THE ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP
•'. • •' — — — ♦■ ; DETAILS OF THE DISASTER. ■United Press Association— rßy Slectno Telegraph — Copyright. ' BERLIN, August 6. . While the moored airejnp waste/airing at Echterdingen on Wednesday afternoon, a sudden violent thunderstorm struck the ., airship, blowing one of the cars into the air. When it fell to the ground its motor exploded, igniting, the rest of the airship. Several soldiers holding the car were severely injured. The storm blew the blazing airship away, completing its destruction. Fifty thousand persons witnessed the incident. When the blazing airship rose in the air one of the mechanics in the car jumped from a considerable height and was mortally injured; Others were "badly burnt. When informed of the destruction of . Ids airship, Count Zeppelin burst into tears. Profound sympathy is expressed for him, and there is a movement to organise a great national gilt. The /Federal Government has decided to pay ; Count Zeppelin £25,000 compensation^
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9308, 7 August 1908, Page 1
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150THE ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP Star (Christchurch), Issue 9308, 7 August 1908, Page 1
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