Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-06-20
AIR RAID WORK OVER LONDON.
81 Reported Killed-Iist OF Wound
cd Goes Into Hundreds.


deadly raid on the city Of London to-
day, German airplanes took heavy
toll in killed and wounded. Other
places were attacked, but so far as Is
indicated at present, by far the heav-
lost losses occurred in London.
AT late hour tonight the casual
ties officially announced numbered
53i. including 81 killed. 437 wound
ed. Fifty-flvc men met death and
223 men were wounded; 16 women
and 26 children were killed, and 1922
women and 81 children were wound
ed by the bombs.
Fifteen Machines.
The German squadron consisted Of
about l5 machines and the downtown
section Of London was their chief OBJ
jective. Many bombs fell in the East
END, where buildings were destroyed
and others badly damaged and scores
OF persons fell victims to the explo-
sions. In one instance ten children
alone were killed and fifty were in
jured.
Three hostile airplanes appeared
over the busiest part Of the down
town section OF London at 11.3O this
morning.
Material Damage Slight.
The Associated Press correspond-
ent, who visited one of the areas bonn
barded by the German aeropianes,
found that the damage was compara-
lively slight and that majority OF
the casualties occurred among the
group gathering for the noon day
meal. The bomb fell upon the roof
or the eating house, shattering 1t and
causing the wreckage to take fire
The legs OF one man were shatter-
cd below the knees, anothers arm
was blown off rs he was raising cup
OF coffee to his lips, while third
was seriously wounded in the chest
The clothing Of some of the wounded
men was torn in shreds and the faces
OF nearly all were purple from the ef-
fects Of the explosives
For nearly an hour the ambulancCs
were busy carrying away the wound
ed from this place, while great
crowds gathered.
one bomb which failed to explode
dropped in church yard. and ano-
thor dropped upon banking house.
-Four clerks in the bank were injured
AS soon as the raiders appeared, COM
ing from the southeast coast. warn
result that in many OF the suburbs
the children were dismissed in time
to reach their homes before the raid
ers were near London.
Widespread Damage.
While the damage in the East End
was widespread. it is probable that
the monetary loss will not be heavy.
for many OF the buildings wrecked
were small.
Course of the Raid.
The bombs cut a wide circular path
through the eastern part of the city,
and while the raid was short-lived, a
large number Of explosives we're
dropped in rapid succession. The
course the raiders took can easily be
traced by the damaged buildings,
which. In many cases, are close to-
gether.
In some places a whole block Of
buildings is lacking every window
and much other damage done One
school In this district had lucky es-
cape. There were a thousand pupils
IN that school, and Is minutes after
the little ones returned to the build
ing from recess a bomb fell where
hundreds Of them had been gathered.
Only One Brought Down.
Late tonight Andrew Bonar Law
announced that there was no official
confirmation that any airplane had
been brought down except one that
was mentioned in the afternoon.
Sims Has Close Call.
Vice Admiral VIM S. Sims, in COM
mand OF the American naval forces,
was antomobiling through the East
END this morning at the time OF the
air raid. and had narrow escape
from bomb.
Germans Report All Return.
Berlin, June l4.--."A fleet of our
large airplanes," says to-day's Ger
man official statement, yesterday
bombed the fort Of London. All our
airplanes returned unharmed One
English airplane fell down over the
Thames"
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