In the Air.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 312, 11 June 1915, Page 5

In the Air.

CANADIAN'S EXPLOIT. A TIIRIIXiXO STOItY. lIOW Till': DEED WAS DONE. Iteeeivod June 11, 12.40 a.m. London, .nine 10. Two airmen who accompanied iWa.noford left him in order to bum!) Evere. W'arnt I'iird emit iiim il alone. He sighted the Zeppelin at sis thousand feet and got above it, and then dropped (within fi/tv feet and loused bombs. The sixth struck the envelope fair and square in the middle, and instantly there was a terrific explosion. The displacement of air was so great, says Wariieuml, that it seemed like a tornado. My maehiue tossed upwards, find was then flung upside down. I was forced to loop th«' loop despite, myself. T thought the end of everything had come. In a whirl, I had the pleasure ol teeing the Zeppelin'falling in a cloud of flame and smoke, and then by ii miracle tho aeroplane righted itself and came to the ground, Paris, June 0. On General .lol'fre's recommendation the Cross of the Logion of Honor has been conferred mi Klight-Licutcniinl Wanieford, IXTKKXKT) 31 EX ATTEMPT ESCAPE. Received .Time 10, 0.-15 p.m. Copenhagen, dune 0. Tive interned Zeppelin officers, assisted hv four civilians, attempted to escape in a motor-car. The police arrested the lot. SKVKRI? I'M'I.oSIOM, Amsterdam, .Tune 0. The cvnhv'ion at the Evere aerodrome \va ; (rrmpii-loiw that it is considered M-rt:>in a Zeppelin was inside with gas re 1 .•t-rv! Ill's tilled. I i,'i:\r\v AKISOPT.-WK* r.ncixmr IMIW'X". f l\iri' : , -lune S. broncl't down two l.ler.,,>v■.■«nl"iie--. ow l>r "anfire and the ,|sduel will! a I'rilisli awj p.hii'.e i:i the :>iv.