AIRSHIPS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1717, 7 April 1913, Page 5

AIRSHIPS.

. — '. . THE ZEPPELIN ACCIDENT. —-— " / . ' GERMAN ACTIVITY. AN ENGLISH PRESS CRUSADE i By Telegraph—Press; Association—Copyright Paris, April 4. Tho Zeppelin airship that inadvertently landed on the parade ground at Luneyille, 16 miles from Nanoy,, through her propoller breaking whilo she was making a flight from Lake Constance, Switzerland, had lost her way in a fog. There' were ton passengers aboard, including six officers ia-uniform, r : i - Only last Wednesday a semi-official appeal wa3 issued in tho;Berlin newspapers to keep details regarding dirigibles secret. The newspapers comment on Germany's ill-fortune in dropping the newest type of Zeppelin on French soil during her trial trip, thus giving Franw an opportunity .to examine its appliances and sec- , ret methods. ■' The incident at Ltineville has now been settled, and the airship has departed, j (JERMAN FLYING MACHINES. (Reo. April 6, 5.6 p.m.) r Berlin, April 5. The Zeppelin airship r. has arrived at V tletz. ,-.lt : roported , that the commiasary at Luneville merely boarded the airship ' to inquire as to the possibility of espionage. and other aspects. \ The airship was . : treated as German soil. , i Germany has thirty-fivo'flying maohine factories. One company is building thirty-four biplanes for Russia. The statistics ■ for the quinquennium : show that Germany has constructed fifty dirigibles, many being experimental. ■ I ' APPEAL TO ENGLISHMEN. (Rec. April. 6, >5.5 p.m?) London, Apnl 5. The "Spectator" declares that the time has arrived when Englishmen must seriously apply themselves to'providing airships. • - • '• . i Tile "Telegraph", and several other newspapers aro joining in' a crusade, m'uoh space being devoted to the subject ■ in the press. .