The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-07

Dusseldorf, Germany Especially -
Count Zeppelins passenger airship
Deutschland, the highest developed
of all the famous aeronaut's models,
lies on the top of the Teutoburgian
forest pierced with pine-tree stems,
a mass of Debated silk and twisted
| aluminium. The 33 persons aboard,
after a wild contest with a storm,
escaped uninjured. climbing down a
rope ladder from the wreck on the
pine tops. Herr Colesmann, general
manager of the new airship com.
pany; Chief Engineer Duerr, of the
Zeppelin Company, and Captain
Kannenberg, who personally had
charge of the crew of 10, and 20
newspaper men sailed from Dussel-
dorf at $50 A. NJ. for a three-hour
excursion
The objective point was Dort-
mund, about 35 miles from Dussel-
dorf, but high head of wind pre-
vailed and an effort was made to
reach Munster, a garrison town. SO
that a landing might be made on
the parade ground by the aid of the
SOiuAOiot anu IL was ltdllLcu IndI III
would require large number of
| them to hold the vast contrivance
of silk and metal against the wind.
A Motor Fails.
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 refused to
work and the other two we're not
powerful enough to make any prog
ress in the gale
The airship drifted swaying in the
violent gusts and sometimes leaning
to an angle of 40 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, un-
der which in normal conditions the
airship was capable of attaining
speed of 40 miles an hour But the
helmsman was unable to keep his
course, and the great craft was
swung about at tho mercy of the
winds
Colesman did not dare to turn
the ship around for fear of over
turning, and he decided to drift in
the gale, which was blowing at the
rate OF so miles an hour, toward
Osnabruck, which is also a garrison
station. If he missed that he would
continue on to Senne
Up 1000 Feet.
Suddenly he perceived a whirl-
WIND coming and ascended to
height of nearly 1000 feet to
pVniH thn % q.
whirlwind came an avalanche of
rain. After half an hour the
Deutschland came down to permit of
observations and 1t was seen that the
Teutoburgian forest lay below. The
forward motor again stopped and
Colesmann sent five OF the corre-
spondents to the aft gondola to bal
last the vessel.
The Deutschland sank rapidly,
having lost much gas in the high
attitudes, and dragged along the top
of the dense forest. A heavy branch
of a tree broke through the floor
of the bin amidships, throwinr
two OF the guests to the floor. Other
branches ripped through the gas
compartments and the whole great
structure settled down 80 or 40 feet
from the ground.
1T isn't the fault OF the Zeppelin
SYSTEM" exclaimed Herr Colesmann;
that is all right. 1t is our own
fault, and our benzine ran out"
The airship, for which Herr Coles
mann's company had Just paid s137,-
500, looked a total wreck. The
frames we're broken. but the motors
were not damaged The silk was
ripped and had fallen In torn mass
on the tons of the trees