The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-29
LARGE Party ABOARD
WHEN WRECKED
Cost S137,5OO But Only silk
and Bottom Will Be Com
plete Loss

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dusseldorf, Germany, June 1s'--
Cdupt Zeppelins passenger airship,
Deutschland, the highest developed OF
all the famous aeronauts models, lies
on the top Of the Teutoburgian for
est, pierced with pine tree stems,
mass OF debated silk and twisted al
uminum. The 33 persons aboard the
ailship when il rested on the pines
after wild contest with storm,
escaped uniniured climbing down from
the wreck on a rope ladder to the
tree tops.
Herr C1lesm mn, general manager
of the new alrshlp company; Cher
Engineer Duers OF the Zeppelin com
pany, and Captain Wannenburg, who
personally had charge OF the crew
OF ten, and twenty newspaper men
sailed from Dusseldorf at $40 yes.
lie day morning for three hours ex-
cursi9n The objective point was
Doillmind about 35 mles from Dus-
seldorf, but high headwlnd prevail
ed and an effort was maze 10 reach
.aaehstef, a garrison town, SO that
a landing might be made on the pa-
.aue grounds by the aid OF the sol
diers 1t was realized that 1t would
.equire a large number of them to
hold the vast contrlgance or silk and
metal agalnst the wind.
Diaven by Storm.
ii was dangerous to attempt land.
ing in The open field because of the
stolm, as the metal was likely to
pound to pieces. In the high wind
one OF the motors refused to- work
and the other two were not powerful
enough to make any progress in the
gale. The airship drifted, swaylng IN
the violent gusts and sometimes lean
ing to an angle Of 40 degrees. All the
while the englnemen were at work
repairing the disabled motor. When
this was done all four SC ews were
driven at their full speed, under
which, in normal conditions, the air
ship was capable OF attaining a
speed Of forty miles an hour. But the
helmsman was unable to keep his
course and the craft was swung about
at the mercy OF the winds Colesmann
did not dare turn the ship around Tor
fear OF overturning, and decided to
drift in the gale which was blowing
at the ate of fifty miles an hour to.
ward Osmabruck, also garrison sta
ton. II he missed that he expected
to continue on to Senne.
L. dyed Whiwind.
Suddenly he perceived a whirlwind
coming, and ascended to a height OF
nearly 1000 feet to avoid the worst
OF it. With the whirlwind came a
heavy downpour Of rain. After half
an hour the Deutschland came down
to permit of observations, and II was
seen that the TeutobuYgain forest lay
below. The forward motor again
stopped, and Colesmann sent five OF
the spondents TO the aft gOn
dola to ballast the vessel
The Deutschland went to a higher
altitude Immediately and dragged
along the top Of the dense forest A
heavy branch of tree broke through
the floor of the cabin amidshipa
throwing two Of the guests to the
floor Other branches ripped through
the glass compartments and the
whole & eat structure settled down
thirty Or forty feet from the ground
| /"It isn't the fault Of the Zeppelin
Vsystem,' exclaimed Herr Colesmann
that is alright 1t Is our own fault
ourben zine ran out"
The airship. for which Herr Coles
mann's company had just paid 1897,
500, looked like a wreck. The frame,
were broken. but the motors were no
hanged. The silk was ripped an,
had. fallen in torn mass on the tod
OF the trees.