discovered: pictures of madras after emden struck - house battery
Even experienced researchers and staff dealing with Hinduism will be surprised.
Directories and indexes are comprehensive, but there are some hidden gems that appear regularly to make everyone happy.
Last week, File staff and photo editor D.
Krishnan, by chance, found a group of unpublished photos so far, depicting the scene of Madras, who was bombed on 1914.
The photos seem to portray a city that is still calm despite the shelling, but the reports show a different picture.
The situation is similar to what we see now.
People misled by rumors left the city in fear and haste.
The morning of September 22, 1914 is the third day of the Navaratri festival.
The world was torn apart by a fierce war, but Madras, as always, exhibited at golu.
The tailor's company on Moses and Hill Road is promoting their wool suits and wool underwear for Europe --bound students.
Madras is discussing a road to close Santhome.
All of this will change over the next night.
About 20 minutes later, German cruiser Emden opened fire on the city, and Madras's "calm conditions" were violently shaken.
Panic and escape.
Rumors kept coming, news spread, and the ship will target Madras again --and soon.
Even announcing the rewards to those who helped arrest the troublemakers did not help.
The appeal was unsuccessful.
About 20,000 people leave the city every day.
The train station was crowded with people.
The crowd was out of control and the railway had to call special police.
Those who can't get the train are on the road.
Leave with a trolley and walk.
Commodity prices soared.
Chaos and chaos.
Emden weighs 3,600 tons and carries 22 guns to carry out the task of sinking merchant ships in the eastern waters.
In the absence of any resistance and difficulty, it approached the coast of Madras and fired a shot.
After two tankers were hit, it fell into "fancy shooting ". ’D.
Scott, a contributor to the Indian Review, who witnessed the scene standing under the battery of the old lighthouse, reported that the shells were scattered far away from the Choolai Poonamallee High Road, Casa Main Road and Nungambakam.
"The shells found many steel slabs on the facade of the Port Trust Fund, the boat house of the Madras Sailing Club and the new National Bank of India," he wrote . ".
There were also some unexploded shells around.
Three people were killed and 13 injured.
Surprisingly, there are no reports of shelling the next day or the next day in Hinduism.
It may have been the government that restricted newspaper coverage.
This unwise move will only make things worse.
Rumors spread thick and fast.
The night after the explosion, Hindus reported that "a Eurasian man in Madras Volunteer Guard uniform was found in the Mafzhurkhan garden," spreading Egypt.
The newspaper said people "spent sleepless nights watching and heard the first shot leaving the town.
"Lord pendlan, Governor of Madras, was camping in UTI at the time and he was not upset about it.
On September 25, three days after the explosion, he came down from the mountain.
He met with officials at the central station on the 7 th. 10 a. m.
Go to the port, go to the general hospital to pick up the wounded, before 10. 15 a. m.
In the government building.
He assured a group of war fund donors that Emden would not revisit the city and returned to Ooty a few days later.
The Hindu quoted a citizen as saying, "if Madras is safe, why don't you stay here?
Reports of Emden's merits are still popping up: its cunning way, its bold courage, and its ability to defeat the British Navy have earned it a reluctant admiration and helped it in Tamil
On November 9, whenEmden tried to destroy the cable on Cocos Island, and the Australian cruiser Sydney fought against it.
Emden was sunk after fierce fighting.
The news reached Madras on the morning of November 11.
The anxious public breathed a sigh of relief.
Hindu editorials summarize popular sentiment: "Now that Emden has sunk, the vague fears and risks that arise in the hearts of the masses will disappear.