ZEPPELIN IN FLAMES.
DETAILS OF THE DISASTFR CREW ALL KILLED P.eeeived Feb. 23, 9.15 p.m. Paris, Fob. 22. Details of the destruction of a Zeppelin show that at 8 o'clock in the evening she was reported, with lights out, struggling against the wind at a height of two thousand metres when gun-iire was opened with incendiary shells, one of which struck her side and went right through her. The flames spread from end to end in a few seconds, outlining the airship clearly. There was no explosion, and the craft slowly descended, enveloped in flame. When it touched the earth all the bombs aboard exploded, and nothing remained but the tangled wreckage, in which were between 20 and 30 naked corpses, including an officer clad in a ftw shreds of uniform, The Zeppelin was the L.Z.77, of the new naval type. A second Zeppelin witnessed the disaster and turned tail.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 February 1916, Page 5
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150ZEPPELIN IN FLAMES. Taranaki Daily News, 24 February 1916, Page 5
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