The Archive · 1914

The German Naval Raid on the East Coast

A MEETING OF THE CABINET — London, Dee. 17

The Press Bureau announces that the latest reports of the casualties at Hartlepool are fifty-five civilians killed and 115 wound-

At Scarborough nineteen civilians were killed, while twenty-one have been detained in hospital; a large number received slighter "n-juries. It is confirmed that, at Whitby, two people were killed and red. is understood that a full Cabinet has met and considered the raid on the Yorkshire coast.

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