Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-29
IS NOT DISCOURAGED
Zeppelin Gathering Fragments
of His Big Airship.
TO MAKE FLIGHT TO VIENNA
Soldiers Guard the Dismantling Of
the Deutschland.
VIEWING CRIPPLED FLYER
Almost Miraculous Escape of the
Thirty-Two Passengers From the
Wreck of the Balloon.
VIEWING CRIPPLED FLYEI

OSNABRUECk, Germany. June %
Count Zeppelin, disappointed but not dis
couraged, hurried here today to super
intend the salvage of his latest aerial
model. the great airship Deutschland.
which came TO grief in less experienced
hands yesterday. The count has an en-
gagement for the near future to fly
from Friedrichshafen to Vienna and ex-
hibit his invention to Emperor Francis
Joseph, and he proposed to make good
JoSeph. and he proposes to make good
resumption OF the passenger service,
however, are not bright. The airship
company announces that the accident will
necessitate a suspension for several
months of the advertised excursions. but
also that it proposes to renew this serv-
ice at the earliest possible date After
hours Of perilous flight, during which it
was driven hither and thither at the ca
price of pitiless wind, the Deutschland
found desperate refuge in the fir trees
of Teutoburgian Valid Her framework
was wrenched and the great envelope
badly torn. Her thirty-two passengers,
including twenty newspaper men. had al
most miraculous escapes from injury.
Taking Airship Apart.
necessary to completely dismantle the
airship and the work of taking it to
pieces was begun. 1t was expected that
the various parts could be put together
and shipped to Friedrichshafen tonight.
During the operations today a member
OF the crew was severely injured.
Throughout the night 30 soldiers stood
guard about the clump of trees in the
branches of which the airship wedged
loS vavlin Ta6o 4 he
soldiers were occupied with restraining
the thousands of persons who f1ocked in
from miles around, bent on having a
view of the crippled flyer.
The next voyage of the Deutschland will
be made with Count Zeppelin at the helm.
Yesterdays Disaster.
The disaster occurred at $50 o'clock
in the evening. The early part of the
flight was delightful, much like automo-
billing. without the Earring. The airship
maintained an altitude of about 500 feet,
and during the first hour or two the pas
sengers felt a contempt for the trains
rumbling below and spoke of automobiles
rs out Of date. This was when the air.
country. but during the height of the
storm the conscienceS of those aboard
were not so easy.
The objective point of yesterdays trip
was Dortmund. about thirty-fve miles
from Dusseldorf, but a high head wind
prevailed and an effort was made to
reach Munster. garrison town, SO that
q landing might be made on the parade
ground with the aid of the soldiers, and
IL was realized that Ii would require a
large number of them to hold the vast
continuance of silk and metal against
the wind.
Motor Fails to Work.
1t was dangerous to attempt a landing
in an open field because of the storm as
the metal was likely to pound to pieces
In the high wind one of the motors re-
fused to work and the other two were
not powerful enough to make any prog
ress in the gale.
The airship drifted. swaying i'm the vio-
lent gusts and sometimes leaning to an
angie of forty degrees, and all the while
the enginemen were at work repairing
the disabled motor. When this was done
all four screws were driven at their full
power. under which in normal conditions
the airship was capable of attaining
speed OF forty miles an hour. But the
helmsman was unable to keep his course.
and the great craft was swung about at
the mercy OF the winds.
Did Not Dare to Turn.
General Manager Colesmann did not
dare to turn the ship around for fear of
overturning. and he decided TO drift in
the gale, which was blowing at the rate
Of fifty miles an hour, toward Osnabreuck.
which is also a garrison station. II he
missed that he would continue on to
Senne.
Suddenly he perceived a whrlwind
coming and assembled to height of
nearly 1000 feet to avoid the worst of il.
With the whiriwind came an avalanche
OF rain After half an hour the Deutsch-
a n
tons and IL was seen that the Teuto-
burglar forests lay below. The forward
motor again stopped and Colesmann sent
hve OF the correspondents to the aft gon-
dola TO ballast the vessel.
Balloon Sinks Rapidly.
The Deutschland sank rapidly. having
lost much gas in the high attitudes, and
dragged along the top of the dense for
est. A heavy branch of tree broke
through the floor OF the cabin amidships.
throwing two OF the guests to the floor
Other branches ripped through the gas
compartments and the whole great struc-
ground.
1T isn't the fault of the Zeppelin sys-
tenn" exclaimed Herr Colesmann: that
10 ali right. 1t is our own fault. and our
benzine ran out.
The airship. for which Manager Coles
manns company had just paid s131, 800
looked total wreck. The frames were
broken. but the motors were not dam
aged. The silk was ripped and had fallen
IN torn mass on the tops OF the trees
Escape by Rope Ladder.
rope ladder was swung down and
every one was mustered below, uninjured.
except for a bruise or two. Two natives
Identified the spot as near to WelIendorf.
east OF Osnabrueck
Many persons of the countryside must