The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-06-27
BOMBS BURST NEAR
FORMER KENTUCK|AN
The Rev. B. A jenkins Witnesses
Raid Of Hostile AeropIanes
On FOIkstOne.

f0lkStOnes bng.-by mail 10 AS
ISOLATED Press). those who
experienced the horrors Of the recent
German air raid on Folkstonc, in
which many persons were killed and
injured, was the Rev. Burris A. Jenk.
ms, of Kansas City, Mo-, formerly Of
Lexington, Ky. In a statement Civ
en- the Associated Press, Mr.. Jenk-
ms graphically described this record
breaking attack, and told of his SEN
sations during the rain Of destruc-
ton from the sky.
at was orr first time under fire,
and it reminded me Of a Missouri
cyclone" he said. THE only draw
back to this comparison is that the
sun was shining in a clear blue sky
over placid sea.
GAS the shells were crashing
around us and houses were caving
in, before ] knew it ! was humming
a long-forgotten tune, doubtless sub
consciously associated with those old
days. The other mer in orr party
independently testified that they also
began singing softlv.
All Confess Fear.
perhaps the tendency tc sing or
whistle is manifestation Of nerves,
and explains WHY troops always &c
so when we see them cmbarking for
France. they know that next day
they will be in tho trcnchcs-maybc
over the parapet. At all events. we
all confessed to nerves ard fear.
"Most people took to the cellars.
Had | known there was cellar han
dy, or that it is considered good form
in the circumstances. | ehCuli have
followed; for soon ] found myself
alone on the leas ovcrlool;'r~ the
sea, where / had gone at The first c"y
of 'Zepps.'
"When l rushed ont &C or house
by the seaside. ] found crowds RAJ
ing upward in the direction Of the
sun. ] could see nothing for the
glare; neither apparent" could 9TH
ers.
Suddenly two little girls cried !
There they are Then | saw them,
two aeroplanes, not Zeppelins,
emerging from the disc of the sun
almost overhead. Then four more, |.
or FIVE, in a line, and others and 9TH |
ers. all like bright silver insects how
cring against the blue of the sky. f.
The heavens seemed full of them. j
There were about a score in all. and
we were charmed with the beauty of
the sight. am sure few of us
thought seriously of danger.
Defamation Shakes Earth.
"Then the air was split by the
whistle and rush of the first bomb,
which sounded like the shrill sirene
of car. This was followed at once
by detonation that shook the earth.
! heard nobody shrek, weep or cry
aloud. The people were malvelously
controlled.
81 glanced in the direction of the
shell burst. a hundred yards away,
and the debris was still going up like
a column of smoke. Then came two
more strokes, apparently in the same
spot Then three other bombs fell.
| afterward found the missiles
wrecked the o Hotel and wounded
our motor driver.
"Then another bomb demolished
the Manor House By the sea. Two
others now fell il the water behind
me and the gravel and mud and wa
ter sDouted up in a gyser to the top
of the cliffs where / stood Later l
learned that one of these shots tore
off the legs of little boy playing
with his sister. The mother lay in a
faint and the little sister. driven
mad, rushed blindly into the water.
She was rescued b" wounded SOL
der.
"Other shots fell, but could count
no further. Thew came thick and
fast, like cracking. rolling blasts of
our Western lightning and thunder.
Nobody has reported the number of
shells so far as | know. but there
were 200 or more casualties. nearly
a hundred of them fatalities.
"Anti-aircraft shells were now
bursting on the fringes of the fleet.
Then followed in the distance the
purr of the machine guns. and we
knew that our own planes were up
in pursuit. We were later informed !,
that three of the hostile fleet were
brought down in the channel.
"When ! reached the spot where
he first three bombs had fallen glass
'trewed the street for a block. In
he middle of the macadam road was
! shell hole, six or eight feet across. |
md three feet deep. Here Law two
nen in Uniform who looked 10 me to
" dead; there a civilian, white-hair-