Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-07-14
TANK EXPL0DES AND
CAR SHOOTS 10 EARTH
Occupants of Machine Are Crushed
and Torn Almost Beyond Reeosni-
tion-Hesds Are Battered in and
Every Limb is Broken and Motor
is Buried Deep Into sod.

LElcHLlNGTN. RHENfSH PRuS-
STA. July 1s.-Faning through space
q distance Of nearly 900 feet. Oscar
r hslceh. ncted aeronaut and iayen-
tor. winner of the. international bal
icsn race held at ST. Louis, No. IN
1907. ard one CT the most promising
CT Germsn expsrimentess in aerial
hight, and four companions, were
dashed to death today III a field near
Opladen The othels killed were Herr
Tcelle, manufactures of Barmen;
Engineers Hoppe and Krantz. and
the mctcrman. Spicke
Only peasants saw the trsgic ending
of the Il ght Ct the dirigible balloon
Erbslceh which, fter series OF un-
fortunate accidents since its cnnstiuc-
ticn year ago. had recently been re-
fitted for passenger -CeTvice. They.
had Observed the balloon short tine
bsfcre az 1t swung gracefully in the
air Soon It disappeared in the aog.
and shortly lctd explos on was
heard snd crumpled mass fell ike
a plummet to the earth. So terrible
VIZ the force of the fall, the gondola
was smashed to splinters. the motor
was buried deep in the sod, while the
five men were c,ushed and1Rorn al
NEST be-ond recognition.
Sad Memento.
Experts who examined the wreck
age afterwards. declared that The ben
zire tank had. burst The rubber en-
xlvpe had been torn 10 shreds and
the bow collapsed. Nearby was found
q sad merhento of the disastrous trip.
It was leaf f-cm the note book OF
Engineer 'HOeppe. contain ng d short
reccIJ Of the Journey.
There We're only rev words-"De-
parted Hall 900; assembled at s:oy;
chick fog no:thwzrd: cannot see
earth; sun break: through: heavy fcgl
below US; elevating psans7 zlore1
downward: altitude. 2Se metres tsf6
fee0 ct 9.f4r
This IS the sole record OF the last
voyage Of the Etbsioeh. the other de-
tails cf which cannot be learned, 0w-
ing 10 the death OF an CT the occa-
parts CT the car PeasaRts nesr The
scene OF the catastrophe say that they
heard the propeilers working. They
fired reyclveIs in order to indicese so
the aeronsuts, then hidden IN the fes.
that they were ip the. refgh5ornocdi
Ct 5crses, then the explosion occrssed
and. they saw the broken mass huri-
ing downward
The Erbsloeh had had a dubious ca
reer.
Just Made Over.
The first time K descended Il crash
ed into a ciump os~rees and its &C.
cupants narrowly escaped injury The
ballccn, which was CT the no8 d
type. had just been made over prep
ssatcTy 10 the establishment CT pas
sengeF service between EaberfeIs nd
nearby points. Today il was infiateul
Tor a fral test by the crew. The as
cent was made rear OPlaeen and dur
ing fog
There were lew eye witnesses 10
the accident According 20 thee the
star; MS wer made. The Erbsloeh
rcse gracefully. pushing is WY
through TIE fog 10 q height est mated
at several h1n1-ed Yards. At shis al
tituce'a series Ct esol1tiens vas BE-
xsH To The onicoke-s the airship
appeared TO obey her helm perfectly
suddeEiy shVTe Wss loud reinrf and
and ?, the moment the fo-cr<rt 81
the vessel csumplcd up and he xon-
dols was twisted bout rnt;l II sp-
rearea a. though standing on end. As
the ga escapcd from the forward -sm-
ysrtmcnt. the prov waved downward
Per fash the airship fuffestd like a
wounded b I'd ana then fen sssftly to
earth. Ertz,oeh ana bts comp mons
st7c killcG the second they struck
ihe gTouad Their hczcs were hat
tered In sr1 every limb ~as broken.
The scdies Of the victims vcre re-
ascvcd 70 = InCrruc
Badly Mangles.
Tie bod 81 "a. .osE uouiS not
have been rccv znized hsd Il been
found aisnc One % thc eneinrer~
vas picrced raS0reh ;hc breast b. .
Disce . TIE vrrckser The ryrs 81
tconiinotd On Fourth Pace