A ZEPPELIN RAID.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15612, 9 June 1916, Page 8

A ZEPPELIN RAID.

KXPERIKXCE OF AX EXGUStf',%■' LADY. A Clu-istcburcli resident Ims furnisk.'' cd us w-fsli tin- following extract from a lot t T received from a lady living ? an East Coast town in England .... . April 9. . '•\\ e people were confident tucv (tlx. Zeppelins) would return, from"Nv! devils work inland via - —, and cmw tney did. It was about 8 o'clockT? was standing in the street looking it some Hashing lights very far ' winch I felt sure were exploding bomS* Iu a i'cw minutes the alarm sounded Hardly had the people got out of tW houses, many of them on their wavto the open country when there was alond crash. There, hanging in the heavens with four splendid searchlights nj w l ing upon it, was the Zeppelin, like * great silver fisli. Then our guns be. ' gan to speak. One is stationed aboofc two miles behind our house. Juatfb a moment wo thought the whole pUcL. ' was earning down. Wo watched *tS! 'teller shells' soaring up into the akr followed by the real* shells, in qnifV \ succesion. _ It was most thrilling. huge airship seemed like an inm.]; dazed with fright, not knowing which -'i way to turn, with the shells burstincall< around it. Our gunners, who have been just living for this go. worked ' splendidly. All the awful feeling of > helplessness which w 0 have experienced in the past vanished. W 0 were hittinn 1 back, fighting for our lives, doine something. t Suddenly, amidst a deafening crash 1 the Zeppelin semed to stand then dropped about 200 ft. 'He is hit! 1 ho is hit,' I shall never forget^-the' ■! excitement; out. alas, ho got on an even keel again and disappeared. WV* have to take our chance of being hit r l>y our own guns, though most of don't• seem to mind that; course, get into cupboards, cellars, and / ! under sofas. There is nothing to fear' ■ on moonlit nights."