THE GERMAN BABY-KILLERS.

Mataura Ensign, 14 February 1916, Page 4

THE GERMAN BABY-KILLERS.

A PATHETIC INCIDENT A 'Tunis' coi ropondeni. in tho Midlands, writing of the Zeppelin raids, s;i\ : "in Staffordshire there, hoi-' lliatlY IKlirow i'M';l|K'.s. Windows Wife blown mil and furniture and pianojorUs suia-hcd inllr fragments. All umber of bombs t'eJl in a t] lii klv-p.->|ui I:>l p<\ uidustriil suburb, and there was much Joss of life and damage, 'l'eu houses were blown to pieces at one point. A man heard 'he whirr of engines, and went out mlo |n> jj..n<U'ji and looked ui* into tlie sky. A Isunh foil < u him and killed him. A child who followed hj in mil was struck, and ran hack ;mo the ruined house, crying, "Mother, they've killed daddy.' Look whit, HieyV <lone to me. Tho poor littlo fellow's leu ann was severed from his hooy a.-, by a knife. .» Louden '( ential News' correspondeni describes how a Zeppelin appear* d over an East, Coast town. Me says that, the a reral't was seen hovering above lhe town at 10.10 and remained 10 minutes. h.< r t ngines were v.nrating loudl.y all the t.iine. Twenty bombs were dropped, with the result that three married men were killed, including -a well-known footballer, ();,e bomb toil near a railway goods yard, injuring four civilian--, while another vvie ked eight workmen's dwellings without., causing any casualties excepting the decapitation of a pig. During the raid over the Eastern and Midhnd enmities the trails were stopped, delaying t-lio trains- to .Scot land fur several hour-.