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Show Arsenal at Pola Firedby Airmen AHSL'NAL AT POLA Austrian Shipyard at Monfalcone I Shelled by Italian Destroyer Flotilla Home, Ma 31. An official statement state-ment Issued by tho ministry of marine nnnounccs that an Italian dlrglblo has made n raid on tho Austrian naval na-val base of Uola, doing damage to tho railroad station and tho arsenal Tho statoment follows: "Ono of our dirigibles flow over Pola last ovcnlng dropping bombs on tho railroad Btatlon, n naphtha depot nnd tho arsenal. All tho bombs burst with full effect. A big flro started In tho arsenal. "Tho dirigible wns subjected to a violent flro from tho innd batteries, but wns not hit nnd roturned lntnct. "This morning out destroyer flotilla flo-tilla bombarded a shipyard nt Monfal cono causing considerable dumage, as the commnndcr of the destroyers wns nblo to observe. Several largo boats laden with flour woro surprised nnd destroyed by tho samo flotilla, which returned having accomplished Its mission, without being hit by tho flro of tho guns on the Austrian coast. The crows suffered no loss." |