The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-29
THE DEUTSCHLAND TANGLED
MASS or DEBRl IN TREE
TOPS OF BIG WOOD.
NO . ONE WAS INJURED
Thirty-three Passengers Went in For
an Excursion and Got Caught
in Terrible Storm-Bal.
loon Cost $137,500.

Dusseldorf, June 2S.-Zeppelin' );
passenger airship Deutschland lies to-
night on top of Teutoburgian forest,
pierced with pine tree stems, mass
OF debated silk and twisted aluminium.
Thirty-three persons were aboard,
and after a wild contest with storm,
escaped uninjured, climbing down a
rope ladder from the wreck on the
pine tree tops.
Herr Colesman, general manager OF
the new airship company, Chief En-
gineer Queer. Nof the Zeppelin com
pany, and Captain Kannenberg, who
personally had charge of the crew of
ten an1f twenty newspapermen sailed
from dusseldorf at $50 this morn
ing for three hours excursion. The
objective point was Dortmund, 80
miles from Dusseldor, but a high
head wind prevailed and an effort was
made to reach Munster, garrison
town, so that a landing might be made
on the parade ground by the aid CT
the soldiers, and it was realized that
ii would require large number OF
them to hold the vast contriyance of
silk and metal against the ind.
1t was dangerous to attempt land
ing 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 progress. The
airship drifted, swaying, sometimes
leaning to m angle of forty degrees.
The disabled motor was repaired but
the he}msman was unable to keep the
course and the craft was at the mercy
of the wind.
Collesman did not dare to turn
around for fear of overturning and he
decided to drift with the gale which
was blowing fifty miles an hour to-
ward Osnaburuck, which is also gar
sison station. If he missed that he
would continue on to Senne.
Suddenly he perceived whirlWlnd
coming and descended nearly 1000
feet to avoid the worst of 1t. With
the whirlwind came an avalanche Of
rain. After half an hour the Deutsch-
land came down and Teutoburgian
forest was seen below. The forward
motor again stopped and Colesmann
sent five correspondents to the aft
gondola to balance the vessel.
The Deutschland sank rapidly, hay
ing lost much of her gas in the high
attitudes and dragged along the top
OF the forest. A heavy branch broke
through the floor of the cabin amid
ship, throwing two of the guests to
the floor. Other branches ripped
through the gas compartments and
the whole structure settled down,
forty feet from the ground
Colesman said; TT is not the fault
of the Zeppelin system. Its our own
fault and our benzine ran out"
The airship, for which the Coles
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looked like a wreck. The frames
We're broken but the motors were not
damaged. The silk was torn mass
on the tops of the trees.
A rope ladder swung down and
every one mustered below, uninjured.
Many persons OF the country side
must have seen the descent. and re-
ports Of disaster, explosion and death
were widely spread.
A party OF officers and surgeons
came by automobile from burg. The
district governor and his wife, with
first aid TO The. injured material, ar
rived by special train A company
of onfantry was sent from Osnabruck
and picked up wreckage. The disas.
ter occurred at $50 D. m.
The early part of the flight was de-
lightful