ZEPPELIN RAID ON NORFOLK
A FEW INCENDIARY BOMBS DROPPED The High Commissioner reports:— London, April 25, 3.5 a.m. "Two Zeppelins crossed the coast of Norfolk 7 at 10.30 p.m. on Monday, and another followed at 11 p.m. A tew incendiary bombs were dropped." DRIVEN OFF BY GUNNERS . Sy Telegraph—Press Association—Oopyright London, April 24. Official.—An aeroplane flew over Dover from the east at a height of 6COO feot. Anti-aircraft guns drove it off. No bombs were dropped. A HOLIDAY SENSATION. London, April 24. The air raid caused immense excitement among the holiday-makers at Dover,'who flocked into the streets in thousands, in spite of the regulations. The firing of the anti-aircraft guns was their first intimation of the raid. The Taube was visible, through glasses, hurrying seaward. RUSSIAN AEROPLANE IN EAST PRUSSIA. (Rec. April 25, 9.35 p.m.) , Potrograd, April 25. A Russian communique states: "A Russian aeroplane dropped thirteen 401b. bombs on the station at Doudsevas, south-east of Friedrichstadt (East Prussia).''
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2755, 26 April 1916, Page 5
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159ZEPPELIN RAID ON NORFOLK Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2755, 26 April 1916, Page 5
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