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Show Man and Woman Killed. Yarmouth, Jan 20. 2 a m. via Ldn don 6 30 a. m Careful inquiries thus far made regarding last night's aerial raid go to show that publk buildings and the railways escaped damage, which is almost wholly confined con-fined to private houses and shops So far as is now known, only two persons, a man and a woman, were killed here. It so happened that most of the inhabitants were indoors when the raid occurred. Fragments ol metal, supposed to have been thrown by the bombs, are being found In all directions. The whole thing was quickly over and fortunately no fires broke, out in any part of the town Tho first Impulse Im-pulse of the townspeople was to rush oui of doors, but many, on finding that the alarm was an air attack by tho Germans, quickly returned to their homes and took refuge In the basements. base-ments. . . , Troops wen- turned out to nssiL the police in the searrh for ounaed. Another aircraft appeared hero soon after midnight but dropped no bombs 400 Constables Called Out The chief constable of Yarmouth, in telling of it. said: The people stood the raid very well About 4'0 special constables Were culled out. All Red Cross and hospital arrangements proved perfect per-fect all "lus were extinguished and public performances at the the- latres and music halls were abandoned. I The people w ent home and the town was without light until morning. "The first raider passed along the sea front and dropped the first bombs into Norfolk Square garden, close bf the beach and the Britannia pier. This did no damage. The raiders then pro-ceeded pro-ceeded in a southwesterly direction across the town and when near the center dropped several bombs in the neighborhood of St, Peters road, the main i horoughfnre leading to the parade par-ade ground It was here that the greatest damage was done, especially in the smashing of windows in houses and shops. The bombs, from all accounts, were dropped in rapid succession. suc-cession. One bomb was dropped near the fish market, apparently with the intention in-tention of destroying any ships anchored an-chored in the vicinity. |