THE ZEPPELIN.
A. STJPER-SHIP'iS DESTRUCTION
Copenhagen, lv. Tho n_G.Avspa.pe,r Kolding Avis 'lia.s received from Husuni, Western Sclileswig, dfitails of the destruction ti.f Zcppoiiim L 22 a-l>out a, fortniight ago by the atT,idc,nital explosion of a bomb as the airship was leaving her ehcsd. It ,18 ytfited tha.fi tho crew, numbering about forty, were nearly aiil killed or wounded, and tlie huge shed partly demolished. L 22 had only been a few weeks ■in use. -Siho Mas described a-s a sister ship of the Z 18, Wiliic-h recenlly exploded at Tondprn, and as bciiig of •tho supor-Zoppelin type, with all Ihc latest improvements, including platforms on, tho top of the envelope for tho machines and anti-aircraft guns, invisible gondolas, and detachable rafts for floating purposes in ease <n : accidents in crossing the sea.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 2858, 1 February 1916, Page 4
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