HUNS' DISASTROUS AIR RAID

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2893, 4 October 1916, Page 5

HUNS' DISASTROUS AIR RAID

OFFICIAL REPORT OF LATEST FIASCO THE BURNING ZEPPELIN ■ ■ Australian-New Zealand Cable A'seoci&tion. I / London,, October 2. - Official.—Teu nirskips, ono of the J" latest type, approached London at 10 . o'clock. GuiiGro drovo them off, and ' aeroplanes pursued them. One raider attempted to return from the • north- ( west, and-guns and aeroplanes brought I the raider to earth in flames at Pot- . tor's Bar ((thirteen miles nortli-north- ! west of tho centre of' London) at mid- , night. A second - airship was driven i off at_ one o'clock. The remainder of/ . tha airships wandered aimlessly over [ the Eastern Counties, 'and ..dropped bombs promiscuously.: The - falling Zeppelin ' broke into several..pieces, the largest of , which was j impaled on a tree, burning furiously. Six bodies were found in a field some distance away," the" men having apparently jumped out of the airship. . One man'' was killed and one woman was injured during the air raid last night. | A great number of bombs fell [ on it wide area, but.'only insignificant , damage was done. . , 1 - A VIVID DESCRIPTION J .. (Rec. October 3, 7.40 p.m.)' . London, October 2: s Spectators narrate that the Zeppelin at Potter's-Bar was doomed directly it was caught in the maze of searchlights. It sent out dense , clouds of smoke' without avail, followed _by a shower of bombs,; as though seeKng to. lighten herself. '"Thirty-aine of these fell harmlessly within a . small area. Theu an aeroplane—some say two —was " seen approaching. A brilliant light indicated the ignition of one of tie Zeppelin's gas-bags, and flames ran. along the' monster. _ The; blaze was risible within a circuit of sixty miles. As it fell it split, into three or .four pieces. '-■["The searchlights never- left the airship . natiliit reached the earth. ■ _ • ' Some of the crew, -realising their doom,' jumped out of the gondolas. One lived long, enough to ask for water. } The'other bodies were terribly mangled. Seventeen liavo already been found. The Zeppelin was of the newest typo, ' presenting a small target, and was very p fast.' " • A Dutch rejwrt states that fourteen , Zeppelins participated in tho raid. i ~~ : ; ■ CRIPPI/ED ZEPPELIN SIGHTED. ■ . . (Renter's Telegram.) London, October 2; K report has been received that a Zeppelin, passed an East Coast town, verv low, as if crippled. The captain of tbe destroyed ZeppcI liri .was found alive,, but terribly in- , jnred, and died later. Thirteen bodies were taken out of tho. wreck, which is.still burning. COUNT ZEPPET.TN'S ABANDONED - : . trip. [ Australis'l-New Zealand Gable Association. Amsterdam, October 2. < •''/(Stan* Zeppelin had -announced his - .'intention of participating in the air raid, but.ohanged Ms-mind under pfes- ■ sure from bis family.. NEW TERROR TO ZEPPELINS I THE CURTISS "TENSPLANE." J' (Rec. October 4, 0:50 a.m.) ■ New York, Ootober 3. The Curtiss "tcnsplane," described as a Zeppelin- destroyer, has been test- ■ ed at Buffalo. Its maximum speed is 120 miles per hour.: It rose one thousand feet in one minute during its trial.