Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-07-23

some OF the hotel people II took them
long time TO get II through our heads
thnt there had been some real excite.
mcnt during thc.nIght. The explosions
wero those Of bombs dropped by
Zeppelin. which hnd sailed over the
city. .i Is
The first bomb Ind fallen lcss than
two hundred yards from where We
slept. No wonder the bed rocked II
had struck narrow three. story house
around the corner from the hotel, and
Ind blown II TO bits. Ten people hnd
been killed outright. and a number
died Inter. The bomb tore a fine hole
and hurled pieces Of Itself several hun
dred ynrds. Tho street itself was
filled with rocks. and number Of
houses were down. and others wreck
ed. When we rot out Into tho street
and talked with somc army men w
found that even they were surprised
by the force Of. the explosion.
We learned that the zepp had saiied
not more than Ave hundred feet above
the town. ltsimotor had been stopped
Just before the nrst bomb was Let ~,
and II had slid along perfectly slant
and with ali lights out. The purr that
We had thought was machine guns,
after the eighth explosion. was the
starting Of the motor. ~ the zepp GOT
out Of range Of the guns that were b.
Ing aet for tho attack. e,l nolr.s .
The last bomb had struck IN 4 large
square. Il tore hole in the coble.
stone pavement about thirty feet
square and Ave feet deep. Every WIN
dow on the square was smashed. The
fronts Of the houses were riddled with
various sized holes. All the crockery
and china and mirrors IN the house
were in fragments. ~
Not much more than IN hour before
the zepp came, we had been sitting In
q room 1t the house Of the local mill.
tary conmandant. right under a big
glass-doms skylight. This house was
now very pretty ruin. and II was Just
a. well that We left when We did, You
could not even find . splinter Of the
big ronnd table. The next time ] III
under . glass skylight In Dlxmude. I
want a lad with live eye for zeppe'
Inns On guard outside. " 'eS@ ~
Something about the branch head.
quarters ruins made US think Of break.
fast. which we had forgotten. so back
TO the hotel. Then we started bach, to
cur lines. We were ordered to keep
to the main road al tho way back, os
we would be shot on sight, and 10, re-
port to headquarters Immediately on
our return. Ithousht a lthe sight OF
me was so dlstasteful to anybody !
would not take the chance OF Offend
ing. being anxious to be polite In such
cases. So we stuck to, the main road
Fritz did not give us any trouble and
we were bnck by Ave. with all hands
out TO greet us when we hove in sight,
and regular prodigal son welcome on
tap, for we were Inter than they had
expected us, and they had made up
their minds that some accident had
happened. =
While I was around Dixmude. I saw
many living men and women and chill
dren who had been mutilated by the
Germans, but most Of them were won;
en- and children. Almost every one
Of the INITIATED men was too old for
military service. The Others had beer
killed. ] guess.
But the Belglnns were not the only
ones who had suffered from German
kultur. Many French wounded wert
tortured BY tho Huns and we were
constantly iindIpg the mutllated bodies
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