SECOND EDITION.
THE NORFOLK RAID.
ONLY FOUR DEATHS.
CHURCHES AS TARGETS.
POWERFUL EXPLOSIVES USED
(Received January 22, 2&.m.)
London, January 21
It is the general belief that two airships were engaged in the raid on the Norfolk coast. It is stated that they arrived together. One went south to Yarmouth, and the other north to Cromer. Cromer escaped damage owing to the authorities promptly extinguishing all lights in the town.
The Zeppelins made special targets of churches and the towers of other* buildings, using explosives of extraordinary potency. One of the bombs is described as being double the size of a large cocoanut. It demolished two cottages and shattered the windows of fifty houses and shops. The report to the effect that a soldier was killed has now proved to be incorrect. The deaths, therefore, total four, including Mrs. Gazley, who was found crushed under her bed. Her husband, who was a soldier, was recently killed in Belgium.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15824, 22 January 1915, Page 6
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