ÆRIAL CASUALTIES.
THJK ILL-FATED ERBSLOCH. (Press Assn. — By Telegraph— Copyright) BERLIN, July 14. The Eybsloch's log says : "Started at nine in "the morning, with a thick fog to the northwards. At nine th^i earth was invisible. Later : Thick fog under us, 'and going downwards with vertical rudder. Height 'at 9.15 was 280 nitres*' Experts believe that after the contents of the gas bag were cooled in the clinging mist, the airship rose, 'and under the sun's burning rays the gas expanded so rapidly that it was imi)oj*sib'le to let enough air out of the air chamber in tune to relieve the pressure, and .the envelope thus burst. When the balloon fell the -rear part of the envelope' .was still full of gas, hence there was no explosion of petrol. The airship plunged a thousand feet downwards, and'.'.sso motor was still working when it struck the ground. The victims were dreadfully . mangled, all with shattered skulls, clenched hands and shoes torn off by the shock. The disentanglement of the corpses from the wreckage was difficult. ' LONDON 1 , July 14. The airship Beta, journeying to Bournemouth, broke a crank and was compelled to descend at Andover,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12199, 15 July 1910, Page 5
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194ÆRIAL CASUALTIES. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12199, 15 July 1910, Page 5
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