ZEPPELIN DESTROYED IN MID-AIR

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2483, 9 June 1915, Page 5

ZEPPELIN DESTROYED IN MID-AIR

BY BRITISH MONOPLANE THRILLING BATTLE IN THE CLOUDS London, June 7. The Admiralty reports that Naval Fliyb fc-Su blieutenant Warneford, at 3 o'clock thiß morning, attacked a Zeppelin in the air between Ghent and Brussels at a height of 6000 feet. Ho dropped Eix bombs on the airship, which exploded and fell to the ground, where it burned for a considerable time. ' The force of the explosion turned tbe Englishman's Morane monoplane upsidedown, but he succeeded in righting it and landed in the enemy's country. He was able to restart the engine, and returned to tho aerodrome safely. AN HONOUR FOR CANADA. (Rcc. June 8, 8.50 p.m.) London, June 7. Warneford was a Canadian, and had obtained his pilot's certificate only three months ago.—("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) STORY OF THE FIGHT FRENCH AND BRITISH MACHINES IN ACTION. (Rcc. June 8, 10.5 p.m.) London, June 8. The "Daily Telegraph's" Rotterdam correspondent says that one British and one French aeroplane attacked the Zeppelin at 3 o'clock in tho morning as it was returning from a scouting expediI tion off the Belgian coast —part of tho nightly training for the contemplated raid. Tile Zeppelin first rose to a tremendous height in an attempt to evade its pursuers, and then speeded towards the airship station. Approaching Ghent it was necessary to descend to a lower altitude. The aeroplanes kept up a continuous rifla fire, and the Zeppelin replied wit-li machine-gun and many round shells fired from a small cannon, but both were without result. As tho airship was dropping to reach the shed both aeroplanes got above her and dropped their bombs. Thoxe was an explosion, and the fire spread until the whole airship was enveloped in flame and smoke. _ . "It then crashed down oii tlio Ctfana Reguinago do Saint Elizabeth, which includes seven hundred members devot- 1 - ed to charity. The nunnery-is at present. filled with refugee Belgian women and children. The burning mass set fire to tho buildings. - _ There were terrible scones. Many of the crew were already dead and their bodies flung in all directions. Not a, man survived. -ITwo nuns were killed in the fire-.. A' man attempting to rescue a child leaped from a burning room and'both wcr® killed. WRECK FELL ON AN ORPHANAGE, j Amsterdam,-June 7. The Dutch nowspaper "Telegraaf"says that the. Zeppelin's crow of twentyeight were killed. The airship dropped on an orphanage, killinc two nuns and two children, and wounding many. ENEMY'S AIRSHIP SHED BOMBED. London, June 7. The Admiralty further reports that Naval Flight-Lieutenants Wilson and Mills dropped bombs on an airship shed at Evere at 2.30 this'taorning. It is not known, whether a Zeppelin was inside. The flames reached to a great height, issuing from both sides. The pilots returned safely. ZEPPELIN RAID ON ENGLISH EAST COAST TWO FIRES AND FIVE FATALITIES. London, June 7. Zeppelins dropped incendiary and explosive bombs on the East Coast, causing two fires and five deaths. Forty persons were'injured.