Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-31
F French AeropIanes Are Pre-
vented by Fog From Sue
cessfuIIy Attacking German
AirSbip Over Paris,
DOZEN HEAVY BOMBS
DROPPED BY RAIDERS
High Explosives Tear Great
Holes in Streets and Smash
Houses Queer Freaks Are
Found in Wrecked Buildings

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Paris Jan. 80 t3;3o y. mO--Twcn-
ly-four persons were killed and TWEEN
ly-seven injured In the Zeppelin raid
over Paris Saturday night, according
to an official statement given out to-
day
Ten of the wounded were placed in
hospitals owing to the severity of their
hurts.
Discusslng the defense against the
Zeppelin raid. one of the men who
said:
Thick Fog Prevailed.
at is not through lack Of fore
sight or lack of speed that the aero
planes were unable to reach the hos
tile air craft. The fog was tho real
reason for the German success. Last
night 1t covered Paris completely and
the soarehlights were unable 70 pierce
this wall As for tho land artillery
il was confronted with absolute invls-
ibility making It impossible to fire
tcroplanes Powcricss.
"All the acroplanes wore put into
operation when the alarm of the
presence of n Zeppelin was given, hut
OillN tilR dA IUlOIh VI llt hNNAti ttib'lNA
by the Zeppelin were able to perceive
it. Even most of these got only a
glimpse as the Zeppelin was not us
ing searchlights. The aviators in the
other sectors were able only to re-
main in the air and guard their dis.
tricts, which they did for several
hours"
Fired on the Zeppelin.
.,arAtlu a cal fl
have fired on the Zeppelin ono Of
more than fifty minutes. Thirty
machines took part in the hunt for
the raider.
Frightened doubtless by the num-
eroua war planes rising toward it,
tho Zeppelin wheeled and drove at
full speed northward, dropping In its
trail into the darkness a cargo OF
about three and one half tons of
bombs. Then. continuing It's flight
1900 feet above the earth, the air
ship vanished.
Ample Warming Given.
Parisans had been warned half an
hour before by fire engines rushing
through the streets, trumpetlng tho
call known as stand to arms" OF the
1llNHtHft u Allf lAlu'ls ii' ttf'iliN
street lights went out and policemen
cautioned careless househOlders to
close their shutters ana darlIen their
windows. 1t was still early in the
night close to 10 o'clock, and many
persons were in the streets. the cafes
were open aud tho moving picture
theatres and play houses were still
their audiences. Then
al ,sie .,r al nT,ttIH Bn hoard
the whirr of numerous acropane pro-
pellers. while everywhere people went
upon the balconies to watch for Yep
pelins.
I'arlsinnS Doubted Attack.
Few Parislans appeared to believe
the 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
50 that il might be seen by those on
the airship whether they were over
the city Then a bomb fell into a
street, crushing through into the sub
way and tearing u hole fifteen feet
in diameter but ininring no one.
Quickly series OF other detOnatiuns
occurred, sounding duly throughout
the city
Queer Freaks of Bombs.
one of the missiles fell on an so-
lated house occupied by "A single fam
Ily The building was bisectcd, one
end being demolished and its occu-
pants hurled far out into an open lot
and killed. The other end Of the
house was cut off and a bed room
on tho second floor was left intact
with its occupants uninjured. The
floor WAS carried away and the bed
balanced on the jagged edge or the
ruins with a nine -year-old boy in it
lnharmed.
Going at Top speed.
The Zeppelin must have been going
at top speed IN that neighborhood
for the nearest trace Of ii beyond
there was quarter Of mile away
where "a bomb fell fun in the center
IF a thick stone wall and, cutting "A
big hole ont of It as cleanly as IL
II had bcen done by u knife, dug
through the pavement deeply into the
earth, causing a bad cave in.
In more populous quarter bomb
struck a six-story apartment building
occupied by the families of working
men, burying ten victims under the
ierbis of the central part Of the
structure
Altogether a dozen bombs Weighing
,bout coo pounds each were dropped.
None Of the fatalities occurred IN
he open streets. the majority of the
Victims being Killed in their beds.
President Poincare who, ia company
with the military governor Of Paris,
ma the prefect of police. visited the
icene,1f the wreckagc, seemed greatly
moved by what he saw. one of the
houses that he viewed was that of
Police Sergeant Bidault. who had just
cached his home and who WAS Killed
ly bomb.
one Of the bombs fell In the court
ard Of a hotel. A corporal returning
rom the front at Hartmanns-Wciler-
,opf had Just entered the street with
lis wife when the explosion occurred. |
Both escaped injury
Another bomb destroyed a modest