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Show 38 KILLED IS TOP 28 of the Victims, Men, Women and Children, Residents of the Metropolitan Met-ropolitan District of London ; Other Two Live in Unnamed East Midland Town. 117 WOUNDED BY THE ENEMY BOMBS Two of the Airships Shot Down in Essex; Entire Crew of One Killed, While the Crew of the Other, Consisting Consist-ing of 22 Men, Were Taken Prisoner. J.ONDOX, Sept. 2-1. 10:13 m. Of the twelve biff Zeppelins which invaded the British isles last niylit to deal death and destruction from the skies, two today to-day lay st.trk and black masses of steel and aluminum in the litttj village vil-lage of t JJan-jold, Kssex county. One came down a flaming torch, while tho second, disabled by punfiro, effected a lantlin-j, which saved the lives of the crew, who tonight ;iro prisoners pris-oners in Enr-laud. The crew of the first raider died in tl;e consuming flames of their own ship. The death and burning of the first Zeppelin was witnessed by tens of thousands thou-sands of London residents, but tho wounding and descent of tho second raider was a matter of doubt until today to-day 's official statements were given out. Few details are available of this second raider 's condition, but it is reliably reli-ably reported that the crew surrendered surren-dered to special constables. Many who saw the shrapnel bursting1 Hke sky rockets about the invader, which subsequently caught fire, think there must have been several direct hits. Many aeroplanes were aloft and attacked the Zeppelins from all sides. Heavy Toll of Lives. The raiders took a heavy toll of lives before their destruction, twenty-eight twenty-eight persons being killed and ninety-nine ninety-nine wounded iu tho metropolitan dis-triH dis-triH of London. Two persons were killed, probably four, and seventeen were wounded, in tho provinces. Tho property damage, while widely distributed, is confined for the most part to small suburban dwellings and shops, although one railway station was damaged, some empty cars being destroyed de-stroyed and part of the tracks torn up. The roar of dropping bombs was heard in many districts where the raiders raid-ers were invisible. Jt is not .believed that more than two or three invading Zeppelins which crossed ilio east coast succeeded in retching the environs of London, and that two of these paid the dentil penalty gives the greatest snt-i'.f snt-i'.f aei ion to 'lie military ant hnritis. Apart from the loss in material, tho eu -urn 1 tie.-; of the hist two rnids, it is believed, will hnve a depret-sing effect on the morale of the Zeppelin crews in 1 ito future. Efficient Defense. Tlie fact t hit t fie -ilrphrp" wei e brought down well oui side of London, l,nt h la Ft iu;:i"it pud September 'A. fIiowh the r:m with which the defen' have been de-wdop'-d. The eff IHfMiey In denlj,g with the mnliTH was- further e idenrefj by lh npfipd with which the searchlight-! picked up the (;rr i a id-r t ha t n ppe;i i ed rtbove the FU h'' ri ih fi bout m !dn ir ;it . Suddenly a iv :!: 1 "il I glit hcani phot into t he ft h rl 1 1 fVv. Thr'-e more dazzling shiifl follow, , lid Witillll tifteen Feci. -iris the -vhll Tllrg ;,trshiF wrw- c;,ught In the tolls, and th g'MiR bc-g;jii Rinding up Fhrbdihitf shrapnel Kheps. Kor a minute or two Wif raider kept jtn cou i se ; 1 ;icn wa vercd. turned pn : t ly wv yri'l suddenly dln-o1ved m-parently into th:n air. Ir, ldeni iv the ;-ppelin wan hr.-'fri;df d in 'he Jinolie, and the lifihtM iri't her coinpl' " '- In the nie-i i;t 1 me. hovver, bomb"" -i cm rlropring find r fin-cs wct- vlf-ible a-the-. the c.iti;. Then the city was n.'Wt t'-r :in hour, the f"H rr-hli gl i tu f 1 f i f h -on!" m .-aFioually In the hunt forrnld-All forrnld-All London v.tf! In pound of the punn ;m! bomb, va:- out lo see the spectacle a-'d nbri'ist despaired of further excitement, excite-ment, v'nen well to tlje enFtw;ird a tjuv piow appeared low in the nky. U looked (Continued on Page Two,) !l KILLED Bi THE ZEPPELIN RAIDERS (Continued Jrom Page One.) ' ilrst like the moon rising red in its last : u jar! er from beii ind a cloud bank. I Flaming Airship Falls. j From the city it appeared to hang sta.-tiuriury sta.-tiuriury for a minute or more, then g'ow- I iug redd'1!