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Show MORE ZEPPELINS OVER ENGLAND London. April 16. A Zeppelin airship air-ship bombarded three towns on the Suffolk coast of England early this morning. Alter a day and night o' rumors of the nr. sieria u - pass tee of , German aircrafi which kept the residents resi-dents of all the towns alone the north-eaBl north-eaBl and ";isi oasts worked up to a high pitch of excitement the invader sighted nt various pla :-s finally let loose his load of bombs upon Lowestoft. Lowe-stoft. Southwold and rlaleswortb Three bombs were dropped on Lowestoft about 1 o'clock this morning, morn-ing, according to dispatches reaching here. They did considerable damage to houses in the center of the town One of the bombs, apparentlj 6f an explosive character, set fire to a lumber lum-ber yard, and a fire is now raging furiously threatening nearby build-Incs. build-Incs. A woman in a house nenr the I spot where one of the missiles dropped drop-ped was slightly Injured b shattered glass and three horses were killed No other casualties have as yet been reported. Before its raid upon Lowestoft, the airship visited Southwood. Th bombs it dropped here fell in fields outside the town and no damage Is reported Prom Southwold the Zeppelin Zep-pelin proceeded inland to Halesworth, where it dropped six bombs One struck near the police inspector's home The damage done in Halesworth Hales-worth Is unknown at this hour. There are some rather important ship yards at Lowestoft, which is a town on the Suffolk coast, of about 30,000 inhabitants and well known as a watering place Halesworth and Southwold are both small towns The air raider apparently described a wide ;ire over the east coast of England, Eng-land, being sichted at a number of points further off the coast. Maldon England. April 16. 2 a ni No material damage and no personal person-al Injuries resulted from the airship raid over Maldon early this morning as far as has been reported. Seven bombs were dropped at Bej bridge, across the Black water to the north of Maldon An airship also was seen over South Minster. hiing traveled the ten miles from Maldon in a short space of timp. Harwich. April 16 2 a. m At 12 o'clock this morning a rigar shaped airship passed over Harw ich at a considerable con-siderable altitude, coming from th' North sea Although it passed over Feliatowe and went in the direction of Ipswich, the airship showed no lilit- No bombs were dropped In Harwich. Har-wich. oo |