AIR DISASTER.
THE ZEPPELIN ACCIDENTUnited Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright, Received July 1, 9.20 a.m. BERLIN, June 30. The recent disaster that befel Count Zeppelin's new dirigible, Zeppelin VII., which had just inaugurated a passenger service between Dusseldorf and Dortmund, has caused a revulsion of feeling against rigid frame airships. Accounts of trie accident state that the wind suddenly carried the Zepp - lin VII. 3,ooo]feet high. She lust much gas, and suddenly fell within a hundred feet of the ground. An engine fitter from Hohensttin atterrpted to lighten the car by springing overboard into a tree. He received bad internal injuries.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10030, 2 July 1910, Page 5
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101AIR DISASTER. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10030, 2 July 1910, Page 5
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