The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-02
ZEPPELIN TAKEN;
% DEAD, "a HURT
One Of Five Airships Brought
Down by Defence Guns
orr the Thames.
CREW MADE PRISONERS
% Men Of the Crew Of the
LIS Arc Believed tn Have
Been Drowned.

Special Cobie Dsspdtch 10 THE ST.
LONDON. April 1.-The Admiralty an
bounced to-day that twenty-eight per
sons were killed and forty-four injured
In the Zeppelin raid last night. one
of the five Zeppclins which raincd bombs
on the east coast was obliged to come
down in the Thames estuary.
An armed patrol boat approached the
big airship as /, settled In the water
and the crew surrendered. An attempt
was made to tow the Zeppelin ashore.
but 50 badly was il damaged. presume
bly, by the fire of anti-aircraft guns, that
1t broke up and sank.
No details Of the aid have been made
public by the Admiralty. hut II Is known
that the i've Zeppelins separated after
reaching the English coast 80 as to cover
a large area.
They appeared early IN the evening.
which was clear. hut without a moon.
They sailed high when they nea!ed the
coast in order TO avoid the barrier OF
anti-aircraft guns.
Early Warming OF the approach or the
aircraft was given in Londo and other
cities. and the usual precautions. such
as eXtinguishing lights and halting rdli-
road trains, were taken. As the oinii-
bus service ia London was stopped OF
diminished. many people were compelled
to walk home through the uuIit streets
or seek shelter In hotels and police sta
tons. crowds gathered AZ points of
, vantage to see the ZeppcliHS.
The lis brought - n.
Tbe announcement issued by the Gov
eminent to-day was ~ follows
II, has nov been asccriained that the
| Xeppelins which carried out the air raid
last night we're organized IN two squad
ronSDand one detached ship. The two
squadrons made the eastern counties their
objective and the detached ship raided
the northeast coast.
so far as Is known at present nifty
-four explosive and lnceud.ary bombs
were dropped Ia the eastern counties
and twenty-five on the northeast coast.
The Zeppelin which fell into the sea
was Ills. She vas hit by Hurtire when
over the eastern counties. a shell strik-
ing the upper part o: the snip near the
tail. After being hit she quickly dropped
TO a lower altitude. well dow by the
tail. and finally came down into the
sea of the coast OF Kent.
"a machine gun. some ammunition,
\ petrol tank riddled with shrapnel and
some machinery. were dropped either by
this vessel or by another Of the raiders.
owing 10 damage to the telephone
and telegraph wires caused bY recent
storms. II Is not yet possible TO asccr.
tain fully the casualties or the damig,
caused. The casualties at present re-
ported amount 20 twenty-eight KILLED
and forty-four injured"
Owing 10 the wreckirg o. telegraph
and telephone lines throughout England
In the great storm earlier ia the week II
is probable that many casualties have
not yet hceu reported TO the Admiralty
Seventy-siN bombs are known 20 have
been dropped by the raiders on IN" east
e,n and northeastern COUNTIES. hut th'
number may be much greater. ON. Yep
pedin y knowr TO have reached London
but the Admiralty does not mention any
casualties a. occurring in this district.
81 Of Crew Drowned.
Seventeen men were taken off the Ill.
hy the ,rawler Divine, IN u
W. r. Macintosh. Nine Of these wer.
injured and wefs hurried To a hospital
IL Is believed that 81 men gu, % IN,
complement Of A. were drowned wheI
the aircraft settled in the Thames cstu
ary. The survivors. II is SAID. attempted
to destroy the aircraft before II; wa
taken IN tow, iiawsers attached to tn
, Zeppelin brok,. and the derelict gradu
: ally submerged. At "A late hour to-ulgh
I only "A s.cii6n of the envelope IS visible
The commander OF the airship ~
r fused TO stand up in line with his fel
low prisoners wn"u taken ashore. tau
later adopted a more reasonable att
a ture.
Land batteries had riddled W.T.
I shrapnel the gas bags of the I.-lI. u,
e .cording TO her crew. As the I"ppell
lied hom.ward She sank lower AN
lower. When she fell the triwl-r Oh
vine. serving as "A patrol boat, sped Il
l. To her. Part Of the crew had scramble
to the top Of In, she'll Of the hug Graf
a w.ile others, wounded by the fire {
n English guns, remained in the BASKET
below.
G The survivors, surrender
' Lieut.. \S4iliam r Macintosh, VIII
= commanded the trawl"r. commanded N
men to surrender. and they all willingl
:. scrambled from IN" settling Ieppeli
!, to the ~trawler. helping the wounde
men.
u After being questioned the German
:. were landed at Chatham and taken TO
prisoners camp.
Nany pcI SONS who saw the Xcpp.li,
approach the coast .wcI' certain tina
the aircraft were largey than those whic
took part in the tWenty-one previoL
'" raids Oh England.
This is the twenty-siAth Icppcli
uhich has been officially reported d.
70 stroyed since the beginning Of the WA
Unofficial REPORTS nave placed The nun
70 Der much higher,