The Washington herald., 1910-06-29

Dusseldorf. Germany. June Z-After
being tossed before a heavy gale with q
broken engine, the Zeppelin dirIgible bal
loon Deutschland. with a crew and twen-
y newspaper men. was dashed into
forest l25 miles from here tonight.
The windows of the saloon car, which
we're closed TO protect the passengers
freHs the sgind md Tain. we're shattered
By the shock. while tree trunk was
driven through part Of the car and an
other one pierced one Of the baIloonets.
Nobody was hurt. and partly by ropes
and partly by scrambling down branches
OF the trees. all reached the ground re-
1oieing that they had suffered nothing
worse than bruises and slight cuts from
broken glass.
Provisions Give Out.
The trip was intended to last two or
three hours, and only a small ouanrttv
OF provisions were carried. Those were
exhausted early in the day. and the IN
lucky travellers landed ravenousiy hun
gry They were obliged to trudae
through helds sodden with rain 10 Osna-
bruck, the nearest town.
soldiers from Osnabruck have gone 10
ny 70 save the airship. but the latest
reports give little hope that they viii be
aoie 10 do more than watch the wreck
Anyway. nothing can be done until the
wind abates. Meanwhile the vessel is
settling down among the trees like a ri-
gantic dead worm.
Vain Attempts TO Land.
vain attempts were made TO land az
two or three places, where soldiers were
mustered in readiness to help In re-
sponse TO dropped requests BY evening
the airship was drifting at the mercy OF
the wind Some times it was lost In the
clouds.
AT about o'clock a squan drove IT
suddenly 10 a height OF 1900 feet. caus-
ing great loss of gas. This. combined
with saturation from continuous rain.
resulted In an equally sudden fan
The occupants expected TO be dashed
to the earth. The falling Of the airshlp
was. however, checked when Il wes about
zoo feet from the ground and the helpless
hulk continued its eastward career be-
fore the tempest until finally it dashed
into the forest with a terrific crash.
The air liner ascended at an early hour
this morning with a score Of journalists
as guests. the intention being to make
voyage over the countryside and return
in two hours The Deutschland was
afioat sixteen hours.
When the heavy wind arose the pilot
tried 10 turn the Deutschland back 10
her anchorage in this city, but he found
II impossible to maneuver the ship sue
cessfully, owing to her broken motor. He
then tried To turn TO land at Dortmund
and at MuensteT. oBth attempts. how
ever, proved too dangerous and were
abandoned.
GrumbIe at His InactfOn.
There was considerable grumbling dur
ing the last few days because the airship
failed TO make another fight. and the
declaration was made by many that
Count Zeppelin was fearful Of the effect
Of bad weather. Though conditions were
not favorable to-day, he asked the news
paper men to accompany him that he
might disprove the current rumors.
Most OF the newspaper men were from
the large cities of Germany. but few
OF them were representatives of American
and English publications
The newspaper correspondents were the
guests of Count Zeppelin and the Ham
burg-American and German Airship
Stock companies, joint owners of the
air liner.