Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-14

InfOuRnOuL the DOmDGd area there was steady movement of ambulances collecting the injured. While the dam age done in the east end was wide spread, it is probable that the none tary loss will not be heavy, for many of the buildings wrecked were those of small business men. The raid had been over but a short time when the king notCred into and through the dis trict- His prompitude in ths mani festing sympathy with the sufferers
 Civilians and Children Killed
 The main result of today's raid, as in past cases has been the killing of civilians, including many children No military damage was done as there was no military objective in the sec tion visited It was not case of accurate dropping of bombs when once the planes were over the city. In the East End, for instance, a bomb could not have been dropped without doing damage The bombs cut a wide circular path through the eastern part short-l1ved a large number of explo- sfves were dropped in rapid success sion. The course the raiders took can easily be traced by the damaged close together.
 In some places a whole block of buildings is lacking every windows and much other damage was done
  escape. There are a thousand pupils in that school and fifteen minutes af- ter the little ones returned to the buildings from recess a bomb felt where hundreds of them had been gathered.
 Transformation in Busy Streets
 Three hostile iairplanes appeared over the busiest part of the downtown section of London at half past eleven | this morning and worked a rapid transformation in the busy streets i The sound of the explosions of bombs | guns from perches around the busi- | ness district gave the public warning of dangers. Vehicular traffic stopped | instantly. Omnibus drivers ordered | all passengers to alight and buses | taxicabs, wagons and lorries were left l stranded in the streets until the dan | ger was past.
 Shopkeepers and their patrons, bar | bers and their customers, bankers and | lawyers and their clients quietly and | promptly adjourned their business and | hurried to such places of safety as | the mental state of each particular | person demanded.
 Pedestrians Ordered Within Doors.
 Special constables appeared by the | hundred, as if by magic, in every nook | and corder of the narrow-1aned down town district and ordered pedestrians l within doors. It was with difficulty, that the populace was kept under | cover, as many of the people were more interested in getting a glimpse of the battle overhead than in es- caping danger.
 Superb View of Raiders.
 There was no way to keep the crowds off the fiat roofs of the down town buildings, where presumably the danger of falling shrapnel was great est, but where a superb view of the raiders could be obtained From the roof of the Associated Press office the airplanes could be distinctly seen at height of at least two miles in the formation which is a fa- ted the western front. The trio were go high that they appeared like three shiny flakes of snow against the bright sky. The anti-aircraft gunners were loing fairly creditab1e work in this, -heir first battle practice in many months. The raiders apparently were ! little too high for the guns, which nevertheless. were very useful in fore ng the enemy to keep at an altitude where it was impossible to locate any ,bjectives The fal1y smoke from thirty or for y shrapnel bursts. sent in repeated guns, hung long in the sky, outlining 1 he three visitors in & frame of white ( 'ufts. It was plain to see that the narling bursts were too close to the l iSiIoIS 1oI IHeT cOHIOrt, ealing Forth { frantic series of machine gun sig ( lals from the squadron leader, direct ( ng his brood to retreat quickly. IT Raid Occupied Less Than Five Min z
 utes. The little squadron's route over r london, as viewed from below. was Ike a great hairpin-a straight ar ow flight into the city, then l.
 wide curve and a straight arrow E fight out again. The whole visit of his trio occupied less than five min tes and no other raiders were visible rom this observation point. Three | ines the explosion of bombs shook | [ he roof, with slightly different remulo than the rocking of the earth | t nder the anti-aircraft guns, but thej t ombs were evidently at some dis-4 C ance from this point and the vista-La yer the city roofs showed no-ef6ectscfA h aeirz explosion E