German raid on English coast sparks calm amid casualties
British towns Scarborough Whitby and Hartlepool bore German shelling yesterday. today residents resumed normal life as inquests opened for 77 Hartlepool deaths and 17 Scarborough victims. Allied actions included British and Turkish coast bombardments while Austria reportedly lost the training ship Beethoven.
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82 Dead by Shells at Hartlepool
Hartlepool and West Hartlepool suffer a German bombardment with 82 killed and about 250 wounded according to late official estimates. An inquest opened into 79 victims, with the coroner noting the unprecedented wartime procedure and comparing the tragedy to Belgian and French suffering.
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Tragic Shell Attacks Strike Civilians in War Timestep
Evidence reveals a series of shell incidents. An elderly woman gathering coal on a railway embankment was killed by a shell. A man and his two daughters died in their kitchen when a shell burst. A young woman found her mother dead after a shell pierced the roof during a bid to move her to safety. An elderly man among the injured is noted.
Bombardment of Hartlepool and nearby towns shocks residents
The bombardment killed 79 to 82 people and injured hundreds as German ships fired 9 and 12 inch shells into Hartlepool and its twin towns under dense fog. Casualties are expected to rise toward 100 with many houses still unsearched. Local officials opened a war relief fund to cover funeral costs.
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