- slowly turned to the perpen- I d:cu!ar and streamed into the gloom of the smoky night ground-mist. To the watchers in Essex, however, the; v.' ri;. :e ,,i the flaming falling Zf.-;. pel ins j i:ad jli the ihnds of excitement which ic a iked the end of tiie L--I and they chcre i i':e gunners and their fortunate e bom liip.t brought tiie raiders to earth. London expected the attack of last night, the Oerrna us evidently having se-leeitd se-leeitd Sa'uiday for their greatest efforts. But a bright moon deterred any attempt siice three weeks ago, when thirteen raiders came over the sea. The change from the unlucky thirteen to twelve last night brought, however, worse rather i than belter luck to the Hying squadron. From the moment the first Zeppelin appeared ap-peared it was evident that the raiders wore of the- new and large types. This ha.-; been borne out by the two brought down. Crashed Into Trees. One of ;he burning Zeppelins in falling eiasiied through a row of trees in Essex, two of vvhlch pierced the lattice work of the envelope supports. The village lire engine was quickly on the scene and began pumping' water on the blazing wreck. Police, constables and volunteers removed re-moved I lie bodies as rapidly as possible. Some of these were charred beyond recognition, while other were still white and recognizable. All appeared to be young men,' well clad and wearing the remnants of stout leather coats and shoes of rather poor quuli; v. which Is taken here to in-diciite in-diciite that good footwear is not plentiful in Germany. , To;! ay lliousa nds of persons journeyed to Essex to view the wrecks, but quick precautions prevented souv enlr hunters t from making away witn everything de-. de-. tac liable. There were many sightseers also viewing the damaged outskirts of tiie city. Householder? along the thoroughfares heard the bomb explosions growing louder and louder as the raiders came with the speed of nn express train, took their bapt ism of fire calmly as they passed, and heaved a sigh of relief as the reports diminished in the distance. The casualties in the metropolitan nroa, according to an official compila- tion. arc as follows: Killed Men, IT; women. 8; children, 3. Total. 2S. Injured Men, (5; women, 37; children, 17. Total. 90. An official statement issued by the British press bureau tonight, said: Latest reports show that probably not more than twelve airships participated partici-pated In IhpI night's atr raid. Police renorls from the provinces indicate that the damage is slight. Many Bombs Dropped. Some damage was caused at a railway rail-way station, and about a dozen houses and shops were wrecked or damaged and a storehouse set on lire. It is exceptional that although a large number of bombs were dropped promiscuously pro-miscuously over the districts vistted bv (he airships the damage is insignificant'. insig-nificant'. A great number fell in the sea or unoccupied area. A considerable number of small dwelling houses and shops were demolished de-molished or damaged. A number of firps were caused. Two factories sustained sus-tained injury. Some empty railway trucks were destroyed and a permanent perma-nent right of way slightly damaged in two places. N'o reports have been received of any military damage. Later Account. An official statement issued shortly after aft-er noon today, said: 12:15 p. m. Fourteen or fifteen airships air-ships participated in the attack on Oreat Britain last night. The southeastern, south-eastern, eastern and east midland ! counties and Lincolnshire were the principal localities visited. An alt 3 ck on I ondon wa s ca r ried out by two airships from the southeast, south-east, between 1 and 2 a. m., and by one airship from the east between li: and t a. m. Aeroplanes were gent up and fire was opened from anti-aircraft guns and defenses, the raiders being driven off. Bombs were dropped, however, in the southern and southeastern districts dis-tricts pnd twenty-eight persons were killed and ninety-nine, injured. Two of the raiders were brought down in Essex. They were hoth large. airshipR and of a new pattern. One 1 of them fell in flames and was destroyed de-stroyed together with the crew. The crew of twenty-two men of the second sec-ond v.Te captured. Deta ilpd reports of the casualties 1 ? nd damage have not yet been re-j re-j ceived. |