Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-02-02 | Page 12 | Hostile Aircraft Seen over Dover

HOSTILE AIRCRAFT; SEEN OVER DOVER London, Feb. 1. 11 p m. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company from Dover says "The harbor batteries opened fire early tonight, while searchlights swept the water. It is believed that I German submarines were the cause of the activity ' Tendon, Feb. I, 1 1 3o p. m, The batteries protecting Dover opened fire tonight on what is thought to have been another German raid, but whoth er by Zeppelins or submarines or both has not been ascertained. An early report from Dover said that five hostile airships were observed ob-served over that town, while a later report announced that they had been driven off by the gunfire of the forts Another Dover message declared the fire had been directed at German Ger-man submarines. As a consequence the war depart ment instructed the London police to make all preparations for an air raid The city soon was in darkness and 1 every where file news spread that a Zeppelin fleet was on its way to the metropolis Telephone calls to Harwich, Har-wich, Cromer, South End. King's Lynn, Yarmouth and other points; elicited the reply that no air raiders had been seen. The report of submarines at Dover i seemed to explain the gunfirtng there, j but the official press bureau issued no statement The extended precautions taken In , I ondon Indicated the fact that virtual-' ly all special constables, under the ; regulations, were required to report i at the various stations, even those; attending the theatre where in some cases the auditors were greatly de- ' pleted. r At several of the railroad stations c the lights were Jextinguished and 8 trains patsing over bridges did so in 9 darkness v