LOSS OF DIXMUDE.
SPECULATION AND THEORY. HOW COMMANDER DIED. PARIS. January 2. The Ministry of Marine points out that all the evidence suggests- that the commander of the airship Dixmude was suddenly hurled into the sea while manoeuvring the vessel from the front cabin. This is confirmed by the fart that he was wearing sea boots and had night glasses suspended round liis nock. The rest of the crew apparently was shut in the cabins beneath the airship's hull. The cabins probably remained closed after the airship sank. It is unlikely, therefore, that further bodies will be recovered till the next storm brings some of the cabins to the surface. The . Dixmude fell into 2.">0 feet of water. It would be impossible for divers to investigate even if the approximate position of the airship were known. Some experts still assert that the hull of the Dixmude is drifting above the Sahara with ■ the machinery but of action, and that the crew will be found crushed to death on the desert sands.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 2, 3 January 1924, Page 5
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