Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-03-03
EXPERIENCE IN WAR ZONE

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husbands or children. We could hear
cries from frightened mothers and
young girls. The zeppelins were seen
by very few people, if at all, but were
heard by many in the towns visited.
Work of the Zeppelins.
The next day we visited the scenes
of the disaster and the sights and
stories l shall never forget, which |
saw and heard while at these places.
Houses were blown to pieces and win
dows for from one hundred to two
hundred yards distant from the ex-
plosions were broken to pieces, and
where the shrapnel hit in the walls
of buildings deep holes were made,
or driven through sign boards, or
had killed people who happened to be
passing. One man had his head blown
off and one woman was thrown from
an upstairs window into a nearby
canal. To show you the force of the
explosions, | will relate the following
incident: A woman and her two child
rem ran out Of their house into the
street just as bomb dropped in
their vicinity. The explosion tore a
whole in the roadway between five
and six feet deep and couple of
yards in diameter. The bodies of the
woman and one child were afterwards
discovered a short distance away,
both being terribly mutilated. The
other child had been carried by the
force of the explosion through the
window Of an adjoining factory, and
was found on beam some distance
above the floor. Another man told
about leaving his wife alone in his
home short time before the raid
took place. His house was one Of
those blown to pieces and the body
of his wife was found on the opposite
side of the road.
Correspondence is Censored.
do not wish to tire you with this
lengthy epistle, and we are not al
lowed to write any specific descrip-
tions of the scene that would In any
way give the Germans a clue to how
close or near they struck to the
prize they were seeking. In this raid
there were known at this writing to
have been killed, 80 men, 20 women
and six children, and injured, 81 men,
AZ women and children, making a
total of 100 killed and injured. And
| the total number Of bombs discovered
up to the present time. exceeds 300.
Many of them fell in rural places,
where no damage was done at all.
This town has been observing the
street lighting ordinance, which is no.
doubt one of the reasons why she was
missed in the raid.
We feel no fear and the excitement
is quite interesting; but it is sure sad
to see the homes wrecked and bereft
of their loved ones. 1t makes one
wonder why it should be and il there
couldn't be some other way to settle
our disputes Titan by murder and
bloodshed. When I reflect upon the
war and our country at peace, and
read how you are all moving along
without anything to disturb you, am
made more proud of America all the
time.
am enjoying this work and will
be sorry when the time comes for me
to return home, which is some dis
lance off; but ! will always feel as
one author put it:
EAST or West, home Is best.
Each hearth some wanderers goal;
For as at night the wild bird seeks it's
nest,
To homeward flies the soul.
And l who may not come, though dear
ones call,
Send home my heart instead"
God bless you all.
AS ever your friend and brother,
HERBERT P. HAIGHT.
p. Send my paper to % Booth
St., Handsworth, Birmingham, Eng.