When Whole German Navy Stood Aghast

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 269, 3 February 1928, Page 1

Wh e n Whole German Navy Stood Aghast

dromes destruction arrest of sergeant-major

- at i. Prtll Association. — Copyright. " d . 9.5 a.m. BERLIN, Wed. * Th« an - ** 4 an ex-sergeant-milor of the German Imperial Air Foree, although not officially conarmed, has net all Germany speculating as to the cause of that .lingering catastrophe—the destruction of the Ahlhorn airship Ititlon at Oldenburg in December, 1017 details of which have hitherto been jealously withheld from publication. V-vffSPAPERS review the conflagY ration at length, pointing out .hit the official theory of the baffling rurrence at the time was that it °V, accidental. One paper declares * t he whole navy stood aghast be- “ " the ruins. It was an evil omen tor the year 1918. 1 nearly the entire garrison was in w,» barracks when, without warning, ,h! countryside was illuminated by „ immense column of flame, 600 ft *“ h from the hangars. There Fas i terrific report. The barracks shook Li buildings collapsed. in startling succession the three remaining hangars blew up, although ' -rated by a distance of half a mile. ' T he ground was littered with debris were destroyed, 30 pen were killed and 100 injured.—A. pad NX

. ...««« from Berlin cabled on * messag w . The political police latiuanr d a ex-sergeant-major of "fVirman Imperial Air Force, who Is a landowner in the State of Oldenis alleged to have been a Briffh‘SOy aid to have set Are to the Ahltish spy. Oldenburg in DecemS’lMvSn ft contained six Zeppelins ’to depart on a bombing flight over The police are most secretive, to reveal any details of his ffniify or place of arrest.