Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-08
ies4tinusA the prrsuit ana engaged
tAe@ heavily.

against tho civilian population and
busihess ana financial buildings. There
- no question that tho Germans knew
whore they wore, and It was not a
8 matter OF scattering explosives blindly
from great height Why moro per-
sons wero not killed Is hard to explain.
Tho upper story OF ono building,
where several hundred men and girls
were employed. was partly destroyed.
a No ono was even injured. however. as
all tho workers had been quietly mar
shaded into the basement.
The upper part of a,solid ONCE build
Ing, was crushed. Large concrete
hut no ono IN this building suffered
Injury, aB refuge was early sought in
the basement.
Among tho places attacked was one
of tho most extensdve.netropolita hos
pitfalls. on which tho Red Cross flag
was fying conspicuously, and the 1oca-
ton Of which must have been known.
Although several bombs fell close to It.,
the building was not damaged.
The days experience showed that
persons in solidly constructed buildings
are comparatively safe.
FATE OF HUNIBLE~DwELLER
SHOWS THEY HAvE NO CHANCE
Tho fate of the humble jewellers In
workmen's. houses was different; they
had no chance for their lives. Tho
sight, now familiar to Londoneru, Of
distracted. sobbing mothers, rushing
about the ruins OF tenements. fearing
to ind. and somstimes finding, tho
nfsnEled bodies OF their children. was
tbs most moving incident of the Ger
man victory. "A thorough investiga-
ton OF tho results of tho battle by
stair correspondence of tho Associated
Press showed that no military. NUM-
tions or supply establishment was
touched Apparently mono was sought.
since the Germans undoubtedly we'll
know their locations.
Tho following soficial. account OF the
raid was given out:
Lord French reports that at about
$3.50 o'clock this morning hostile air
craft IN considerable numbers, prob
ably IN two parties. appeared over tho
Isle Of Thanet and the east coast of
EsseI. After dropping some bombs In
Thanet tho raiders proceeded In tho
direction OF London. Moving roughly
parallel to the north bank of tho
Thames, they approached London from
the northeast, Then, changing their
course, they proceeded north and west
and crossed London from tho north
west to tho southeast, Bombs were
dropped in various places In tho
metropolitan area"
DAMAGE IS DONE
IN HEART OF LONDON
Damage was done In tho heart of
London by the raid, which was ono or
the greatest If not the greatest. ever
attempted by tho Germans over tho
metropolis,
For about quarter Of an hour tho
raiders dropped q steady rain OF
bombs.
The German raiders came from tho
north and left by way OF the south,
The glass In somo OF the streeta re-
sembles that in the streets OF New
York and it's suburbs after tho explo-
! zion on Black Tom Island recently,
The people in tho capital are urs-
ing quick reprisais,
The West End and fashionable north
western residential sections had a su-
perb. view of the raiders approach,
From the further northern fringes of
the metropolis the raiders swept on
ward in fairly close formation, moro
than a score in number.
Tho most recent big air raid on Lon
don occurred Juno is At that time
the German squadron consisted of
about fifteen Machines and the DOWN
town section of London was their chief
objective, Many bombs fell in tho
East End. where buildings were de-
stroyed and others badly damaged,
Tho casualties officially announced
were ISL killed and 430 persons In
jured. No damage of a military or
naval nature was done. The Germans
remained at great height and new
swiftly, Tho British freiEhters had
dinnculty in pursuit, for the loss of
only ono German machine was
recorded,
A most exciting running night be-
tween British and German airplanes
was witnessed by people In London
suburb, After dropping a shower of
bombs. tho Germans made off in a
scntherly direction, BY this time Brit
ish aviator had reached height at
which they could engage the raiders,
and these chase began. machine guns
coming into action,
Even In Easements tho effect Of tho
bombs were felt, the ground trem-
bling as though an earthquake were
in progress. Windows were shaken
from frames, plaster from walls and
scot from chimneys. Evidently there
was considerable difference in the cal
iber OF the bombs dropped. Some of
them had but slight effect, throwing
up clouds OF shrapnel like debris.
others evidently were filled with a
most powerful explosive,
The attack was even hriefer than
the previous London raid, the new
technique OF the Germana being to
swoop down to a low altitude, drop
their cargo OF bombs quickly, and then
rise again,
FRENCH AIRMEN lombard
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