AIRCRAFT SEEN ABOVE TERSCHELLING.
HEAVY GUN-FIRING HEARD LATER.
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION WITH EMDEN STATION.
London, January 20.
Amsterdam telegrams state that an airship was seen in the morning crossing the Island of Ameland, and heading north. Heavy gun-firing was heard in a northerly direction soon afterwards.
A second airship was seen at a great height, going rapidly westward. In the afternoon one airship returned.
Of three airships seen above Terschelling Island, one was going eastward and the others in a south-westerly direction. The airships were in wireless communication with the Emden station.
SEVERE COMMENT IN AMERICAN PRESS.
ATTACK ON UNDEFENDED PLACES DEPREOATED.
London, January 20.
The New York newspapers severely comment on the air raid upon undefended places. The New York Herald asks whether it is the madness of despair.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15824, 22 January 1915, Page 5
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