Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-09-29
100000 CLINGS TO
ZEPPELIN AIRSHlP
Sixth Of the Counts DirigibIos
Meets With a Disaster
and Is Total Loss,

BADEN BADEN. Germany. Sept.
~. he latcst type uf Count ncp
elm mschti,c rcnius met with dis.
.'er icnay, When the dhigibic bal
90" h,r,siih w. tool me after an
;sp'r..oH while being wItped into
az. s"cd.
"A scuie or more Of mun were en-.
sarcd In housing the airlhip when a
bcnzinc tank Ia the rear gondula cx.
pl'dci. 'ctiirs i e 20 an "a .jIucnt gas
compartment. The cXpiui len of this
compartment was followed b. the ex
" siCd UI the sixteen others. There
was gush OF flames and the whoe
structure WIS destroyed In few
EinutcS Nothing remained of Count
leppelin's la,cst model except tan
Sled mass of aluminium frames.
The shad also caught FIRE, but the
blaze was put out without serious
damage. Several wcrkmen were
burned. but none fatally The ignit.
Ing Of the bcnzinc occurred while
:. orkmen were cleaning the machin.
cry. during viii h the bcnzlnc hold
ers were open. The cause of the fire
has not been as crtaibed.
The Zeppelin VI asccndcd at
| 11:20 O'Clock with twelve pas engcrs
for trip to llei 'bronn. The airship
Lad covered about twenty miles when
a motor in the forward gondola act
ed badly, II was impossible to Of.
feet satisfactory repairs and after
some time spent in futile effort the
craft returned here.
The Zeppelin VI was under char
ter Of the Passenger Airshlp Com
pany, having replaced In the pas
scnger service the recently wrecked
bouts h'arh II was transferred
from Frederischafen to this place
ana after being fitted with improved
4 pFopcllcrs ana other new features.
made a trial trip on August .. II
proved tC be the spccdlcst OF its type.
and It was announced that It could
maintain speed of thirty eight
miles an hour.
The dirigiblc was reconstructed to
carry ten passengers, and in the last
few days had made several trips.
Many Americans were among the OK
cursionists Baron Rudolph Gold
schmidt Rothschild had chartered the
airship for the use of private party
next Friday. lie had agreed to pay
$500 for the first two hours of the
excursion and $3.50 for each addi-
tional hour.
This is the fifth serious accident
which has bcfallen tho Zeppelin dl.
rigibles. the histories of which have
been brilliant. but brief.
The Zeppelin l.. after making an
endurance flight that astonished the
world. was torn from It's moorInga
by the wind and threshed to pieces
during thunderstorm. The Zepne
lin II. was DESTROYED by gale al
Limburg An-Der-Lahn on April %
last. Zeppelin III. made bad land
ing and was seriously damaged al
Mergenthcim. The Deutschland cam,
to grief in Teutoborg forest on June
2S last.
The Zeppelin vi. was built IN
1909. but had since been altered ant
enlarged, Her navigating and oper
, ating machinery was contained IL
two gondola ears situated In the bow
and stern. II was in the stern gon
dola that the explosion occurred to
day.
Suspended from the center Of thu
airship was luxurlously furnished
cabin. She carried crew of tel
men.
The measurements of the Zeppelin
were: Length. 472 feet; width, 4.
feet; gas capacity, 10000 cubit
yards. Her three motors had !tota
OF 400 horsepower, expanded In foul
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