THE LOST DIRIGIBLE.
A VIGOROUS-SEARCH. HOPE ABANDONED. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Paris, Dec. 26By camel couriers, fleets, aeroplanes and cavalry, the French military and naval 'authorities have redoubled their efforts to find the missing dirigible Dixmude. Captain Marie, attache to General Duroc, eaid: “We expect nothing now 'but bad news. Our only hope is tnat the Dixmude’-s crew have reached ground. If the crew landed in the Sahara desert and somehow found waiter they might subsist for three weeks by emergency rations, nevertheless it is almost impossible to land an airship without the aid of 250 men. The dirigible could land by letting out the gas, but this would be highly hazardous.” Some officials of the Ministry said they had given up hope Others were una'ble to understand why the dirigible’s commander failed to order some member of the crew to drop overboard using a parachute to carry messages.
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 December 1923, Page 6
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