On this day in history

# On this day in history 
‪#‎WW1‬
Hull Zeppelin raid: 6/7 June 1915
Casualties: 24 people dead and 40 wounded
About 40 bombs dropped on the city
The midnight raid lasted 30 minutes

One place the bombs hit is Carven Park, Now off Preston Road in Hull but then it was on Craven Street just behind/Near where +Asda Mount pleasant stands today 

So Was He a Secret +Hull FC Official fan he after all He bombed +Hull KR ?

Other bombs were recorded at:

Bright Street - the premises of Palmer's grocers was destroyed.

Dansome Lane - a saw mill and timber yard destroyed.

Milton Street - incendiary fell in St Mary's Roman Catholic school yard.

Danson Lane - burned out Lear's Stables with a "considerable fire".

Clarence Street - incendiary burned out, no damage.

East Street - explosive bomb demolished two houses. It killed Edward Jordan (10) in number 11, his parents were seriously injured and taken to Naval hospital. Mr and Mrs Hill killed at Number 12.

Victoria Dock - an incendiary in Victoria Dock fell on Swedish ship lying in river basin. Ship's deck slightly damaged.

Tower Street - Wade's Timber Yard bomb severely damaged railway line and bashed holes in the walls of neighbouring warehouses.

The final bomb from the Zeppelin fell on Humber Dock (pictured here in 1913) at 00.15 on Monday 7 June.

It hit the bulwarks of the cargo lighter Crocus. The side of ship was shattered and many holes made through its steel plates.

The Zeppelin pilot

Kapitanleutnant Heinrich Mathy was born on 4 April 1883 in Mannheim, Germany. His father was a bank director. (And I lived and worked in Mannheim for 19 months that one of the reason I can speak German) (and on a further note he used Bridlington to find Hull I was born in Bridlington )

"...War is war, they've shot at me and it's a nasty fire, and yet fighting submarines is nicer than setting towns on fire. But we'll always give them all we have, the harder [we attack] the earlier they will crumble...''

Why was Hull targeted?

It was bad luck.

L-9, under the control of Kapitanleutnant Heinrich Mathy (pictured), had orders to "attack London if possible, otherwise a coastal town according to choice". However, weather conditions were to scupper the original German plans and turn the attention on Hull.

Now that what I call bad luck we where not so unlucky in World war 2 where Hull was intentionally targeted due to our docks

And if you look at the Bomb map above Hull attack looks rather unplanned as you can expect since we where a unintentional target only a few bombs fell on the docks (king George dock which had only opened a year before in 1914  not hit )  Alexander Dock (Home to Green port Hull under construction ) and at the older Victoria dock and along the river Hull

(Some Parts via +BBC News )

And I think we all know how Hull was heavily bombed in WW2 but often forget or don't even know about the ww1 Zeppelin raids
And I admit that I know about them but not the details or the Dates so I have been learning along with you