Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-10-23 | Page 4 | Bombs Dropped on English Port

j oo QNEUH PORT London, Oct. 22, 4:32 p. m. A hostile hos-tile aeroplane appeared today over the fortified seaport of Sheerness, at the mouth of tho Thames. Four bombs- were dropped, three of which fell into the harbor. The fourth fell in the vicinity of a railway station and damaged several railway carriages. car-riages. "British aeroplanes went up and the raider made off In a northeasterly northeast-erly direction. No casualties have been reported." An official communication issued this evening says: "A hostile seaplane was shot down and destroyed this afternoon by one or our naval aircraft. The machine fell Into the sea. Judging by time, it probably was the seaplane which visited Sheerness today."