ZEPPELIN "MYSTERY" CAR

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2871, 8 September 1916, Page 5

ZEPPELIN "MYSTERY" CAR

NEW DEVICE FOR SPYING THE LAND FUNERAL OF THE RAIDER'S CREW Australian-New Zealand Cable Association, i ; (Rec. September 7, 5.20 p.m.) i London, September 6. The Admiralty lias examined tlie remains of a Zeppelin's "mystery car," which was shot down in East- Anglia., tt is bclioved that a wiro was lowered, with an observer, within 300 yards of the ground, while the Zeppelin itself continued hidden in the clouds. The car was of aluminium, measured 7 feet by 5 feet, and included curtained windows, telephone, torches, and the latest scientific instruments for observing positions and distances. One thousand feet of aluminium wire was found. The observer entered by a sliding door, and lay on a mattress throughout his observations. The present gondola of a Zep< , pelin is quite different from the cara which were attachod to the earlier Zeppelins, in which the observer, in a basket, looked over the sido. A great crowd attended the funeral of the Zeppelin crow, and many of the police wcro present, fearing disturbances in view of the protests against the War Office according military honours. The funeral was of the utmost simplicity, with a short service, and the "Last Post" was sounded. There was no firing party. The crowds watched in silonce, unmoved. TWO SUPER-AIRSHIPS LOST. Rome, September 6. It is learned from Switzerland that Germany lost two super-Zeppelins in the raid on England. CRIPPLED ZEPPELIN AT HONS" Austr!>lia!i-N?Tr Zealand Onbl" Association. (Rec. September 7, 5.20 p.m.) < London, September 6. The "Central News" correspondent at Tho Hague reports that a Zeppelin returning from England was so heavily damaged that it landed near Mons. Several of tlio crow were suffering from shrapnel wounds. The German troops dismantled the airship and sent it to Germany. BRITISH AIRMAN'S EXPLOIT GERMAN SUBMARINE BLOWN UP.' Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. (Rec. September 7, 6.5 p.m.) . Amsterdam, September 6. A British airman blew up a damaged German submarine in Zeebrugge Har. ■ bour.