Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-19

upon WHicU tue NtfinanS later
laid the stones OF Superstructurc 4
Zeppelin which had come over the son
at dusk mad" inland into Kent. IL
dropped Il few bombs in IL town Of con-
siderable size and then turned and mad.
its way over The tcnth-ccntury hamlet
of BcnrSt"d
The night bird flow low. Tho churn-
ing of it's wheels reused the dcsrcn-
dnh,s OF the men who had gone out
under Harold To tight tho Norman duke
at Hastings. Perhaps it was the FIRST
arousinr thin. which had happened
there sine" 1906. and IT was u welcome
rcv"tllc TIL" village green wa.
crowded with the awakened villagers
who lived about it, They had heard
til" explosion Of tho bombs nfar off
and now suddenly while they waited
they heard TIA" grating whir Of tho
wheels OF TIA" approaching monster
Waited for bombs to Drop.
H"t on" "i ia" Villagers made back
Tor his house when that might shadow
passed over III" green. They CNpc,t.,,
bombs I" drop. but they did no, move.
~ had come IL ihcm. this thing for
which ,hcy had been waitin. through
III" NcnrS--a something which would
quicken tn" current " their existence.
Alarmed" Nnt bit There they stood
aud ~ may hc wondered. perhaps II
there was not dIs"rrnntmcnt because
tn" dying man-of-war refused 1"
n'ShiS village az villagers With
dropped messing" uf recognition.
Not far from this ii,,I. h,mIo, az
Kent - town who's" name Is world
known. TIL" I"ppciiu passed over i,
aud dropped several bombs ono OF
which DESTROYED ,hrru buil,Iinrs ON n
short r"sid"nc. street running back
fr"m tia" main highway. In - litii.
nous" loss than ON" block removed au
old woman was thrown from her bed
ny the force IF tn" explosion. She wa.
Of soldier stock. and If shc had not
,rh ne. H..
hay" taken matters JUS, as cody as
She did
ITS ann"Ninc, said this rudcly dis
turh"d mntr"n 81 Eritain 1T is an
n"ui earlier than ! usually get up-
Then ah" Went ab"u, tho work OF get
,ing her sons breakfast
N"' far from E"arstcd rs yillay.
which r"joi,cs or not az tho inhabi
'ants may Wow II, ia tho fact that II
j. on ia" line or railroad Tho
slimr-c Of q locomotive hcadlirh, or
something "ls" caused N" German
visitors Z" dr"p several bombs on ,hi,
MN" town. y whol" block of shops
on the main street Was battered 80
pieces. II there was any loss OF liz.
~" fa't VAS concealed II IL said that
there was nom. Sow j, may socn, nm
hcl,"ynhl" hut IN" residents OF hi,
town, or som" az them at any rate. are
s." Ear from being disturbed over the
tragic or s"iuilragic even, - that night
ihrt they seem rather triumphant l..
"nuS" th"ir Nillag" has found i,s plac.
on the mar on" viIlaE.r rather curt
"uslN nui il. W. nav" made some
sacrifice for tho ,';,uso of our country"
\"tmni Observation-Disclosures EcIt.
S"' rar from thus railroad ,ow,
town which mad us night of oxci,.-
mcu, Il NOT of actual horror Is X, sI.cnv
littl" Village ,yht,h l,unws no railroad
aud mos, ~ who's. iub,hi,.n,s nrnh,hi,,
meyer hcnrd q steam whis,i. hInw
Some uf tho old farmers FOUND abou, +,
s,ili wcar Smokes and II, is prnhab,.
TIA, uurI rcucn,ly tho ,h,rp, az no
l.igh' Ertgad. Vvas Tho mos, recon-,
rousinr event in ,heir memories
\ Zcpp.liu went over ,his ,,l.,c .,,,
had Just ,l.urcd IL wien /, drouucd
IN rapid succession :. dozen bombs
tcrrinc bombs for ,bcv shoot, tbc =,
hahitauts OF sleepy Hollow ON, Of their
beds, J, ma: S..m incredible. but !, 10
non" IA" loss true. that tho inhahit,uts
"t this village feel somcthirr iiLo ro
sentiment that tho droppinr bombs az
tn" I.pp"lin did not 1T lcas, do dam
age enough ~ tn" village itself To give.
IN" p""pi" som" Of the fame which has
h""n accorded :" tho town beyond the
NIL wh"r" tho hlock Of stores was de-
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