Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-25

London, Sept. "A, 1913 p. m.-Of the twelve big Zeppelins which invaded the British Isles last night to deal death and destruction from the skies two today lay stark and black masses of steel and aluminium in the little village of Mangold, Essex county. They fell victims of the anti-aircraft defences of London and outlying dis aricts.
 ZeppeIins Burned.
 One came down flaming torch. as did the Zeppeline L-21. destroyed three weeks ago, while the second, disabled by gunfire. effected a landing, which saved the lives of the crew who tonight are prisoners in Eng land. The crew of the first raider died in the consuming flames Of their own ship.
 Captains Body Found.
 This latest raider to light her own funeral way on English soil collapsed and was consumed much more quick though, that some of the men were still living when the great vessel struck the ground. The captafn's s body was found some distance from the wreck.
 Witnessed by Tens of Thousands.
 The death and burning of the first Zeppelin was witnessed by tens of thousands of London's residents, but the wounding and descent of the sec ond raider was matter of doubt un til today's official statements w9Te given out. Few details are available of this second raiders condition, but 1t is reliably reported that the crew surrendered to special constables.
 ShrapneI Burst Like S<yrockets.
 Mary who saw the shrapnel burst ing like skyrockets above the invader, which subsequently, caught fire. think there must have been several direct hits Many aeroplanes were aloft and attacked the Zeppelins from all sides.
 23 Persons Killed.
 The raiders, took a heavy toll of lives before their destruction, 28 per sons being killed and 99 wounded in the metropolitan district of London. Two persons were killed, probably four and seventeen were wounded in the proVir The property dam age, while wiCa-- stributed, is con- fined for tho most p1~t to small su- one railway station wa3 damaged, some empty cars being destroyed and part of the track torn up.
 Roar of Dropping Bombs.
 The roar of dropping bombs was heard in many districts where the raiders were invisible. It is believed that not more than two or three in vading Zeppelins which o%ossed the east coast succeeded in reaching the environs of London and that two of these paid the death penalty gives the greatest satisfaction to the mili- tary authorities. Apart from the loss in material the casualties of he past depressing effect on the morale of the Zeppelin crews in the future.
 Londoners were juhilant today but there was not the same e7lultant en- inp that the destruction of giant sky raiders is already taken as an ordi- nary incident in this unusual world war.
 Located by searohIights.
 The fact that the airships were brought down well outside of Lon don both last night and Sentember 8, shows tl-e care with which the de- fences have been developed The ef- fciencv in dealing with the raiders was further evidenced by the speed with which the searchlights picked up the first raider that appeared over the suburbs about midnig1t. Suddenly the searchlight beam shot into the starlit sky. Three more dazzling shafts followed and within fifteen seconds the whirrirg airships were caught in the tolls and the guns be-
 
 shells.
 For a minute or two the raider kept its cou-se: then wavered turn ed port17- aw7w and suddenly disso1v- ed FppHrenflv into thin air. Evident ly the Zeppelin vras becloUded in the smoke and the lights lost her com nletNIv. In the meantime, however bombs were dropping and red flares wnro visible as +hev bit the earth T''on +''n "itv- wac criet for an hour, tho r~o~or1i717ts fPshinr c71v occa- s'o~~7'-- '7 tho rrr+ for raiders. Eo-|or~rr Out to Seo the SnectacTe. N'' nnG0n within sound of the guns ar F0nlb2 was out to see the spec t~r'- ~-7 ~1~nost despaired Of fur ire o-cit0meut when well to tho CTS -crH tiny glow appeared low in '''- sIlv. T. looked first like the moon -t-i1- red in it's last quarter from Hehind a cloud bank. From tho city it appeared to hang stationery for a minute more, then, glowing redder and radder, slowly turned to the pernend'cr1ar md gf-aaeed into tbe rrlo~--- - '--~ >--- - --t,+ ---eIIud snjs+
 To the watchers in hlescx. however. inc snectscle of thu flaming falling Zeppelins had all tho thrills of ex= rftery,o ov,+ v-f7trt Yr- e.'se1 +eA cad of +Esa