SUNDAY CRIME OF THE AIR-RAIDERS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2702, 23 February 1916, Page 5

SUNDAY CRIME OF THE AIR-RAIDERS

THE SEAPLANE ATTACK ON WALMER j | . EXCITING SCENES ! By Ttlegraph—Press A.MoclHtion—Convrleht i London, February 21. i The people of Yvnlmer were enjoying Sunday walks, when suddenly they heard the whirr of an aeroplane, at the . height of a thousand feet in the sky. I Instantly there was a cry "Take cover!" i Some followed, the advice, but .many. \ continued watching the aeroplane'," with i contemptuous indifference. A ctoafen. ; ;iig series of explosions near the church ' shook the building, and caused a, momentary pause in the singing of the "Te Deum." Then the service continued, I without a sign of panic. In many of the. houses not a ,pa,ne of | glass was left unbroken. Curiosity i was.the prevailing feeling of the people. ! There was an eager search for pieces of j Bombs, several of which fell into the sea at A bomb penetrated a ; bedroom, but did not explode. An- i other blew oufthe windows of a Priini- | tive Methodist chapel. The crowded i congregation was greatly alarmed, but : left without disorder. The service was I abandoned. Three bombs dropped harmlessly' in i the vicinity of,the gasworks. .The.atr j tack lasted only a few mintues. Clouds \ enabled the seaplanes to reach Walmer undetected. " British aeroplanes were quickly in the ] air, but owing to the enemy's runaway j tactics, there was little chance of an effective counter-attack. The attackers were out of sight five minutes after they ■ had dropped the first bomb. One v : bomb blew a boy who was walking in the roadway almost to pieces, and ter- i ribly injured a mail near-by.-A CORRECTION. ■ ! (Rec, February 22, 9.40 p.m.) ' London, February 21. ! The Admiralty, in a corrected statement of the Walmer casualties, reports ; that the total was one lad killed and ■ j another injured; twenty.sliop front? : were blown in. I GERMAN OFFICIAL REPORT. i (Rcc. February 22, 10.25 p.m.) j London, February 21. An official report from Berlin statea 1 j that German naval aeroplanes' on 1 Sunday 'bombarded the factories at Deal, and bit tho main station and bar- : bour works at Lowestoft several times. A gasometer collapsed. "Despite the enemy's bombardment and pursuit by • their.airmen our aeroplanes retired ■ safely." - !