The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-07-20
CRASH TO DEATH
FIRE German Aeresauts Fan a thousand
Feet 10 a nez:ble Fate.
= BALLOON COLLAPSES

= BALLOON COLLAPSES
The Accidental Explosion Of Dir:
Sible Air ships l;.nHinc Tsnl
Wrecks the Gas Bag and the Col
iapsed Balloon and Those In I
Hurled to Death.
Falling through space a distance
o. nearly 1000 feet. Oscar Erosloeh
noted aeroraut and inventor. winne'
OF the international balloon ract
helc at St. Louis. No.. in 1907. ant
one Of the mos; promising OF Ger
man erperientmers IN aerial flight
and tou. companions. were dashed
TO death in a field near Op!aoer
Prussia. Wednesday
The others killed were: Herr
Toelle. manufacturer OF 3arnen
Engineers Poehhoeppe and Kranz
and Motorman Sp!cse-
Only peasants saw the tragic end
Ing OF the fiSh, Of the dirisioie o2:-
loon Erbsloeh. which. after series
OF accidents since Is construction a
year ago. hal recently been reht;e'-
for passenger service. They had OBJ
served the balloon short time be
fore as il swung gracefully in the
air. Soon i, disappeared in the fog.
and shortly a loud explosion was
heard and a crumbled mass fell like
a piummes TO the earth
So terrific was the force OF the
fall that tie Sondola vas smashed
to sp,insers. the motor buried deep
n the sod. while the Ave men were
crushed and torn almost beyond rec
oSaition-
Experts xho examined the wreck
ase declared that the benzsne tank
had bursted. The rubber envelope
had been torn to shreds and the
bow collapsed Nearby was found
a sad memen;o OF the disastrous
,Tp. /. was a leaf Srom the note
Soos OF Ensinee. Hoeppe. asking a
short record o: The journey. There
we're only few records:
Departed Hall 800: ascend air
$40: thick fog northward. Can not
see earth: sun breaks through:
heavy cog beneath US. Eleratins
planes s,oped downwards: altitude
ESQ metres isls :ees) at S.I4-
This Is the sole record of The
las. voyage OF Erbsloeh. the details
OF which can not be learned owing
TO the death OF all the occupants OF
the car. Peasants near the scene
o. the catastrophe say that they
heard the propellers working. They
fred revoiyers in order TO indicate
% the aeronau,s. then hidden in the
sog. that they we're in the neignbor-
hood OF houses. Then the explosion
occurred and they saw the broken
mass hari:ng downward.
The E-bsloeh has had dubious
career. The 6rst time Il ascended
It crashed into a clump o: trees and
its occupants narrowly escaped in
Jury. The balloon. which was one
OF che non-riEid type. had jus, beer
made over. preparatory to the es-
tsblishme Of a passenger service
between Eioerteld and nearby points
There were few eye-witnesses OF
the accident. According 20 these.
the start was xell made The Erbs-
,oeh rose gracefully. pushing its
way through the fog 70 heights es-
malet a; 500 yards. a, CHS aiti-
tude a series Of evolutions were be-
gun. To the onlookers the airship
appeared TO obey her helm perfectly
Suddenly there was loac report anc
at the moment the fore par. OF the
vesse. crumpled up and the Condo
las vas twisted about until appeared
az tho Standing on one end. As the
gas escaped from the forward COM
partmen, the PROV sSayed down
ward. For fash the airship nut
tered like wounded bird and tnea
Eel. swiftly TO the earth.
Erbssoeh and his companinos were
killed the second they struck the
rroucd. Their heads we're battered
in and every lirmb was broken The
bodies OF the victims we're removed
20 morSre. That OF Erosioef
would not have been recognized had
I, been alone. /. was pierced through
the breas; By piece OF wreck. Iat
eves OF the engineer were SouGet
cut. The hands OF ali ave were ti:hi
II clutched as though they had hei,
desperately 70 the car as it Sho
downward. Their shoes we're tor!
from their feet.
The death Of ErbSloeh and NJ
crow with the destruction Of ;hc ha:
loon from which much had hcc'
hoped following closely upon IA
wreck Cd the German ship Dcuchs
land. has caused gloom IN at!a
ton circles.
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