Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-03-23
Bombs Are Dropped into Har.
Dor at Dover and into the
Towns of Deal, Ramsgate,
and Margate.
ONE PLANE BROUGHT DOWN
Casualties Also Include 81 PEG.
pie Injured and Several Houses
Wrecked-Canadian Hospital
Struck but No Great Damage
Done.

London. March 1o-Nin. persons were
killed and Il injured in n raid Of four
German seaplancs over the east coast 1T
Kent to-day. 1t was announced officially
tonight. A British air1nsn brought down
one raider oyer tito sen. the German OBJ
server being killed.
The official statement on the raid reads
as follows:
-Four German seaplancs few over East
Kent to-day. Tho first pair appeared over
Dover at height of five thousand To six
thousand feet. ono at Isl r. m, the sec
ond st 2:02 p. m
The first dropped six bombs in the
harbor then went northwest dropping
bombs on the town. The other raider,
after passing over Dover. appeared over
Deal at H:l% and roppcd several bombs.
The second pair appeared over Rams
gate at 2:o They dropped bombs on the
town. ono of this pair went west the
other north. pursued by a British aero
plane One bomb is reported to have been
dropped on Margate
The second machine appeared over
Westcate at o:2o Here several Of our
aoroplanes went M in pursuit No bombs
were dropped ON Westgate
The total casualties so far reported
arc: Killed, men. one woman and five
children; injured, II men five women.
nine children.
AS far as ascertained IS bombs
were dropped altogether. One bomb
fell on the Canadian hospital al Rams
gate. causing damage, but no casualties
Material damage done: Several houses
the homes Of artisans and cottages were
wrecked.
Flight Commander Bone. Royal
Naval Air Service. in a single scatter
aeroplane. pursued ono German sea-
plane 30 miles out to sea. where. after
IAN action lasting A quarter of an hour.
he forced it to descend. The German
machine was hit many times and the
observer was killed"
According to despatch from Rams
gate, the two German seaplancs which
carried out raid on that place worc
attacked at sea by French machine
before reaching tho coast. The sea
planes. however. arrived over the town
and dropped a number Of bombs, one of
which killed a man and four children.
So far as can bc ascertaincd the
other 2amsgatc casualties total one
woman and eight children slightly
wounded.
London. March 2o.-The first BON y
dropped in Ramsgate fell sQuarely on
motor car. killing the driver and set =
ting fire to the gasoline tank, Pieces
Of the bomb few among children ON
their way to sunday school killing four
Is; i,f.u ib
block, n barber shop and sevcra, resi-
denCes.
One bomb foil through the gable OF a
hospital to the floor below, but nobody
was injured The weather was clear and
the attacking machines flew very high.
A dozen bombs werc dropped in Dover
and four persons were killed There. one
of the missiles crashed through the roof
of an orphanage, causing extensive
damage and iniuring nun The chill
dren in the institution suffered no in
Jury. having been taken To tho cellar
NJ the first alarm. One OF the raiders
dropped four bombs into the sea as he
was departing. Several British aero
planes started in pursuit.
At Deal bombs also were dropped and
some damage was done to property. There
were no fdSudl lltS. he town lldI pnlN q
few minutes warning Of the approach ot
the aircraft Most Of the inhabitants
rushed into the street, where they had an
excellent view of fight in the air hetwcn
the raiders and an English air squadron
which rose IN pursuit. With the aid Of a
telescope It was possible To distinguish
great number OF machines, twisting and
turning in every direction in the" man
oeuvres to get quickly tn the required
altitude to combat The rIvadev,.
As this strange Sunday afternoon enter
tanment proceeded, the people, regard
less OF danger, nockcd TO street corners,
open places and to the water front. one
OF the machines in the air suddenly
turned toward Deal and flew across IN"
town. its passage being marked by the
explosion OF a number of bombs. The
first three bombs fell at virtually tho
same moment whereupon half the crowd
I'm the open places fed to shelter, Later
three other bombs fell.