The Nome daily nugget., 1916-05-16

pelins on London there was a sort of scouting visit during which bombs were dropped in the vicinity of the Woolwich ar senal, five or six miles from the center of the metropolis. Motor ing out with a friend to see the ra her inc ni,ioerable damage wrought in this vicinity, the writer was shown by the police a sheet of iron, dropped from the visiting machine, on which was stenciled in white letters about an inch in height, "We are com ing back to give you English swine good blowing up tomor- row night" This "bit of 'straf ing" as an officer called it, was treated entirely as a joke and a bluff, but it was destined to be made good with a vengeance.
 rnoue messages caillng out volunleer nreAieil, cOnslaDles, nuiSeS, and Olner emergency worKe.S, began to be sent out De- tore 10 COCK on the following nlgnl, put the nrst the genera. puuiic Knew ot the coming ot the yaluers was through the nearing detonations from tne direction ol the east end. Instantly, from tenements, hotels, ana tneaters, garuea Ill everything from path roues to evening dress, London 5 miliions began pouring into the streets anu squares to see the fun" and to not over one or two in a thousand of all that multi- tude did the raid sink home as anything more than a tremend- ously. dramatic and highly di- vert spectacle.
 From where l watched l saw one searchlight after another suing up and fasten on the Lep- pelins, much after the way the reatas of band of cowboys ac- cumulate on an especially .refrac- tory steer. But here there was no entangling, no stumbling, no pause. Swiftly the raiders came on, and presently the eastern heavens were alight with the fires that had sprung up in their wake. At first there was no apparent connection between the sudden bursts of flame from the earth and the explosions, but as the machines came nearer l began to observe that the latter followed the former at gradually decreas- ing intervals. Every flash of light heralded it's corresponding detonation, and presently 1 not cd that the least lurid of the flashes were always followed by the loudest explosions, due, l soon decided, to the fact that these were the explosive bombs proper-the ones loaded with the powerful TT. N. T." or trini- trotaluol-and that the brighter bursts, with the dull knocking booms, were the incendiaries, filled principally with "thermit" or powdered aluminium. This conjecture was quickly verified, as the bombs began to drop within half a mile. I was able to identify the incendiaries be- yond question by the trail from their lighted fuses.
 By this time was able to see that there were two machines, one following the other, but not quite in lipe. was especially astonished at the comparatively LOW altitude at which they seem ed to be flying, and, offhand. al that moment, l should probably have estimated this to have been about 2,soo feet. Later reflection convinced me the great length of the raiders made them seem much lower than they really were It is probable that on this occa- sion they were flying at about 6,ooo feet, considerably lower than in the October raid follow ing. It is revealing no military secret to say that at this time-- September-London did moi have single high-powered anti aircraft gun, such of these as had been manufactured up to that time having been rushed to the fleet, the east coast, or to France