3 May, 1916
Collection of A. Taylor
The Illustrated War News
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to fragments, the roof of one falling across the garden. Another house had the front and roof wrecked, and through rents in the walls could be seen the pictures still hanging on the bedroom walls and ornaments on the mantlepiece. Among those seriously injured was a special constable name Nesling, who was on duty and was hurt by a shell that penetrated three houses. The bodies of three of the killed - a young woman, a baby, an a man - were found in the debris of one house. Most of the inhabitants of Lowestoft, on being awakened by the firing, took refuge in the lower parts of their houses or sought such other shelter as was available - hence, it is thought, the comparatively small number of casualties. Had they flocked into the streets many more lives would have been lost undoubtedly. - [Photos. by C. N.]
Caption: Where Two Woman and a Special Constable were Injured: Small Houses at Lowestoft Wrecked by the German Bombardment.
