiary bombs on
Lowestoft A battery was silenced
near Cambridge.
Bombs were finally dropped on
fertilization works and harbors of the
Humber, by which three batteries
were reduced to silence. Reliable OBJ
seryations from the airships showed
the presence of numerous fires and
the collapse of buildings.
'In spite of the violent lombard
ment all the airships returned. with
the exception of the Lis. which, ac-
cording to a report, was compelled to
descend on the River Thames"