The Little River news., 1916-09-27
30 DEAD; ll6
 HURT IN RAID
Thousands of L0nd0ners Watch Anti. Aircraft Guns Battle With Dirrf-
 gibles; ? Airsllips Destroyed.

London, Sept. 24.-Of the 12 big Zeppelins which invaded the British Isles last night two today lie black masses of steel and aluminium in the | little village of Mangol Essex coun- ty, victims of the anti-arcraf defense of Britain.
 One came down flaming torch, while the second, disabled by gun fire. effected landing which saved the lives of the crew, who were take., prisoners. The crew of the first raid or died in the flames This later raiGer to l.ght her own 1 funeral way on English soil collapsed and was consumed more quickly than the L-21. It is possible some of the men were still living when the vessel struck the ground. The captain s body was found some distance from the 1 week
 The death and burning of the first Zeppelin was witnessed by tens of i thousands of London's residents.
 Heavy Toll of Lives. The raiders took a heavy toll of lives, 2S persons being killed and 99 wounded in London. Two persons were killed. two others are believd dead and 17 in the provinces wound cd
 The property damage, while widely distributed, is confined fer the most part to small suburban dwellings and shops, although one railway station was damaged, some empty cars being destroyed and part of the tracks torn up.
 The roar of dropping bombs was heard in many districts Apart from the loss in material the casualties Of the last two raids, it is believed, wili have a depressing effect on the nor ale of the Zeppelin crews in the fu:- ure.
 Londoners were jubilant today, but there was not the same exultant en- thusiasm as three weeks ago. ind:cat- ing that the destruction of the giant sky raiders is already taken as an CT dinary incident in this unusual world war.
 Searchlights Find Ra.Ters. The efficiency of the searchlights iii dealing With the raiders was evidenc- ed by the speed with which they pick ed up the first raider that appeared above the suburbs about midnight. Suddenly searchlinght beam shG. into the starlit sky. Three more daz- zling followed and within 15 seconds the whirring airships were caught in the tolls, and the guns began sending up shrieking shrapnel shells. For a minute or two the raider kept It's course, then wavered. turned partly away and suddenly dissolved, appar- ently into the air. Evidently the Zep- peln was beclcuded in the smoke and the lights lost her completely. In the meantime bombs were drop ping and red flares were visible as they hit the earth. Then the city was quiet for an hour, the search lights flashing only occasionally in the hunt for raiders.
 All London within sound of the guns and bombs was out to see the spec tacle and almost despaired of further excitement, when well to the east ward a tiny glow appeared, low in the sky. It looked first like the moon rising red in it's last quarter, from be- hind cloudbank. From the city ii appeared to hang stationary for . minute or more then glowing redder and redder, slowly turned to the per pendicular and streaked into the gloom of the smoky ground mist.
 Crowd Cheers Gunners.
 To the watchers in Essex, however, the spectacle of the flaming falling Zeppelins had all the excitement which marked the L-21, and they cheered the gunners and their for tunate shots that brought the raider to earth.