The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-25
Copyright, 1917, by the Information
al News Bureau.)
BY SIR WALTER GREEN

ously by a raid by German aero
planes. The enemy came just before
noon on Wednesday, a perfect June
day Of brilliant sunshine. The raid
ers were so high up as to appear
specks in the sky and crowds watch
ed from roots or from the streets, ig-
norant for the most part, OF the dead
~ nature Of the bombardment to
which they were being subjected.
The number of machines that
crossed the Essex coast is put at fif-
teen. Only portion of them visited
the London district, but they drop
ped large number OF bombs, and
they did much damage.
A bomb fen In school, killing ten
children and injuring about fifty. An
other fell in a railway station and
struck an incoming train. Seven per-
Jured.
The casualties were:
Men Women Children Total
h Injured s - aa - - - 49,
But since then there have been
other deaths. raising the total to 1o4.
No damage of military or naval ma
ture was done.
There came to London the nearest
vision of modern warfare that it has
yet known The Zeppelin raid which
swept over the city in October Of 1915
came in the darkness and mystery OF
night 1t was in the late dusk OF an
autumn evening that Londoners
watched the monsters of the air max
ing death upon the innocent.
Yesterday 1t was different. In the
gracious loneliness OF a perfect sum-
axrd
gold and clear. enemy aeroplanes
journeyed through the clouds like lit
tie silver birds, and their passage
was watched by thousands Of men
and women who had but dimly seen
the Zeppelins Of other days.
It happened that boarded bus
at Ludgate-circns at 11:40. It was
eastward bound. We had passed st.
Paurs Cathedral when there sudden
ly came in swift succession several
tremendous crashes People on the
bus jumped as people will at unex-
pected alarms. But there was no un-
easiness. "Our gums at 1t again, :"
someone remarked. But the demean-
or of the people in the streets sug-
gested something else. From every
office and warehouse and tea shop
men and women had strangely rush
ed out. They stood still, gazing up
into the air. Why?
Amazing Drama OF the skies
The conductor mounted the stairs
to suggest that the outside passengers
should seek safety inside, Some of
them did SO; they had an instinct
that all was not well in the air.
I'm not a religious man, remark
ed the conductor, .'but what say is,
~ - - =
are going to die we may as well die
cuiet.'' .s
But some Of the inside passengers
determined that If they had to Idle
quiet they might as well see some
thing first, and they climbed on top
and with wonder struck eyes they
watched the amazing drama of the
skies.
It was amazing because 1t was so
beautiful It was not easy to believe
that those little silver specks far up
in the heavens had the power to
bring death and destruction and IN
endurab1e suffering to men and wo-
men and little children, living at
peace. going about their daily bust
ness inoffensive1y.
Few people saw the entire fleet OF
Taubes at one and the same time II
and-seeJx IN fha f.iou,5s for >i,lrn .
little cleaning bit Of quicksilver, you
could see one sIddsnM appear onlv
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ont no poisonors fumes and thar.
was relief IN our hearts a. We res
liked our mistake.
All along this eastward bourne,
| bombs were falling and the guns wer,
4 making great noises. But / saw n;
n,1iclx seercl,inpr for sha,ter no t,L
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