The Dolphin Tavern, London, was destroyed by a Zeppelin bomb on September 9, 1915 that killed three people. A clock in the wreckage stopped at 10:30 PM, and and in the rebuilt tavern. © 2014 by John M. Shea
The Dolphin TavernThe history of the Dolphin ClockA Zepplin bomb exploded on 9th September 1915 destroying these premises and killing three peopleA clock found in the wreckage stopped at 10:40 PM & hangs inside the pub
"For over a week at the end of September 1917, a handful of German airmen held sway over millions of Londoners. In retrospect, their almost nightly visits were but an intimidation compounded of moonglow, concealing clouds, and the sinister throbbing of aeroplanes multiplied thrice over by the inflamed imagination of a much alarmed population. No other attacks 'remained more vividly in the memory of those who lived through the air raids on England' during the First World War."
From Monday, September 24 to October 1, 1917, ninety-two German Gotha bombers took part in the Autumn Moon Offensive against England. Fifty-five of the two-engine planes reached England with twenty or fewer making it to London. A handful of Staaken Giant bombers also took part in the raids, with one reaching the capital. On six of the eight nights the bombers struck. A total of 69 people were killed and 260 wounded, some by shell casings from the British defensive barrage. Before the raids had ended, over 300,000 people had taken shelter in the London Underground. The quotation within our quotation from Fredette's excellent The Sky on Fire, is from The War in the Air by Henry Jones.
The Sky on Fire by Raymond H. Fredette by Raymond H. Fredette, page 137, copyright © 1966, 1976, 1991 by Raymond H. Fredette, publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press, publication date: 1991
1917-09-24, 1917, September, Autumn Moon Offensive