STORY OF THE RAID

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2683, 1 February 1916, Page 5

STORY OF THE RAID

NARROW ESCAPE OF A TRAIN (Rec. January 31, 8.35 p.m.) London, January 30. The "Daily Chronicle's" Paris correspondent savs that a siliglo Zeppelin got over tho French lines and dropped a dozen bombs, destroying nine houses, and killing twenty-five people, and seriously wounding thirty. It then succeeded in returning. The raider was first seen at La Ferte Milon, at nine o'clock,' and in a few minutes thirty aeroplanes were searching for it. Five of them sighted tho raider, discharged roekots, and then rained bombs upon it. 'J.lie Paris streets were immediately darkened. Thousands of people blocked the thoroughfares, but curiously enough all the victims were under cover. Tlio area bombed was half a mile wide, and was situated in a working-class district. All the bombs fell within three minutes. One penetrated tho macadam,, opened the underground railway,_ and twisted tlio rails where a train had just passed. One struck a house and, killed a woman and her child. Tho building had been packed, but fortunately the majority rushed into tho. streets. Two bombs fell in a narrow street, completely demolishing twb houses and killing two women, two children, and, a soldier and his daughter. Tho explosion shattered a wall! fatally crushing two women and chiWron w'bo wr.rn nhtiltoHi'S. Their bodies vers shcskiogly. mutilated.

Router's agent says: One bomb fell on the roof of the Metropolitan Railway. Others piereed or destroyed three and five-story buildings. One failed to cx--1 plocle. LATEST NEWS ZEPPELIN PURSUED FOR 50 MINUTES (Rec. February 1, 0.45 a.m.) Paris, January 31. Saturday's raider bombed Batignolles, Clieny, Neuilly, Courbevoie, Asliieros, and Saint Germain. The "Tenuis" says that one aviator pursued the Zeppelin for fifty minutes. It is believed that the Zeppelin was flying at eighty miles an hour. The second raid was at about eleven o'clock on Sunday night, when our aeroplanes and batteries attacked them. A number of bombs were dropped. It is believed that the damage was small. YET ANOTHER ZEPPELIN RAID. (Sec. January 31, 9.55 p.m.) London,' January 31.• A Zeppelin again raided Paris on Sunday niglit. The damage done is not kiiow.n yet. CALL FOR VIGOROUS REPRISALS. (Rec. January 31, 9 p.m.) Paris, January 31. The newspapers demand vigorous re- i prisals on the enemy for the raid. THE RAID ON FREIBURG EXPLOIT BY A DIRIGIBLE. Paris, January 30. Official.—The Freiburg raid was conducted by a dirigible. The aircraft dropped 38 bombs on the station and military establishments. Serious damage was done.

LONDON'S LOCKED-UP MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES 'AGITATION FOR REOPENING. London, January 30. An agitation is increasing against the closing of tlio museums and picture galleries (recently decided upon as a' : measure of economy and a precaution in the event of air raids). The newspapers point out that many Australian and New Zealand soldiers are visiting London for flip first and only time. Their'only alternative to visiting the galleries is often to spend hours gossiping? in the public-houses.