The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-29
TREES PIERCE
BIG A|RSH|P
Greatest of all Aeronautic Models
Lies Mass of Wreckage in
German Forest.
ALL THIRTY PASSENGERS
ESCAPE WITHOUT INJURY
Motor Fails and Big Ship at Mercy
of Wind, is Tossed in Fierce
Gale-Disabled Motor Repaired
While in the Air.

DUSSELDORF Germany, June 2S.
Count Zeppelins passenger airship
Deutchland. the greatest of all fam
Gus aeronautic models. lies tonight in
the Teutoburgian forest pierced by
pine trees. a mass of debated silk and
twisted aliminum The thirty-three
passengers, aboard thu air ship when
il struck the pines after wild contest
with storm, escaped uninjured
climbing down from the wreck on a
rope ladder
Herr Colesmann, general manager
Of the airship company, Chief En-
gineer Buers of the Zeppelin airship
and Charles Wanneberg, who had
charge of the crew of ten and twenty
newspaper men, started from Dussel
dorf at $40 this morning for three
hours excursion.
High Wind Spells Plans.
The objective point was Dortmund,
about thirty-fve miles from Dussel
dorf. but a high wind prevailed and
an effort was made to reach Munster
so a landing might be made on the
parade ground with the aid of the
would take a large number of men to
hold the vast continuance of silk and
metal against the wini.
Motor BaIks.
In the high wind one of the motors
refused to work and the other two
did not give sufficient power to make
any Roadway in the gale The air
ship drifted swaying in the violent
gusts of wind and sometimes leaning
an an angle of 40 degrees All the
while the en2inemen were al work re-
pairing the disabled motor.
When this was done all four screws
were driven at their full power. I'm
der normal conditions. the engines
arc capable of driving the airship at
a speed Of 40 miles an hour but the
helmsman was unable to keep HIS
course and the great craft was swung
about at the mercy of the winds.
Coleman did not dare to come
about for fear of overturnng and de-
cidcd TO drift with the gale toward
Oianbruck garrison. He then decided
TO continue on to Senne. Suddenly he
perceived a whirlwind coming and as
eended TO a height of nearly 1000 feet
10 avoid the center of it. With the
whirlwind came a heavy downpour Of
rain.
Motor Again Stops.
After half an hour the Deutschland
came down to permit of observations
and it was seen that the TeitOburgian
forest lay below. The forward motor
stopped again and Coesmann sent
five of the correspondents to the aft
EOndoa to trim the vessel. The
Deutschland sank rapidly having lost
much gas in the high altitude and
dragged along the top of the dense
forest.
A heavy branch of a tree broke
through the bottom of the cabin
amidship throwing two of the guests
TO the floor. Other branches ripped
through the gas compartments and
the whole great structure settled down
to within thirty or forty feet of the
ground
Bcn1inc Ran Out
at is not the fault of the Zeppelin
system declared Colesmann. That
is all right. 1t is our fault, our ben
zine ran out"
The airship which cost $4,000,
looked like a wreck. The motors how
ever are not damaged. Reports of
the disaster. explosion and death
we're spread broadcast. A party of
officers and surgeons came by auto
from Aburg while the district gov
ernor and wife arrived within half
an hour by special tain.
A company of infantry was sent
from Osnabruck and We're picketed at
the wreckage.