Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-02-03

Paris, Jan. 30.--A Zeppelin dirigibe
passed swiftly over a section Of Paris
last night dropping about a dozen great
bombs which killed twcnty-four persons
and injured twenty-seven
The raid lasted about one minute and
half, while in the first visit OF Zcppelins
to Paris. on March 81. 1915, four of these
aircraft were over or In the neighbor-
hood Of the capital for nearly two hours
They came at that time under entirely
different atmospheric conditions. being
plainly visible in clea- sky. Last night
the fog seriously interfercd with the work
of the Paris aerial guard
The fact that only one German rnacbin.
appeared leads to the belief that the
Zeppelin was making accommodating
trip and the suppostion is that the Ger
mans have in view a similar operation
on larger scale.
CITY'S LIGHT DINfMED.
warnings of the presence of a Zen
penn were hastily given and the lights
OF Paris were dimmed. At the hour
Oh the raid the theatres and cafes were
open and householders had hardly vet
retired Almost Immediately all the
aeroplanes guarding Paris were maoe
ready, and about thirty of them took
the air, One of these machines fired %
shots from n quick -firer at the invad-
ing craft. which. pursued by several
of the little machines, sped at top speed
westward. Apparently the bombs car
ried by the Zeppelin were let loose In
discriminatory and without thought of
where they should strike.
of the pursIIinc avia fors Satd
that the searchlights were useless IN
the fog, he himself being hardly able
to see more than twenty -four feet
above with the aid of his light.
The Paris newspapers demand that
measures of retaliation be taken i'm
mediately.
DROPPED ILLUMINANT.
Few Parisians appeared to believe tho
raiders were likely to come, as they had
been turned back many times previously
But suddenly in one of the northeastern
parts Of Paris there was great flare
in the sky as the Zeppelin dropped an
illuminant so that it might be seen by
those on the airship whether they were
over the city. Then a bomb fell into
street, crashing through into the sub
way and tearing hole 10 feet in
diameter. but injuring no one Quickly
! series of other detonations occurred
sounding duly throughout the city.
One of the missiles fell upon an iso-
lated house occupied by a single family
The building was bisectcd, one end
being demolished and its occupants
hurled far out into an open lot and
killed. The other end of the house was
cut off sharply and a bedroom on the
second floor was left intact with its oc'
cupants uniniured The floor was car
ried away under the head of the bed
leaving the bed balanced on the jagged
edge Of the ruins with nine-year- olc
hoy in it unframed The Zeppelin mus
| have been going at top speed in tina
neghborhood for the nearest trace Of Il
| beyond was a quarter of a mile away
where a bomb fell full in the center OF
thick stone wall and, cutting bis
| hole out of it as clearly as if it hat
been done by knife, dug through thu
pavement deeply into the earth, causing
a bad cave in.
CUT SIX-STORY BUILDING IN TWO
In a more populous quarter a boml
struck siX-story apartment buildins
occupied by the families OF workingmen
| cutting 1t in two on the line Of the cor
ner Of the Kitchens from garnet to eel
| lar, burying ten victims under tn,
debris of the central part of the struc
ture Tho street front was untouched