Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-03-13 | Page 1 | Zeppelins in Raid on England

ZEPPELINS IN I RAID ONENGLAND j Four Bombs Dropped on Hull y; j House Demolished ! Rj j Woman Dies of Shock. B LONDON, March 13. Three Zeppe- K lins took part In last night's raid on m England. One of them dropped four ;K bombs on Hull. '.IE The other airships flew about aim- jjl! lessly over country districts, drop- , Pig j j ping bombs, and then proceeded back -va to sea. 'ip One woman died of shock in con- liV' sequence of the raid. .ibfe The Germans have sustained such 1 Ijj!' heavy losses in Zeppelins that they ii9n:' have employed them only at infre- . jink quent intervals in the last year for : wUE raids on England, substituting air- 'sH planes. The last previous Zeppelin TSm raid on England was on October 19. 1 3a 1917, when thirty-four persons were 'Jjjl killed and fifty-six wounded. On re- turning the Zeppelin fleet was put to ;I rout by the French, five of the dirigl- 'InK bles being brought down. l3i' London Official Report. Dyi The following official announce- HKl ment was given out: ' l "Latest reports indicate that threo Jffjfj enemy airships crossed the Yorkshire jtflK coast between 8:30 and 10 p. m., last nfl) night. Only one ventured to approach H a defended locality, namely Hull. where four bombs were dropped. A house was demolished. One woman 'Bsfl died of shock. ' lolfi "The two remaining airships wan- (ff dered for some hours over remote IKS country districts at great altitudes, jffli unloading their bombs in open coun- 309 try' before proceeding out to sea