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Show ilW HI EAST COAST OP GREAT 1TI 13 Persons Killed and 48 Wounded by Bombs Tuesday Tues-day Night; Others Buried in Debris. ENEMY REAPPEARS WEDNESDAY NIGHT Casualties and Fires Follow the Dropping of Bombs, but Extent of Damage Is Unknown. By International News Service. LONDON, Sept. 9. For the second time within twenty-four hour. German Ger-man Zeppelins have raided England. The casualties o: the second raid, which occurred shortly after midnight of Wednesday, have not been officially announced. The casualties of tho first raid that of Tuesday night were announced an-nounced by the press bureau as thirteen thir-teen killed and forty-six injured. Of the killed, twelve were women and children, as were thirty of the injured. The second raid was forecast in an Amsterdam dispatch received here during dur-ing Wednesday afteruooD. It announced that three airships had passed over Dordrecht, Dor-drecht, in southern Holland, and were traveling in the direction of the English En-glish coast. Official Announcement. Concerning this raid, the press bureau bu-reau issued the following announcement: announce-ment: Hostile aircraft visited the eastern east-ern countries and the London district dis-trict Wednesday night and dropped incendiary and explosive bombs. A midnight a few casualties had been reported and some fires, which were then well under control. The number of casualties will be communicated through the press iu the course of the day. Tuesday's Raid. The official announcement concerning concern-ing Tuesday night's raid follows: Three Zeppelins visited the eastern east-ern counties last night and dropped bombs. Anti-aircraft guns were in action. Aeroplanes went up. but were unable to locate the airships. Fifteen small dwelling houses were demolished or seriously damaged dam-aged and a large number of doors, windows, etc., were broken. Several Sev-eral fire3 were caused, but were promptly extinguished. There was i no other serious damage. The following casualties have been reported: Killed, two men, three women, five children, a to-taJ to-taJ of ten; wounded seriously, four men, eleven women, five children, a total of twenty; wounded slightly, slight-ly, nine men, five women, nino children, a total of twenty-three;; missing and believed to be buried in debris, one man. two women, a total of three: total casualties, fifty-six. All the above were civilians except ex-cept one soldier, who is reported to have been wounded seriously. Total Casualties. In total number of casualties this raid was the most destructive made on England this summer, though on one occasion, oc-casion, June 15, sixteen persons were killed. The most recent raid occurred on August 17, when ten persons were killed and thirty-six wounded. The total casualties from air raids up to and including Tuesday night's raid, the nineteenth, have been 102 killed and 263 injured. |