Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-01-31
| LONDON IS
RA|[)E.[) AND
II KILLED
Casualties in Bombardment of the
British Capital Monday Night
Greatest Since June Is

Another hostile air raid over east
ern England began at $3.50 Tuesday
night and was still in progress at mid
night, according to an official com
municatiOn.
None of the enemy machines had
vet been able to penetrate the Lon
don defense, although there were re-
ports bombs have been dropped IN the
outskirts Of the city.
FIRST ATTACKS MONDAY
NIGHT ARE DEADLY
In their first onslaught of the year
on London and it's suburbs, German
raiders Monday night in two attacks
inflicted casualties officially reported
as At killed and 1863 injured. The
list follows:
Killed--Men, IA; women, II; chill
dren, 16.
1njured-Men, SO; women, SO; chill
dren, II.
ALL the victims, except one Of the
killed and seven of the injured, were
in the London area itself. No serious
material damage was done and the
raiders suffered the loss of one ma
chine, which fell in flames from
height Of 10000 feet, it's three occu-
pants being burned to death.
A large number Of machines came
over the coast in relays, but appar-
emily only five or SIX succeeded in
getting through the barrage and drop
ming explosive and incendiary bombs
into the town. Gunfre lasted inter
mittently through five hours, and for
two hours of that time was almost con-
tinuOus.
MANY PEOPLE IN STREETS
WHILE EXCITEMENT LASTS
There was an hours interval be-
fore midnight when no firing was
heard except an occasional distant gun
off toward the coast. Residents who
were at the theatres or in the shops
when the raid began concluded it was
all over, although the buglers had
not sounded "clear' signals, and
more persons we're in the streets than
usual at midnight when the heavy
gums began to boom again IN Wardlng
off the second of the two attacks.
The British flyers were more active
than ever before, having gained ex-
perience in night flying. Besides the
Coil brought down by British scouts
in Essex, one machine was pursued
over London by the scouting forces,
and the rattle of machine guns in the
air was plainly heard from the streets.
The night was one Of absolute clear
ness. There was full moon and no
clouds or wind. The population had
ample time for securing shelter, ade-
quate warning have been given.
THEATERs CONTINUE BILLS;
MOTOR BUSES RUN
The tube railways and the buildings
of strong construction were crowded
during the raid, but the assemblages
at most of the theaters saw the per
formances through.
The house of lords was sitting when
the raiders first appeared, and it con-
tinued it's deliberations until midnight
with an attendance Of forty peers, a
fair number for that body. The house
Of commons had adjourned a few mo-
ments before the warning was re-
ceived.
Motor buses, which had no lack of
passengers, ran all over town during
the intervals when the gun fire was
not heavy.
John Rodge, minister for pensions,
was addressing public meeting in
Babtersea attended by 1900 persons
when the firing began. He declared to
them his only regret was that the
Germans had not been given months
ago a taste of what they were giving
Londoners.
when squadron Of British air
planes bombarded Karlsruhe" he re-
marked, what whining was set up
about bombing my beloved karls-
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