In the Air.
; DESTRUCTION OF A ZEPPEMN. ■'! FIVE- TAUBES DESTROYED. AN AVIATORS FIXE FEAT. Received June 14, 12.30 a.m. " ' Paris, June 13. Eye-witness, in referring to the bomb- ' ing of the airship shed at Evere, states , the shed contained a Zeppelin and not a Parseval. The Germans tried to get the airship out, but it had only emerged , a few yards when an aviator dived witnin a few hundred yards of the shed and dropped three bomlw, which exploded with a terrific noise. >A few seconds later the airship blew up with a still louder report. The accomplishment of the feat was a signal for a great outburst of joy in Brussels. The Germans lost their heads, and called up troops and cavaLry, who charged up the boulevard at Lambermont, where ten thousand people were assembled. Besides the Zeppelin, five Taubes in the shed were burnt. Nineteen German soldiers were killed. The Germans are now raining fines OB the noisy rejoiccrs.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 314, 14 June 1915, Page 5
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161In the Air. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 314, 14 June 1915, Page 5
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