BROUGHT DOWN ZEPPELIN.
AIRMAN GETS THE ' VX!? PILGRIMAGE TO ENPIIXD. HALF A MILLION SEE WBECE. ' (High Commissioner's Cable.) - (Received 8 a.m.) \~ LONDON , , September 5. Tlie King has bestowed the Victoria Cross on Lieutenant Robinson for bringing- down the Zeppelin on Sunday,' during the last raid. (Australian and N..Z: Cable Association.) LONDON, September 5. Though haif-a-million people viewed the destroyed Zeppelin on Sunday, tha pilgrimage to Knfield continues, , The number of visitors to . the scene is increasing, and includes many overseas troops. Tlie bodies, of 1C members of the'crew, which were rSasted'.beyonHr're'cognition, were found in fantastic attitu3es;—. The bodies were covered with a taTpaulin, and later were reverently remov.ed to the local church. Two machine guns, which, were salved" by the Flying Corps, have been packed with, thg wreckage fox removal to Lon-. •• don. ' . j. r ■ •
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 213, 6 September 1916, Page 5
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135BROUGHT DOWN ZEPPELIN. Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 213, 6 September 1916, Page 5
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