Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-01-30
GERMAN N||ES
KILL Al IN NIGHT
RAID ON LONDON
Teutons Lose One Machine,
Which Falls 10000 Feet;
Three Occupants Are
Burned to Death.
(By Associated Press.)

London, Jan. 29.-German airplane'
made their first attacks of the yea,
upon London and its suburbs las
night. their bombs inflicting casualtie.
officially reported as AZ killed and l6!
injured.
All the victims except one of tht
killed and seven of the injured were
in the London area itself. No seriou.
material damage was done and tht
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.
Machines in Relays.
A large number of machines came
over the coast in relays, but apparent
" only three or four succeeded ir
getting through the barrage and drop
ping explosive and incend'ary bomb:
into the town. The gun fire lasted in
termittently through FIVE hours and
for two hours of that time was al
most continuous.
There was an hours interval be.
fore midnight when no fighting was
heard except an occasional distant
gun off toward the coast.
Residents who were away from
their homes at the theaters or in the
shops when the raid began concluded
it was all over, although the bugles
had not sounded clear signal and
more persons were on the streets than
usual at midnight when the heavy
guns began to boop again in warding
off the second of the two attacks.
British Fliers Active.
The British flyers were more active
than ever before, having gained ex-
perience in night flying. Besides the
Gotha brought down by British scouts
over Essex, one was pursued over
London by the scouting forces and
the rattle OF machine guns in the air
was plainly heard from the streets.
There was a full moon and no clouds
os wind. The popr!ationsha bad ample
time for obtaining shelter, adequate
warning having been given.
In the Various sections, different
methods Of giving the alatm have
been adopted. In some, naval rockets
were fred, the reports sounding like
the booming Of guns. In others col
ored lights were turned on. atop the
lamp posts and on towers and. high
buildings. In one section two steam
sirens, which could be heard five
miles away, sounded their blasts,
while all over town the police and
special constables blew their whis-
ties.
Lords in Session.
The tube railways and the buildings
of strong construction were crowded
during the raid, but the audiences as
sembled at most Ct the theaters saw
the performances through. The
House of Lords was sitting when the
raiders first appeared, and it contln-
Ned its deliberations until midnight
with an attendance of 40 peers, which
was aNair number for that body. The
House of Commons had adjourned a
few moments before the warning was
received. Motor buses. which had no
lack of passengers, ran all over town
during the interval; when the gun
fire was not heavy.
John Hodge, the minister of PEN
sions, was addressing public meet
ing in Battersea, attended by l,5OO
persons, when the firing began. He
declared to them his only regret was
that the Germans had not been given
months ago taste of what they were
giving Londoners. .
when squadron of British and
French airplanes bombarded Karls-
ruhe," he remarked, what a whining
was set up about bombing my be-
loved Karlsruhe."