Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-14
Stricken While at Neal.

Inc ASSOCIATED fTo80 correspondents
who visited one Of the oomoarded areas.
found that tho damage done was COM
paratively slight and that 4 majority Of
the casualties occurred among group
gathering for the monday meal The
bomb fell upon the roof Of the eating
house. shattering It and causing the
wreckaee to take nre. Policemen. nre-
men and special constables, who arrived
on the scene in record time. worked hero
ically in rescuinG tho MANNED from the
debris.
The legs Of one man In this group we're
shattered below tho knees. another's arm
was blown of a. he was raising a cup
Of coffee to his lips. while third was
ments OF tho bomb. Tho clothing Of some
OF tho wounded was torn in shreds. and
tho faces OF nearly all were purple hued
from tho effects OF the explosives
Bank Clerks Are Injured.
One bomb. which failed to explode. drop
ped in . church yard: digEing hole three
ing house. -Four clefks in the place were
injured and the explosion shattered the
windows for two hundred yards around.
,n As ,,o a.; a. the ,he.s,
was given the schools with the result that
In many Of the suburbs the children were
dismissed In time to reach their homes
before the raiders were in the vicinity OF
London.
There were many evidences Of the
GOODNESS with which the people greeted
the appearance OF tho raiders over Lon
don. A case was being heard In a court
when explosions were heard in the vi
cinity.
Il understand there 10 an air raid 60
ing on and bombs are being dropped"
said the Justice presiding. but think
we are safer hero than anywhere else"
After q few moments the Judge an
pouncaA. "Y ,nA arsSand fha raid has
come as far as this. but now has gone
away. 50 we will proceed with the case
unless II returns"
Steady Ambulance Movement.
Throughout tho bombed area there
was q steady movement OF amoulances.
collecting the injured and rushing them
partly supported by donations from
New York and has been used largely
for wounded soldiers. probably got
moro patients than any other in this
work as the injured arrived. not IN car
ing for those hurt. but In giving COM
fort to relatives who gathered about
the building to learn the fate Of those
being carried within. In and out among
the crowd OF women. many Of them
diers on crutches. stopping here and
there to drop q word OF sympathy and
encouragement
While the damage done In the East
End was widespread. it is probable
that the monetary loss will not be
heavy for many of the buildings
wrecked were those Of small bust
ness men.
The kings promptitude in manifest
ing sympathy with the sufferers ap-
peared to be deeply appreciated, and
he was warmly cheered as he rode
slowly around.
No Military Damage Done.
The main result Of the raid. as in
past cases. has been the killing Of civil
ians. including many children. No mill
tary damage was done. as there was
no military objective in the section
visited. 1t was not q case Of accurate
dropping Of bombs when once the
planes were over tho city. In the
East End, for instance. a bomb could
not have been dropped without doing
The bombs cut q wide cir
cular path through the eastern part
q large number of explosives
were dropped in rapid succession. The
course the raiders took can easily be
traced by tho damaged buildings.
which in many cases are close together.
In some places a whole block Of
is lacking every window. and
much other damage was done. One
school in this district had lucky es-
cape. There are q thousand pupils in
that school, and fifteen minutes after
the little ones returned to the build
ing from recess a bomb fell where hun
dreds of them had been gathered.