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Show BOMBS ONCE MORE DR0PPE00N PARIS Paris, Sept 27, 4 10 p. m. Four bombs wero dropped on the city from a German aeroplane today. One missile, mis-sile, exploding in Avenue du Troca-dero Troca-dero at the corner of Rue Froyolnet, blew the head from the shoulders of a man who wan standing on the eer-ner eer-ner with his daughter, and crippled the child. The other bombs did little lit-tle damage. Crowds, taking advantage of a beautiful autmn day. were promenading promenad-ing on the banks of the Seine when the aerial warrlar appeared almost directly over the Eiffel tower It Is believed that the first bomb dropped drop-ped was Intended for the wireless stution or the tower or possibly for the nearly buildings containing army stores It landed in Avenue du Tro-endero Tro-endero not far from the tower and the explosion was heard for many blocks The houses in the Vicinity were badly damaged, many of the walls cracking and windows being Shattered The bomb struck only block from the American embassy at Number 5 Rue de Challlot. where Ambassador Myron T. Hernck vvho did not accompany the government to Bordeaux, still makes his home In the wake of the bomb fluttered a German flag. At the sound of the ixplosion the promenaders In that MM-ticn first rushed for shelter and then ns the airship moved on thej hurried to the scene of the haoc A cordon of police war. quickly thrown about the debris and thp man gled bod) of the man was found and removed. Near his body the girl was discovered Her lower limbs had been shattered Women in the crowd v. epi audibly as the child was borno to a hospital. Among the houses damaged was the residence of the Prince of Monaco. Mon-aco. The buildings containing armv stores suffered considerably At the time of the attack services were being be-ing conducted in the American Holy Trinity church in Avenue de L'Alma. Mvnv of the congregation fled to the Btreet, In the midst of the excitement the aeroplane dropped three more bombs One landed among a herd of cows pai-i tired on the Auteuil race course. One cow was killed and others toppled top-pled over stunned. A third bomb fell in Rue Vineuse, and a fourth in Hue de la Pompe. a quarter In which many Americans live. Comparatively little damage was done in either Instance. In-stance. The missiles dropped today were the most powerful of those that have been used in the aerial raids on the city. |