Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-08-01

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| town having been bombed, because
so many poor people, quite as kind
hearted, in some cases perhaps more
| so, as ourselves, and equally as nerv-
Gus, are going through what we know
| so well from experience.
Second Daylight Raid
l shall never forget the second day
| light raid we had. 1t was before we
I had warnings given, and we knew
nothing until the people round about
began talking excitedly and looking
| in a certain direction, only to be seen
from the front of our house, so went
| to the door with the lady who was in
with me at the time, and the spec
tacle that met our gaze was appalling.
The sky looked to be full of aero
planes making for straight over the
house. 1t seemed exactly like CON
coming DOOM" there were so many,
| it looked as though no one could
| escape! And when we knew we
were out of danger. we also knew they
had only taken their bombs further
along, into the crowded city, where
our loved ones were at work For
tunately it was Saturday (early clos
ing day. and the suspense had not to
borne so long. The small amount of
damage done, and the miraculous es-
capes one hears of we believe are
Providential entirely One case l will
mention (and these are people we
know quite welD. Had the bomb
been released a second before it must
have fallen right on the house, but it
fell in the garden on soft earth, doing
very little damage; in fact, they went
to bed after the "all clear" was given
with no idea that one had dropped
so near, although the carpet in the
room in which they were sitting was
covered with SCOT from the chimney
and the windows shook fearfully 1t
is quite wonderful how little it seems
outwardly to affect the people-every-
thing goes on just the same the day
after a raid. | think it is that each
one tries to make believe he is brave,
but no one guesses how ones heart
is beating underneath The shock is
greater when one is reused out of his
sleep by the awful shrieks of the
siren intensified ten times by the
darkness, or rather the stiffness of
the night. One night in particular we
were up five hours with the cOntinu-
Gus roar of the guns going, and the
sound of bombs dropping in the dis
lance. One realizes at a time like
that that someone is suffering, even
if we are spared. We are very fortu
nate in living so far from the city,
as often we sleep on blissfully uncOn-
scious of the approach of danger, as
we do not have the warning unless
they are really getting through. Ar
thur often hears when he gets to the
office that people have been up good
part of the night. You see they get
the first warning at the post Office,
and if they get turned back, then we
know nothing about it. But after the
sirens go here, we very soon hear the
guns in the distance. Arthur thinks
you will be interested to hear what
takes place at these times. First OF
all, these sirens, of which | have al
ready spoken, give three unearthly
yelIs, with a break between each one.
That is to distinguish between the
"Take cover" and the Call clear" the
latter being one long blast. Then
the police go along on their bikes
blowing whistles to attract attention,
and carrying boards with "Take COW
err" written on them. Each special
constable warns so many more until
they are all out. | don't know how
many there are in every district, but
great many. The authorities are
not nearly as particular about the
lights here as they were in Lincoln
shire That may be owing to the fact
that the Gothas come by moonlight
and the Zeppelins chose the dark,
starlight night Then after the guns
cease we wait until the Gail clear"
sounds from the sirens first, also
boy scouts parade the streets, blowing
on their bugles two notes which have
got to sound quite like the two words
Cali clear" I think the notes are
and d. I forgot to mention that we
also have maroons sent up as warn
ing as well, so everybody knows what
is going on, but we are advised to stay
in our own houses, as far away from
the doors and windows as possible,
also advised to open the windows as
much as we can to save them from
being broken by the vibration. We
are also asked to have water ready
drawn, especially on the upper floors
Of the house, in case of fire.
Many Wedding Rings
I forgot to tell you one pleasing
feature Ito me at least) is to see a
wedding ring on the hand Of most of
the conductresses on the trans and
buses, as it looks as though the wives
Of the men called have had the first
consideration.
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