Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-14
NEARLY 1O0K|LLED
IN GREAT AIR RAID
OVER EAST LONDON
More Than 400 Persons In
jured by German
Aircraft.
INVADERS ATTACKED
BY BRITISH AVIATOR
Whether They Suffered Any
Losses Has Not Yet Been
Established.
TWO BIG VESSELS TORpEDOED
south Atlantic Liner Scquana and
Leyland Liner Anglican Sunk
by Submarines.
TWO BIG VESSELS ToRpEDoED
South Atlantic Liner Scquana and
Leyland Liner Anglican Sunk
by Submarines.
IBy Associated press.l

lBy Associated Prcss.l
The greatest air raid. III poin, o,
casualties. yet made over England by
German aircraft. the arrival in France
OF ajor-General John ]. PcrshinE.
who is to command the American forces
on the Continent, and the simultaneous
arrival in the Russian capital and at
an American Pacific port. respectively,
OF American and Russian missions
which are to discuss matters con-
nected with the prosecution of the
war. are the outstanding features oil
the news of the world war.
On rome OF the war fronts has there
been an engagement of noteworthy
importance.
Nearly 100 persons were killed and
more than 400 injured in midday
bomb-droppinG raid by German air
craft Ten of those killed and nifty of
those wounded were children in a
school on which bombs fell large
number OF the killed or injured wer.
women and children
British aviators rose and attacked
the invaders. and the sound of the
antiaircraft guns WAS every ~ner,
heard in London. But whether tho
Germans suffered any losses has not
Yet been established. They were flying
at height estimated at two miles
when they approached from Essex and
new over the country
AMERICA WILL. GIVE
UNSTINTED AID TO RUSSIA
The arrival Of the American mission
headed by Elhu Root in Petrograd
doubtless is the forerunner of impor-
'1nt happenings with regard to the
u
tivities in the war. Tho aid OF the
American government will he given un-
stintedly to the new regime by the
mission.
Aside from raidinG operations by
the British troops in France. and in
terinittent artillery duels between the
Germans and the French In Relgium
and in the region Of Craonnc there ha S
been little activity along the French
front
Minor operations continue in the
Austro- lian thcater and in ..ace-
donia.
The weekly British report Of vessels
sunk by mines or submarines shows
the greatest number of vessels meeting
with disaster since the report OF May
6--twenty-two Of more than ls0o
tons each. and ten of less than 1900
tons each. Two vessels not included
In the British report have been sen,
to the bottom by German submarines
the French steamer ScGuana. OF 5.557
tons, and the British steamer Anglican
OF 5.532 tons. The crew Of the Anglican
was saved. but 100 persons on board
the Sequana periShed.
Terrible scenes were witnessed dur
ing the air raid at railway station
where TWO bombs dropped. Luckily,
station. but struck a train at the far
end of the platform. fairly full Of
passengers waiting to start. The two
foremost carriages were destroyed.
One bomb hit the train squarely. and
one carriage caught fire. Several pas
sengers We're killed and others, badly
injured and unable TO escape. were in
cinerated. 1t is believed that twenty
four persons were killed or lnJu.rd II.
this train.
Another coach standing on an ad-
joining line was in the service of a
travelling medical board. This also
burst into flames and soon became h
charred mass. Some of the bodies
ton difficult
The details OF the pursuit OF the
raiders by British machines were not
known up to a late hour to- night and
Andrew Bonar Law. Chancellor of the
EXcheQuer. was only able TO tell the
House of Commons before adjourn
ment that one enemy machine was
known to have been brought down.