THE VISIT TO YORKSHIRE
AIRSHIPS DROP SHELLS ON
VILLAGES.
(AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE'ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, 23rd August. In connection with the raid on the Yorkshire coast Last night, the searchlights along 1 the Humbor caught i, Zeppelin flying at a height of two miles. Gunfire prevented the visitor from reaching its objective. It dropped a number of bombs before disappearing. An official message states: One, or, at, most, two airships, wjiich were raiding tho Yorkshire coast Jast night \'ontured overland and dropped shells oii three villages near the coast, wrecking a chapel and damaging houses. One man was injured.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 47, 24 August 1917, Page 7
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97THE VISIT TO YORKSHIRE Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 47, 24 August 1917, Page 7
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