Wednesday, 02 February, 1916

Beautiful day. Had a busy morning
housekeeping & writing letters. After lunch
went into town & on to tea with Aunt Rita
She is very fit indeed & Master Noel is
waxing fat. Dermot has grown tre—
mendously & looks quite the man he
knows most of his letters & seems very
smart.
The great subject of conversation to day
is the great Zeppelin Raid 1 to England.
Seven are supposed to have come & they
reached the Midland Counties & did
a considerable amount of damage in
Staffordshire. Of course the Government
will not allow details to be published —
54 killed & 67 injured.
Another great feat the Germans achieved
is capturing the liner Appam & taking
it to America. They say there was £500,000,
bullion on board. It will be a nut to crack
for President Wilson to decide what is to
happen to it.
Jack writes from Downside that
Birmingham Station has been destroyed.
The Germans claim to have reached Liverpool.


Editorial Notes

1On the night Mary Martin is referring to, nine German Zeppelins were sent to raid Liverpool. However they were scattered over the English Midlands and bombed several towns there instead, resulting in 61 deaths and 101 injuries.