New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-31

/ the debris OF the central part OF the
/ structure. The street front was un-
touched. and on the other side Of tn
gap the six kitchens Of the building.
/ ono atop the other. were left open 20
! tie weather. with the ranges and uten-
/ sils in plain view and apparently I'M
I disturbed. This quarter was besieged
all the morning by dense crowds. which
were held at the street corners by the
| police, none but the city authorities,
representatives Of the government and
newspaper men with Identification
press cards being allowed TO inspect
/ the ruins.
Bomb in Hotel Courtyard.
One of the bombs fell in the court
yard Of hotel. corporal returning
from the front at Observation-Disclosures
had Just entered the hotel with his wife
when the explosion occurred.
"My first move" said the soldier,
twas TO lie aat on my chest. compelling
my wife TO do the same. We do this in
stinctively when German shells burst
near US on the line. No sooner had we
done so than the girders Of the build
ing gave way. precipitsting myself and
M wife to the floor below. Fortunately,
w were oHlN SIiEnNig AAlJuiNNs N"N
also thought Of asphyxiating gas. and
cried TO open the windows. But that
was not necessary; they were all
broken
Another bomb destroyed a modest,
two story dwelling. killing husband
and wife. but only slightly lnjurlng
their four children.
In curious contrast with the general
calm was the sudde" death from frlght
the sixty-two-year-old chief OF the
Gobelins' telephone Office at the moment
he learned of the Zeppelin raid.
Seven members of the Petitjean fam
ily were celebrating the return OF
Zouave on leave Of absence. A bomb
fell on the building. destroying II and
killing the entire family. including the
* uave.
600-POund Bombs.
The greatest throng was IN the
street. where men from the municipal
chemistry laboratory we've carefully eX-
aiming bomb weighing nearly 600
pounds that had fallen IN the courtyard
Of a factory and failed 70 explode
The crowd at one time broke through
the police line and elbowed up 70 me
footboard OF the official motor car TO
get near view OF the monster
Altogether 4 dozen bombs. weighing
about 500 pouncs each were dropped.
None o. the fatalities occurred in the
omen streets. IN majority OF the We
tins being killed IN their beds. A FOG
of considerable density hung over faris
at the time OF the raid.
President Poincare, Tho IN company
with the military governor OF PARIS
and the prefcct OF police visited the
scene Of wreckage caused by some o.
the bombs soon after midnight. Sc med
greatly moved by what he saw. one
Of the houses that he viewed was thaI
OF Police Sergeant Bidault. who had
Just reached his home and who was
killed BY bomb which at the same
time seriously injured his sister-in-
law.
Discussing the Zeppelin raid OF
Paris, lie Temps" calls upon the au-
thorites 10 act. adding: These ~
tacks are always possible so long as
the German line remains elghty hli"-
metres from Paris. The present cie-
cumstances create for the government
heavy responsibilities. and all our
forces must be employed
"LTntransi geant" recalls the sue
cessful French raids Oh udwgsha on
Karlsruhe and Stuttgart. and points
out tina. there are many cities wrere
the same thing can be repeated. Re
prisals without delay are necessary
says the pape1s