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Show Tl IRE ZEPPELIM RAIDS on ENGLAND Raid on Northeast Coast ' Saturday in Which 16 Lives Are Lost and Over 100 Non-Com-batants Injured by , Bombs Dropped by Germans, FRIDAY NIGHT'S LIST INCREASES i Coast of Scotland and '. Northern and South-1 South-1 eastern Counties of : England Visited Sun-I Sun-I day Nitjht; Number of Slain Not Officially Reported. LONDON April 3 1 E3 m TtM coast of Swtlmd uut tin nortiam and eoQthsMtem comities of Eualand wara attaclted by Zep. polina Sunday night; according to an offld&l announcement by tha eac retary of war Tbe announce ment saja A AnnAlfn 1-nM tnnU- nlid flni day night when tha coast of Scotland Scot-land and the Tiortheni and south eastern counties of England were attacked. Bombs were dropped at varlona places Ho details were available LOMDON Apnl 2 10 60 p tn. W th the exception of tho big air raid of January 31 when the e&sualt eB were suty eevpr. persons k lied and 117 in jured. tbo Zeppelin raids of Pr day and Saturday n glits caused ftrostor loss of Me tban any previous ssnal sttaclt tb s year The total casualties for the two nights accord ng to an official report, vera fifty n ne persons killad and 168 wounded As seme cotnpensat on for th s satrl f ce of 1 fe ho vcrer the British publifl finds satisfact on in pract cal proof nf forded of a Rreat lmprovemoiit in tho defensive methods dealing wltb aenal ncurs ons Fight High in Ajr For the f rot t me nince the ineeption of this mnthod of warfare ou the Brit lsh nxit not only has one raiding Zop pe n be n hro pbt down and its crew take p foncr i ut the off cial report recounts an ec tlnff aerial fight be-tween be-tween a Zoppcl n and a Br tinh airman Lieutenant Brandon who mounting to a bo ght of 0000 feet flew over th raider and dropped several domba on t with effect The niach ne of L eutenaot Brandon was h t several t mes by much ne gun bullets from the Zeppelin It it still unknown whether the Zeppnl n in this fight was the IrlS whlcb was brought down off the Thames eetnary or an other craft whiah Is bellovod lo have dropped Its much Los gun petrol tank and other parts Agitation for Defense There has been constant ar tatlon fn thfl newspapers for British airmen to ascend and attack 7eppellns and the fast that this now has been successfully done gives promise of still greater achievements in the same direct on. At tho same t mn It will tend to increase p M o f J n o that tha authorities jltc ii ok s p og n their efforte to Ira tli h 7eppel n danger in onnec on with L eutenaot Bran don s fnplolt s an unconfirmed but In terostuia report from Copenhagen that a Danish fishing vessel observed at ft great distance in the North sea what appeared ap-peared to be a half s bmerged Zeppe-1 Zeppe-1 n Thf author ties evpi-osa the hops that th h may pro e In he thp machine tlist 1 e tenant R a ou bombed 'iatu dav night a ra 1 aa ranch Ie eer ous than that of Friday nlg-ht, OrJy ) (Continued on fags Twoj i W MORE ZEPPELIN " RAIDS ON EHfiUWD (Oontlnusd from Page Ons ) n o t n f 1' "r 3 ta k oaver at a ava able Ac o o he e qq'iv oae of t vo ad ps c t! a th coast the other bo nj tame 1 bs. k R toen per eons were K lied n th h ra d of whom a x were women and children and abou jn n ured Omcial Repoit f The o ? w r o?. of tho ad a a To ? ps syp os hed t e nnrthfd ctiaEt &aTu d u e t 0 u c c trsSfc i hp dr The othp ued ba k , For ha pretent we j no t at i teen pr one vers ki Led a d about 100 njured E jjht d c 1 ufi ho s u ptz de mol bh d jn a c o f c v dz au d si a r n h po s e 6 op o p03i en a no hea Onist i o vn aa s tha pe n was e fchted t re at 11 o o k Sa da n ght It ' droppe 1 foil teen ei os o and e m id end s v bnn bs Ten a an th ee women a d three h Ldren ve o k ed and twenty tve per&olia were se o slv ed fn n, d t q nbout e ghty oTh e c ed or n u e i. tran rftr nepe nr lpd ai:d a "on an ondu to suffo ed he loas oi a Lep &e e al houses rrere wre ked n aae street One ho se was demo shed b t the fam h of f ve es eapc tho t apr ous ii n OFFICIAL REPORTS GIVE NO DETAILS OF SUNDAY'S RAID LONDON Apr I 3 3 32 a m Zeppe ns made anoshe a ack Sunday n Qbt T 5 ra il aa t e n as us auc sas e n eh a Ra e a reac sfl (he OAs o co a d he f st t me they ad been o a ha country and he far e t no b Seppc na bad yet rflvg ed O be a de a s ed norths n and wouth eat e n count ea of Ens and Although niipv tjon bs we e d oppad off cLa dc a e fte e ak up to the t me of tbe f r. of h s d Bpatcb as to the number o fie a ders be csualt ea resu JiS om the bombs or tl e dan age done-Man done-Man hab tan a he threatened d s t q s ea y as n fiht heard tha Zep Pe na ne a especteJ The veathe wee aga n ideal fo ra de a and the peop a were not bu pt eed when at II o c c-cJt the 1 gh s ne e citing shed and surface and ra! way iraff c waa a opped Spe ca conatatt es were catled ot and the same pe au on a ere taken aa on the t vo pre oua n ghta A rema kab e feat re of he a tuat on as t e good natured way in wh ch the peop e ac ed In the darkened and stalled trans ehowlng no e gns of panic desp e the fac Ebat th?y had Just earned tbe res t of the p e ous ra d They neemed to take e r lnconven encea as a mat er of course No Warning Given In London no forma not ce Is given the people when a raider a about, but var oua cuatocnary p ecaut ona make It Impoasbs tor anyone who Ea n town to be In doubt as to v. at la un la vt aes In many par a of En; and t La tbe cua to n to give tho Inheh lan s amp e warn ine when It a poet b e Spec al co sta b s go f om doo to door inform nff the v aafers hat ra dra are on. tha svai A thoug the hoo the Zeppe n v s ted most of he towns Sunday n ght was late many ho sands of persons were wait ng to catch a g mpse of them In most casea the v altera few so h gh that t was a moat Impose b e to d st ngu sh t em except when search ghta brought them out c tar against the mmed a e sky T s newspapers todav comment with s&t abaction o er the success of the Br t ah a defenders n b nglng down at east one of Ft day ntgh a ra dera Thej po nt out however tbat the Germans are not likely to ba dete red by tha loss of one or e em of aevera aicshlpH a d po nt o t 6-3 e dence tbe Immad ate repetL t on of Fr day s pe formance on Satu day and S nda Cause Great Ecitement T p T mc nh e devo ng many col uti us o ce p o of he ac ty of he Zeppc a " eases he fear tha the B ah peope are a dnnser of los ng he aenae of p oport on savlnK there aeems o ha e been mo e profo nd nfer es n he Zeppe r raids of tbe past few s ban the whoe of the m shty a gg a befo e dun and that tha de b u on of e L o c ea ed mo e excite n en than he fa of E larum YhL e rtgrett ng the casual es among unfortunate c vi ana says the T mea, the nation should ea n to see them In the pe spe tlve never forget t ne hoiv In f r. te y g enter ha e been the auffe Logs of o ne hbo a and all es at he hands of nvade a |