ZEPPELIN RAIDER IN THE NORTH SEA.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 31, 5 February 1916, Page 5

ZEPPELIN RAIDER IN THE NORTH SEA.

CREW CLINGING TO DAMAGED AIRSHIP. TRAWLER - REPORTS PLIGHT TO A WARSHIP. - 1 . i LONDON, A trawler which has arrived at Grimsby reports that it ' discovered Zeppelin LlO floating -in a damaged condition . twenty - miles off Spnrn Head, Yorkshire. The' cage . was- entirely [submerged. Half the envelope- was floating, and was tied with. ■ ropes to prevent the- further escape.of. gas. - Eight men were on top, and others appeared in a', hatchway. There were about 20 men altogether. Tapping was-heard,'indi-' eating appeals for help. - The captain asked to'be taken off, and several men shouted "Save us!" The' tra-wler was small and the crew few. There .was no immediate danger of the < Zeppelin sinking, and there was considerable risk in taking pff such a large number ; therefore the trawler steamed' off and reported to a warship. .' The frame of the Zeppelin, which was reported yesterday at Amelind, in Holland," returning from the raid on England, and evidently'lost in a fog, was hit by the Dutch batteries.

CREW OF ZEPPELIN Ll9 NUMBER THIRTY,

(Received 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, February 4. The crew of the Zeppelin Ll9, reported to have fallen" into the North Sea in a damaged condition, numbers thirty.

STATE FUNERAL FOR FRENCH ZEPPELIN VICTIMS,

PARIS, February 4. The victims of the Zeppelins will be accorded a State funeral.