Evening journal., 1921-09-12
HULL, OLDCITY,
HASLOST name
Germans Raided Old Brit
ish Town Centuries
Ago
ANTLSLAVERY
WAS BORN THERE

WASHINGTON, d. C.--"The city
Of Hun doesn't officially exist says
bulletin issued by the National
Geographic Society. dealing with
the town in England near which the
United states Navy's giant dirigible
balloon exploded Hull is the name
OF small river emptying into the
broad estuary OF the Humber, and
the official name Of the city at its
mouth Is Kingston upon-Hull.
wrapped up in the name is the
history Of a more or less profitable
real estate deal by King Edward !
Of England, who. though he con-
quered Wales by force Of arms .ac-
quired the city on the Humber by
the more peaceful process Of trading
some outlying acreage with monks
whe owned IL. He had visions.
which have since been justind. OF the
towns becoming an important port
and to make the place Immediately
more popular with settlers changed
its name from 'wyke-upon- HUH to
/ Kingston-upon-H Hull But a genera
/ tion impatient OF long names seems
to have sprung up in England as well
as in America. and the city is now
almost universally known merely as
HULL
"Hull has nearly 100000 inhahi-
tants. II is about 20 miles from the
open sea al a point where the estu-
airy OF the Humber is some three
miles wide. There are many shall
low areas In the river and the tide
at times makes marked difference
in the water level Because OF this
fact. Hurs important harbor-it Is
sixth among the scores OF ports OF
Great Britain-is almost entirely a
matter OF artificial basins. entered
by locks. In which the water is kep'
} al high-tide level The town is sit.
} uated on a hat. low plain. and a
. large number OF these docks. aggre-
eating hundreds OF acres. have beer
; scooped out. A ring OF them prac
b tically surrounds the old part OF tn,
/ town, so that a forest OF stacks .anS
masts seem 10 spring from its high
ways Beyond the chain OF basinl
] is the newer part OF the city.
: Hull was at one time the head
, quarters Of the North Sea fishing in
: dustry. The more important center
now is Grimsby. on the other sid
OF the Humber and about ten mile
nearer the sea. But even now HUI
5 holds second place. being the hom'
. port OF the largest single fleet o
q steam trawlers in Great Britain.
= owes its importance In this respec
e 10 its situation. close at once TO Goa
) mines and 10 the western end OF tn
famous Doggor Banks, which are I,
the fishermen OF England what tn
Newfoundland Banks are to those o
r America.
, TN other industries besides fish
j. ing Hull is tied closely TO the sea. /
4 builds ships and manufactures sail
cloth. ropes. cables and chains A
general freight and passenge
shipping point IL IS one OF the prin
cipal doors to and from northern
| Europe. especially the Scandinavia
| countries. There may be poeti
| justice in this. for it was up IN
| Humber that most OF the scandi
navian raids into Britain were con
ducted IN the ninth and tenth cen
| turtles
Located opposit the Germa
coast the mouth Of the Humber. TO,
was the entrance point for numer
Gus air raids by the Germans durin
the World War. Only one OF III
raids that Of March. 1918. occasion
ed any considerable loss OF life ,
: destruction Of properly in Hull 1