A description of some of the damage done by the
raid was published by the Home Office in the papers of Monday. It is pointed out that the Zeppelins flew extremely high in order to avoid the anti-aircraft guns, and as a result were grossly in error as to what parts of the darkened town below them they were bombarding. " Except for one chance shot, the de wage was exclusively on property unconnected with the conduct of the war." It is remarked that the official warnings to take shelter were bettor observed, and after the first bombardment people want quietly to bed, and were for the most part unaware of the second raid, which took place in another part of the London area about midnight. In the theatres, from which the sounds of firing and explosions could be plainly heard, there was a "commendable absence of panic.". Some of the episodes related, not only in this narrative, but at the inquests on the killed, make one proud of the confirmation that the calm of Londoners is a real thing. We like the story of the dairyman who brought his children down one by one from the top of a house with a shattered roof, although one explosion blew him backwards during the process. When the firing bad ceased be carried them all up to bed again, where they slept till they were awakened once more by the noise of the second raid.
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