The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-01-30
GERMANS AGAIN
BOMB BRITAIN
New Air Attack Made on East
ern Counties and Lon
don Suburbs.
NO CASUALTIES REPORTED
"a Dead and 100 Hurt in Tues
day Night tack-In-
vaders outed.
NO CASUALTIES REPORTED

LONDON, Jan. >, Wednesday. 1c:45
A. A.)-Another hostile air raid over
eastern England. the second in two
nights began At 3 40 O'Clock last night
and up to the present hour b still IN
progress, according to an of,cial COM
munication Just issued.
None OF the enemy machines has ~
yet been able TO penetrate the London
defences. although there are reports that
bsmbs have been dropped in the out
skirts Of the city.
German aiTplanes made their ffrst At
tack OF the year-an attack by two
groups Of fiiers-upon London and its
suburbs Tuesday night. their bombs In
nictins c.sasl.,ss ofaciaily reported a'
~ killed and 1es injured All the vic
Tins excep. one Of the killed and
seven OF the injured were In the Lon.
don area itself. No serious material
damage. vas done. and the raiders suf.
fsrsd the lcss - sne machine. wAicA
fen tn AaDsg AoWl0 he!shs - le.aes
fest. III three occupants being
burned to death. An indecisive en-
eagernent was fought over me seA By q
British pilot and q raider.
Apparently nfteen machines caml
over the coast in relays. but only thrss
or four succeeded In getting through tfs
harrase and dropping explosive and
incendiary bombs into the town. The
Eunfire lasted !nterIniftently through
I've hor~s and for two hours Of that
time vas almost continues.
There was an hours interval before
midnight when no hring WAs heard ex.
cept An occasional distant 9un or to-
ward the coast Residents who wers
away from their homes. At the theatres
or In the shops when the raid began
concluded Il was all over although the
buGles had not sounded the clear
signal. and more persons were on the
streets than usual st midnight wheI
the heavy guns began TO boom again
IN varding on the second O: the twe
attacks.
The British fiiers were more activ<
than ever before. having gained In ex.
perience in night nying. Besides the
over Easex one was pursued over Lon.
don by the scouting forcex, and the
rattle OF machine guns In the air wal
plainly heard from the streets.
Replying TO questions In the House oi
Commons to-day. 5ames Ian Mac
Phe.son. Parliamentary Secretary fol
the War Once, said that some OF the
casualties In last nights air raid were
Que to the overcrowdinG Of air raid
shelters
Mr.. NAcPherson said seventy British
airmsn went up IN search Of the enemy
machines and that all OF them returned
safeiy.
Might Absolutely Clear.
The night was one Of absolute clear.
ness. There was q full moon ANA M
clouds or wind The population hat
ample time for securing shelter. ade'
quate warning having been given. Ir
the various sections different method,
OF giving the alarm have been adopted
In some naval rockets were fired, tht
reports sounding like tho booming q.
guns. In others colored lights wert
turned on atop the lampposts and
on towers and high buiidingA IN on<
section two steam sirens which could
be heard I'VE miies away sounded theti
blasta, while all over town the poiics
and special constables blew thelI
whistler
The tube railways ana the buildings
CsatSsucd On Second Pogo.