AIR RAID ON PARIS.
COSTS ENEMY FOUR MACHINES. GREAT ATTACK BY GO PLANES. BARRACE KEEPS MOST OF INVADERS OFF. Australian and N.Z. Oablo Assc»«»Atlois LONDON, March 12. The Germans lost four airplanes in the Paris raid. Official: A Gotha was brought down in flames five kilometres from tlie Chateau Tliierny. The raid began at five o'clock in the evening and ended at midnight. Sixt3 T aeroplanes ill seven squadrons crossed the French lines, though barrages of great intensity were put up. A few reached Paris. . The bombs dropped demolished several buildings and set fire to others.
A DISASTROUS PANIC. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received Alarcli 13, 9.30 p.m.) PARIS, March 12. A panic at the entrance to r - raid shelter on tlie underground ail way during last night’s raid resulted in G 6 people being suffocated or trampled to death. The other casualties now total 34 killed and 79 injured, including six killed and seven injured at a hospital.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4817, 14 March 1918, Page 5
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