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Show PEOPLE IN CHURCH CALM AS SHELLS STRIKE EDIFICE SCARBOROUGH England Dec 16 via London 1130 p m The casualties la Scarborough as a result of the attack by German warsh ps this morning, in elude among the killed John Hail, a prominent alderman Alfred Beale, a postman Mr Bennett and two children Mrs Merryweather and Miss Trow all well known residents of the city two un identlf ed women a housemaid a young woman named Maclntyre and a baby belonging to a fam ly of the working class. The town -was aroused byyflring about 8 o clock. German warships accompan e i by a trawler had come 1 to the south bay under cover of a mist Tl e were thought to be British ah ps by the people along the waterfront. There was a ull In the fir ng about 8 15 and then the shootlm? began mo e sharp y "Women and chl dren took the f rst train iron the s atlon Organist Mupgrave of St Martin s church says that communion as being celebrated by Archdeacon Mackarne s when two shel s struck the edlf ce but that the congre ga on rema ned calm The f t shots were directed at the he ghts but they fal ed to h t their mark The cru se s then turned their attention to the e ectrlc 1 ght works and the gas tanks ev dentlv having accurate plans of the town They fa ed howe er to destroy these although they damaged conslderab y the buildings In the vie nlty Bookkeeper Woods of the electric om panj and his son both were hit and si ghtly wounded Both my son and myself said Mr Woods were stand ng near a butel er I shop in the vicinity of our home when a shell burst overhead It took off the roof of the butcher shop I got mv wife and boy into o r ce lar and then gatl ered to gether a few be onglnga In order to get away from t e p ace Soon after tne bombardment began the guns on Castle hill made reply The Ba moral and Royal hote s were struck and many 1 ouses a ong tho waterfront ere ridd ed, Tho bod es of the dead were taken to the mortuary and the wounded to hos p tals the w ork beinB carried on whl e sheila were fa ng At various places In the city it Is d!f f cu t to see a passage th ougl the s reots on account of the debr s Postman Heal ad s head blown off whl e he was del verlng a etter |