AEROPLANES ATTACK SECOND ZEPP.
SHEET OF FLAME ENVELOPS MONSTER. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received' November 29, 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 28. Eye-witnesses m Norfolk state that the Zeppelin, was travelling at a tremendous speed and at an altitude of nine thousand feet. It approached the coast m a last desperate effort to get to
A naval aeroplane closed m on the victim. A ding-dong struggle ensued. For a brief period it seemed as though fortune was favoring the raider, which \va.s rising higher and higher. The raider passed the coast defences. The aeroplane, however, continued to pursue it, .while naval guns poured m a pitiless' fire.
Suddenly the guns ceased and the spectators on the shore watched with breathless excitement.
Two aeroplanes were observed manoeuvring alongside the airship. It was soon evident the monster's fate was sealed.
A sheet of flame appeared at the stern of the Zeppelin, which travelled rapidly from point to point and enveloped the airship.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14159, 29 November 1916, Page 3
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