ZEPPELINS OVER BALTIC.
FATE OF AIRSHIP Ll9. CREW'S LAST MESSAGES. A. and N.Z. Cable. LONDON. August 3. Copenhagen reports state that 15 Zeppelins are now operating over the Baltic. Danish fishermen found a bottle containing the last messages from the commander and crew of Ll9, which was lost on February 3. The commander, Lowe, reports: "I am, with 15 men, on the platform of Ll9, going very slowly. I am unable to save the airship. While returning from England in a fog we were bombarded by Dutch sentinels. At the same moment the motors failed."
The bottle also contained 15 letters from the crew to their wives and children.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16300, 5 August 1916, Page 7
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109ZEPPELINS OVER BALTIC. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16300, 5 August 1916, Page 7
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