AIR RAIDS ON BRITAIN.
27 KILLED, 43 WOUNDED. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. LONDON, Oct. 20. Six nr seven airships attacked the, eastern and north-eastern counties and proceeded some distance inland, hut made no very dolinite attacks. Bombs wore dropped at various points, including a few in the London area. Latest reports show that 27 wore killed and 43 injured. Some material damage was done to houses and business places. LONDON, Oct. 20. A feature of last night’s air raid on London was the silence and absence of, excitement. The residents in many of the suburbs were unaware of the raid. Official warning was given early to the people, and, several hours passing without event, they loft their shelters and went to their homes. The night was calm but hazy. The first shells fell about midnight, one killing five persons. Some provincial centres were visited, but the raiders were uncertain of their whereabouts, and dropped many bombs in the fields. One, dropped in the outskirts of a town, crashed through the ceiling of a workman’s house, killed a mother and injured two daughters. ONLY ONE PENETRATED THE LONDON AREA. Received October 22, 8.45 a.m. LONDON, Oct. 21. Although six or seven Zeppelins crossed the coast, it is believed only one penetrated London area and dropped bombs in three districts.
NEW ZEALAND AVIATOR KILLED, LONDONERS AND ALL ENGLISHMEN CHAGRINED. Received October 22, 10.5 a.m. . LONDON. Oct. 21. During the air raid Lieut. Solomon, of the Royal Flying Corps, was killed. He ascended from an air station in an eastern county. Something went wrong with his machine and he was dashed to the earth. Solomon was a New Zealander who served in Mesopotamia. The Sunday Times says Londoners and all Englishmen are chagrined that a fleet of Zeppelins was able to visit the capital and escape scott free. Somebody blunderd ; how otherwise can It be explained. There was a strange shyness of searchlights and a consequent shyness of our vaunted barrage.
REPRISALS BEGIN. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. AMSTERDAM, Oct. 19. Allied aeroplanes bombed Frankfurt on Friday.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLII, Issue 10113, 22 October 1917, Page 5
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