BOMB DROPPING.

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13180, 8 October 1914, Page 7

BOMB DROPPING.

ZEPPELINS ofER" ANTWERP, PLASH OF A CRASH, [By J, D« GRUYTEB, Special Oorrtspond'enk * of London "Daily Standard."] : ANTWERP, August 28, The Germans ■ to-day; again attacked Antwerp with Zeppelins and bombs, Early - this morning I was suddenly awakened by a buzzing,souiid of motors, I opened my window ami noticed in tho air.soutli.of tlie great station a glgantle apparition which for singl# moment—threw a flash of light on the town. - ■ ' A dull sound jvns. heard; immediately afterward; followed by a crash ns of thunder. At a greater distance from rae it gave forth another quick Hash' of light' and a couple of seconds later the same sound that I had heard, It sounded ra.ther like two goods vans being dashed against each • oilier' with enormous: force,, ; AVlien this cruel game had been repeated ..the 'third 'time, the sound of cannon- from tlie/foi-ts on the Scheldt and.the rifles"of;the guards-in and around the town burst through the night, ■' . Ports Fight, Air Enemy. . The firing of the'defenders of Antwerp continued,,but*the German aitahip alSo went on .with its bomb-throwing. The excitement' and anxiety -of the people of Antwerp was naturally most intense. Men, women, and children appeared in nightdresses in the streets and ran from one corner to another, hoping to find a safe place, At first it was thought that the Germans had commenced a bombardment of the fowu, and' for a moment I believed this was a . prologue to a siege.

Cannonade Lasts Twenty Minuten, This dreadful cannonade from and against the aircraft did not last ; more than 20 minutes. It was apparent then tjiat the destructive raid of a single Zeppelin had caused the alarm, but .it had done a great deal of injury in that short time, One bomb killed two policemen, on duty. Another fell on a military hospital, killing .and wounding several per< sons, The barracks of the.Fifth Regiment of the line was much damnged. Most of the bombs were aimed at principal public, buildings. One was dropped in a small.street between tlifi Stock Ex-, change niltl the Place de Meir. Many Bodies Found in Kuins, The dead bodies of a man and a woman were discovered after many hours of digging under the ruins of a house,' A bomb that fell on the house of a Mr Mortens killed his wife and one servant, Both were killed instantly.

! Another servant had both breasts torn off. Tliis bomb evidently was aimed j at ft monument at the Palaise do Justice, I as probably was another which dropped 'in the street nearby. It tore the head 'from the body of a poor old woman who | hail looked out of her window to see what had happened. When the iirst excitement passed tlio I people were giving vent to their indigj nation about this inhuman kind of warfare. Men and women In groups passionately cursed the German invaders. I Jt was noticeable that the bombs fell | within an area containing the Hotel St. Antoine, the foreign embassies and government buildings and the present teat j of the Belgian Government. This morning, after the Zeppelin raid, a great ! number of Belgian aeroplanes were seen I Hying above the town.—Mxclmnge.