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Show OGDEN BOY WRITES OF TERRiBLE SCENES IMfff Roy Jackson of Ogden has written rn interesting loiter to bis father. G I ft Jackson of 3157 Adams avenue, concerning the siege of Liege. Belgi um. Mr. Jackson is a member of the French mission of the Mormon church and was at Liege durintr two days of the bombardment of thai city by the Germans. A portion of his letter follows "On Thursday, ugust 6, we were ailed about 5 o'clock by the sound of a drum and were told to get across the river before they had to blow lip the bridges, and judging from what they said one would have thought that the German army was in the city "Tht- Cithers and mothers were taking their children ;md running to ; nd fro trj ing to find a place to . ta where they thought It would be a little safe Those who had cellars in their homes were slaying in there and the res: were trying to find a j place of safety. "The German army was advancing I fnst and the fighting was heavy We ould see the smoke from the bat tlefield and it sounded like tbe battlo was only on the street in front of the I louse. So we went over to the I 1 I American consul to see what he knew about it or to get a little advice. He i mod to hardly know that there was any trouble. After talking with him for a short time we took a walk B round town Ml the stores were closed up as if it were 2 o'clock in the morning. The only sounds were thufce of the battle and auloa which were in tiso by the Red Cross. They wore bringing in many soldiers who had boon wounded. The bigges. show houses and hotels and schools were turned into hospitals lor the wounded soldiers. "About 10 30 the firing stopped and nil was quieted The people oegan to come out and the talk was that Belgium had taken another vie tor They began fighting again about 1" o'clock and as there had been no bridges blown up I thought J would take ;t vv.tlk back to the room When I got in that part of the town the people would sa to me I as I pascd their cellar windows: 'You i had better got on the inside for they are bombarding this part of town. When 1 reached homo the man who owned the place put hie head out of the cellar and when he s;iw it was me he said 'Oh, Mr Jackson I am glad It is ou we thought it was the Cierruans.' "He wished mo to come with them in the cellar, but I told him that we were just a6 safe on the first floor as in tho cellar. His wife and children chil-dren came to the head of the stairs and while wo were talking there a bomb exploded just outside the house and they all went back I got a little anxious and went outside to see what one of them would do when it had exploded Saw Nothing But Smoke. ' Uter I got out then- was nothing lo see but smoke. I walked up to the cornei about 25 feet away from our door and just then .i bomb drop ped in the river bank about .50 feet troni nie and exploded, throwing dirt ' high into the air I thought I had better go back to the house and as soon as I got started I heard another ! one coining and 1 dropped flat on the ground Those who were looking out I of windows thought 1 was shot That cne went over the roof of our house I and exploded About two seconds ' after 1 heard another one coming and j I dropped again to the ground That one exploded in the same place aj I the one before 1 ran back to the ! house and called Brother Hall, who ' was in the cellar with the rest and i Bald to him 'Come and get out of this part of low a ' So wo went back to the American consulate. He was sur r.sed to see us back again and bald ae thought we were afraid but we lid him we knew wo were afraid to in. !n our part of town. He said he would like to know about It and a'c told h.;n to come outside and he could hear the bombs explode. Saw Bomb Explosions "While his wife was getting dinner we took a walk down the boulevard I and Sui down. While we were there I tall ing h bomb burstr-d about 1ij.ii j block away, and another about In the game place. We asKed him what he I thought about it tul he said he . thought they were firing en the city but there was nothing to be afraid of I ll wafl quiet for about five or ten minutes and then ono struck about feet from us In the bank of the i river. 1 said. 'Let's get around by I the corner of this building before the next one comes because there are always al-ways two. Wo had no more got be ! .lind the building than one dropped ! about 50 feet from where we bad j been sitting. By Imp timo we got back to dinner he wus sure there was I something to be afraid of. "'On our way out ol the city we I passed about !5 000 to 20,000 Belgian ; BOldiera who were along the road j They were all tirod and sleepy and did not know what to do. there being no oUicers with them They said the officers were in Liege holding a I meetlm; It was when we were go-I go-I iug through these soldiers that we j were stopped so many times. It would have been Impossible to have taken l our suit cases with us. We were sent bock by some of the soldiers ou guard and they said we would have to take another road. They told us to take a little road that led through a grain field All along the road you could pi e the clothes of the sol-I sol-I dlera who had gone Into the grain to sleep. It was getting dark but the j road was illuminated ut intervals by searchlights turned on from the fort The commanders used the lights to see If thoro were any of the Ger-J Ger-J nan army close by. We finally ' reached a little station about which I spoke previously While on the way to Brussels a train stopped and they put on three German spies Which they bad caught along the railroad track. Thev were shot the next morning In little town just outside of Brus yels When we arrived at Brussels one would have thought it was a holi day, judging from the way the people were ar t Ing, although It w as about 3 a in The streets were crowded. Stopped by French Ships. "On Friday, about 12:30, we left Brussels for Ostend, whore we took the boat for Dover While on the channels wo were stopped by a French warship and were made to raise a flag and tell who the boat belonged to and who were n it We left Ostend at 4 p m and a little after af-ter 10 p m.. when we left the boat at Dover. We could not get a train tor London that night so we stayed Bl a hotel and the next morning tried to got some money exchanged but there was no chance. We paid out hotel bills with Belgian money and got on the train as American refu gees, ROY JACKSON, "July 9. 1914 French Mission |