New-York tribune., 1920-01-04
and mobilization

stage) and mobilization (second
stagel on nights when no "take
cover" order (third stage) was found
necessary, the enemy having been
driven off. But if we reached the third
stage, then from $4,000 to $4,000 spe-
cial constables would be on duty, for,
In addition to the men of the divisions
and the headquarters units, the l.. G. o.
detachment mustered its full strength,
while some 1900 men Of the General
Postoffice detachment, more than
600 serving in the Office of Works and
almost the whole strength, about $500,
OF the private firms attested men, were
at their posts.
"As all know, dark nights were the
likely ones for the Zeppelins, while
moonlight favored the airplanes. Given
fair weather, then, once the enemy got
going with both classes of machines
neither darkness nor light was in it.
self security against his coming. On
fiftyeight of the eighty-six occasions
when official warnings went to the spe-
cial constabulary there was general
order to mobilize.
In Early Zeppelin Days
"The enemy had on seven occasions
dropped bombs in England before any
Of the Zeppelins with which he opened
his campaign penetrated into the
metropolitan police district. On the
from the northeast, the first airship
came through. Seven people were
killed and thirty-fve injured in this
raid, which damaged the railway goods
depot at Bishopsgate (City). The divi-
sions more directly affected were H,
], K and N. Two bombs fell at Ley
tonstone (O, without doing serious
damage. Con two later occasions the
town had similar experience.) No
fewer than twenty-five bombs fell be-
tween High Street, Shoreditch, and
Christian and Ducket streets, Etepney
where two people were killed and ten
injured. Much damage was done to
property. In seven thoroughfares OF
Stoke Newington the enemy left his
mark. Three of the ten bombs which
sxploded in the locality landed in
Cpwper Road, killed two people and
damaged three dwellings,. In othe,
streets of Stoke Newington five citi-
zens were injured and house property
was damaged. Kent and Essex were
visited on the nights Of June AS and
eight people were injured>> and or
August 1918 Essex got some bombs in
raid which killed six and injured
twenty-four people. On the night OF
August -l7-18 Kent, Essex and London
suffered.
Eighteen Killed in Raid
"A raid on the night of September rs
was bad one for the Southeastern dis
trict. Eighteen people were killed and
thirty-eight injured, while good dea
of house property was destroyed The
hall of the Worshipful Company oil
Butchers, in Bartholomew Close, was
wrecked, and among the places dam
aged were the examination hall of the
Royal College of Physicians and Sur
geons, Holborn; the Benchers' Build
ings, Gray's Inn Road; and Farringdo1
Street Railway Station. Bombs wer,
distributed over the northern portion.
of r and P divisions, the localities di
rectly affected being Woolwich, Green
wich and Deptford (where damage wa
done to the Council Chamber and th'
London County Council Schoo)
Blackheath, Clifton Hill, Bermondse,
| and New Cross (where section Of thu
was broken up). In getting away tn,
raiders seem to have hurriedly un
loaded, as fifty-one bombs were throw,
in the north border district, on Enfield
Highway and Chestnut. Twelve Of tn,
MISUNDERSTANDING outposts of tn,
''Fort of London'-in this lovely par
Of the metropolis were damaged, an,
ninety small houses, but the resident
escaped personal injury.
Made Second Visit
"The raiders had merely said "A,
revoir!' for they were back at i
O'Clock the same night (September 81
when they dropped twenty-eight in
cendiary and twenty-one explosiv
bombs, killed twenty-six people, in
jured ninety-four others and damage
336 sets of premises. The City o
London got it badly that night. Ma
terial damage estimated at not les
than $7,500,000 was done, as the in
cendiary bombs caused several fires
and rich warehouses were burnt out
-Four bombs fell within E Division
The Penny Bank at Holborn was hi,
three people being killed, A bonn
passed through the roof of baker
in the basement without exploding
Another fell in High Street, Shore
ditch (H), wrecked an omnibus an
killed six and injured twelve people
This missile did considerable damag
to the water, gas and electric main
and to adjacent buildings. The raid
ers got to Essex on the nights of Sep
tember 11-12 and 1913. There wer
no casualties.
In the Strand Area
"Then the moon checked the Zeppe
lin depredations, and it was not unit
the dark night of October 1914 tha
enemy air machines were again hear
over London. No fewer than seventy
one people were killed in this rait
while the injured numbered 1928.