In the Air

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 35, 8 September 1916, Page 5

In the Air

ZEPPELIN OBSERVING CAR FALLS TO EARTH. I I FUNERAL OF THE CREW. I .Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. I London, September 6. Tbe Admiralty examined the re- . mains of the mystery car shot down in East Anglia. It is believed a wire lowered the observer within three hundred yards of the ground while the Zeppelin continued hidden in the clouds. The car was made of aluminium, and measured 7ft. by sft., and included curtained windows, telephone, torches, and the latest scientific instruments for observing .positions and distances. A thousand feet: of aluminium wire was found. The observer entered by a sliding door, and lay on a mattress throughout his observations. Tbe present gondola is quite different from cars attached to the earlier Zeppelins, wherein the observer in a basket looked over the side. A great crowd attended the funeral of the Zeppelin crew. Many police were present, fearing disturbances in view of protests against military honors. The funeral was of the utmostsimplicity, there being a short service. The Last Post was sounded, but there was no'firing party. The crowd stood silent and unmoved. ZEPPELIN FALLS IN BELGIUM. Press Association—Copyrignt, Austrau'an and N.Z. Cable Association. The Hague, September 6. A Zeppelin returning from England was so heavily damaged that it landed near Mons. Several of the crew received shrapnel wounds. German troops dismantled the airship, which was sent to Germany . ZEP. MAIL SERVICE FROM BERLIN TO U.S.A. "AMERICA" AND "DEUTSGHLAND."

CERMANY'S LATEST SCHEME.

Press Association—Copyright. Router's Telegrams Vancouver, September 7.

Two double Zeppelins, which wilt be unarmed, and each with a carrying capacity of sixty tons, have been built in Germany to carry mails from Berlin to the United States. They have been christened "America-" .and "Deutschland," and will make the voyage in seventy-two hours. They can travel on the water, letter postage one mark.

SEVERAL OF CREW WOUNDED.

(Received 11.55 a.m.) Amsterdam f September 7. The Echo de Beige slates that a Zeppelin raider from England land«l at Mons badly damaged, and was sent to Germany in sections. Several of the crew were wounded. j