Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-14

London. June 12. - In a swift and deadly raid on the city of London to- day German airplanes took a heavy toll in killed and wounded. Other places were attacked, but so far as is known at present by far the heaviest losses occurred in London town itself
 At a late hour tonight the casual ties as officially announced number cd 5s4. including e7 killed and 4S7 wounded
 F1fty-fve men met death and 223 men were wounded Sixteen women and 26 children were killed and 122 women and 94 children were wound ed
 The German squadron consisted of about fifteen machines, and the down town section of London was their chief objective.
 Many bombs fen in the East End. where buildings were destroyed and others badly damaged and scores of persons fell victims to the explosions. In ons instance alone ten children were killed in a school and fifty were injured
 British airplanes ascended immedf- ztsly when the signal was given that hostile machines were coming but the Germans remained at a great height and flew swiftly and eviden1y the British fighters had difficulty in the
  man machine has been recorded Oth- CTS are reported to have been brought down, but there Is no official confirm ation of this. The anti-afrcraft guns of London seemingly were unable to reach the Germans.
 While great many small business houses and the homes of the poor in tire crowded districts suffered great French commander of the home de- fences. annouI'sd that no damage of a military or naval nature was done.
 East End Hardest Hit
 The east end of London, khich was the hardest hit by the raiders, is com parable to New York's East Side, for here live the poor of the city in damage was done in this heavily bombed part of London and many dwellers were killed or wounded. The total number of these Is not yet known, but one hospital alone had received forty cases up to two o'clock and oth- CTS were arriving steadily. numbers of the injured being sent here from other hospitals which lacked facilities including little boy, died at this in stftution, and others are in a serious condition.
 Another hospital for children was caring for six wounded babies and l another had already died there. Near " all of these injured persons were res idents of the East End.
 A squad of at least five airp1anes appeared over the East End district, | although it is impossible to say wheth- | CT one or more of them. was not l British, as British aircraft were pur- suing the Germans and all were fly | ing at a great height.
 Damage Comparatively Slight.
 The Associated Press correspondent, who visited one of the bombarded | Lr-- comparatively slight and that a ma jority of the casualties occurred among group gathering for the noon day meal The bomb fell upon the roof Of the eating houSe. shatterfng it and causing the wreckage to take fire
 The legs of one man in this group were shattered below the knees an- others arm was blown off as he was raising a cup of coffee to his lips while a third was seriously wounded in the chest The clothing of some of the wounded was torn in shreds and the faces Of nearly all were purple hued from the effects of the explo- sives.
 sion at Lllis place the ambulances were busy carrying away the wounded.
 Warning Given.
 As soon as the raiders appeared, coming from the southeast coast. warn Ing was given the schools with the re- suit that in many of the suburbs the children were dismissed in time to reach their homes before the raiders ge<e in the vicinity of London.
 For an hour after the raid the tele- phone system or London was swamped with calls from bsSsiness men who were only a few instances of any of he brief period during the height of ] he excitement h
 There Was No Panic. The East End stood the strain of the aid well and there was no panic such I Is one might expect to find among a | f population of this class which Is large f y foreign Business was at at { tandstin in many sections for a few { minutes and great throngs gathered | bout the wrecked buildings. In some I ections of the city where bombs had t ieen dropped trafncsEEas held up aI-l lc entzzakYs soWfngzsfes a depsescrowd. t