1 'Glengariff' Rudgrave Square Egremont Cheshire 9th March, 1916 My dearest Pierce, Mother is sending
you in this packet
one pair of socks and
the rest will be sent
to-morrow without fail.
They are washed already.
We have no news here
except what appears in
the papers, and with
that of course you are
familiar. Nora Murphy
must have had a bad
time at Hull. I am
told that that was the 2
town most heavily bom
barded by the zeppelin
raiders on their last
visit. Doubtless the train
ing college escaped in
jury, but the experience
of those in it must have
been very unpleasant. It
is certainly not comforting
to hear bombs crashing
and to think that you
may be a victim of one in
a few minutes or even
seconds. There is some
indignation that no ar
rangements had been made
whereby the raiders might
have been kept on the move.
The mayor has been com
plaining and has said they
remained over the town for
more than an hour. Here
they cause us trouble by mak
ing it necessary to keep
the streets dark. A good
many people have broken
noses in consequences. We
are getting something of a
remedy now by having the
posts and pillars painted
white. It is well for Dublin
that it need take no pre
caution of the kind, I hope
you are in good health and
spirits. Write and let us
know how you are and how
things are going with you.
We are well, thanks God, but
have no news. With fondest love from Mo
ther and myself, Ever affectionately
Father.