ZEPPELIN IN ESSEX

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 11 May 1915, Page 5

ZEPPELIN IN ESSEX

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SO 80888 DROPPED OONSEEJERABIiE DAMAGE- DONE. ATTEMPTS AT THE QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL. (Rec. Mav U, 8.45 a.m.) . A raider flew ovetf* the Marine Parade at Southend, 1 Essex, at 3 a.m. - A boMb" inisped the gasworks, font wreck¥3 d hbnse in the xork ±sad, injuring a soldier who was asleep. Sffreral explosions sh^t^eredwindows •within half a'mile. / ' A!bomb " jniesed St. " Erkenwald's - Cbtiijh on a coMpiciious hilltqi). : Aiwther fired the buildinek in a buildersVyard near St. Erkenwald's. A-lwQb. Wrecke4. a honsfe/at Prittle•w«U,: Mra . "being \killed husband There w;ere a -dozen outbreaks of fire at • HVestcliiff e. Aa-. attempt to bomb the gasworks at Leigh failed! .' - : Bombs were dropped all, round the Qtieen Mary Hospital, and "also at Can--ve& Island." The Zepelin dropped upwards of $0 and fled: Seaward when sighted i>y 7 aisi aeroplane" at Sheerness.'' A; WOMAN KILLED 'IN HEB BED. . SEVERAL. PEOPLE INJURED. MANY FJRES STARTED. . AIfiSHIP BELIEVED TO HAVE • BEEN HIT. " (Rec. May 11, 10.40 a.m;) LONDON, May 10. TVhen the airship," which, 'was"using a searchlight booßer sounded a warning- to the people . to remain' in their hojrees; bat hundreds afc!Southend, Wefetcliff/ and Leigh ! rushed into the streets. There was no panic. When 'the bombs weredropped fires ' occurred inseveraldifferejit places, and spread rapidly. One family escaped from » burning house by juruping from the windows. A boardinggotise was gutted, but the qccujpgnti esjj&g«L - A bonib crashed into the Whitewell s fjpqaa, the being ignited. Mrs was in her bed arid her linsband was injured in frying *<? extinguish th© flames.. ~ Ten people were injured at Southend. state that the Zeppelin was sr«<i at when passing" Pifeea, and it Is believed waaliit, as it appeared to be in tJifßcities when passing Romford. ' A->v aeroplane went up at ' Sh'eetness and drove off ths airship. ~lt Is feared that considerable damage Tjfas d*>ne ibfc .-Canvey Island.