In the Air

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 57, 4 October 1916, Page 5

In the Air

THE DOOMED ZEPPEUN. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N,/£. Cable Association. London. October A Dutch report states that fourteen Zeppelins participated in the raid. Spectators narrate that the Zeppelin when over Potter’s Par was doomed. Diiectly it was caught in the maze of searchlights it sent out a dense cloud of smoko, but without avail. It began to shower bombs, as though seeking to lighten itself. Thirty-nine ot these fell harmlessly in a small area. Then an aeroplane—some say two was soon approaching. A brilliant light indicated that one -of the Zeppelins gasbags had become ignited. The flames ran along the monster. The blaze was visible in a circuit of sixty miles. It soon fell, split into three or four pieces. The searchlights never left the airship until it reached the earth. Some of the crew, realising their doom, jumped out of tire gondola. One lived long enough to ask for water. The other bodies were terribly mangled. Seventeen have already been found. The Zeppelin was of the newest type, presenting a small target and being Very fast. ZEPPELIN DESTROYER TESTED. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. New York October 3.

A Curtis ton-piano, which is described as a Zeppelin destroyer, when tested at Buffalo reached a maximum speed of 120 miles an hour. It rose at the rath of a thousand feet a minute. , LONDON’S AERIAL DEFENCES. Press Association—Copyright. United Service. (Received 9.20 a.m.) London, October 3. The Manchester Guardian says: Thanks to our airmen and the magnificent gun defences, inner London is now invulnerable. AERIAL REPRISALS ADVOCATED Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. ! ■ (Received 11.5 a.m.) London, October 3. The Mayors of several Midland towns are arranging a meeting to dig cues aircraft reprisals on Germany.