London, Apr. 7.
German aeroplanes have made their first attack on British lighthouses it was disclosed last night, Raiders re. turning from an unsuccessful attack on Scapa Flow machine-gunned Dun= consby Head and Stroma lighthouses on the north-eastern coast of Scotland. Keepers heard bullets rating on the Tighthouse domes and saw the raiders flying. low. No one was injured—Rent In Orkneys London, Apr. 7.
An air raid warning, which lasted Afteen minutes, was sounded Orkney Islands today. Royal Air Force pursuit planes took to the air, but it does not seem that any battle surface for half an hour, but made no effort to save the crew of the freighter. Two lifeboats from the Navarra were put to sea but one fof them capsized and only fear of the sailors in it were rescued, The sunken steamer was built in Sunderland in 1920,—Havas.
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