NAVAL AIRSHIP.
THIRTEEN AIRMEN DROWNED.
TWO OFFICERS GO DOWN
(By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright)
BERLIN, Sept. 10
In the wreck of the airship "L. No
1," participating in the naval manoeuvres at Freiburg reported yesterday, the number of occupants drowned is now stated to be thirteen (not sixteen), including- Captains Metziny (commander of the Naval Airship Division) and Hanne (airship pilot). Also amongst the drowned are several members of the Naval Commissi:n, who were engaged in supervising the airship trials. The wrecked airship wa.s occupied in a scouting flight, when she was struck suddenly amidships by a terrible gale, which hurled her into the sea.
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Northern Advocate, 11 September 1913, Page 5
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