The sun., 1910-06-29
GALE WRECKS ZEPPELIN SHIP
ESCAPE m 4 TREE
iTTER 10 HOURS BCFFETING.
I,ru,.-hIand Made Grand FIEhi In RaEInE
Wind Ouly CAme Down Whea PetrSl
Ga,r out I.SOO Feet Dcsp Prem
cloud to Forest Rent By Tree Trunks.


..nou-tnted IT, inability 10 stand a
Heuug by rough winds and its general
reliability except IN the iairss, Weath,r.
The Deutschland rose from D0sssI
dori this morning with a crew Of seveh
and score Of German and foreign news
v.prr men 10 show her fitness for her
advertised role as a passenger carrier
Tonight. after nine or ten hours hat
Ting with a tempest, during which those
on hoard Of her were never certain that
they would esoapc with their lives. the
vessel lies wrecked IN the TeutoburEer
forest. near the village of Iburg in West
r1aln The latest reports say her mo-
torS an. smashed and her hull rippsd 10
l"ces
Her commander in starting chose
. course against the wind, and at first
although the speed was very slow. th-
strship made good Il seems. however.
that the continual struggle aRins, the
md oysrrt rlined the machinery and
o. noon one Of the motors besa me dis
Jed Aiterward things wen, from bad
e. worse and the previous experiences
oI the Zeppelin a,rships were repeated
YAM attempts were made 10 land al
~. 0r three places where soldiers were
mustered IN readiness to help ia RESPONSE
Q. dropped requests BY evening the air
ship was drifting at the mercy " the wind
~1metimes IL was lost in the clouds At
about q O clock a sluall drove Il suddenly
10 q height u 1000 feet causing a great
io-s ot gas This. combined with satura-
tluu from continuous rain. resulted in an
equally sudden fall.
The occupants expected o. he dashed
20 the earth. The falling oi the airship
vas however. checked when it was about
go feet from the ground and the helpless
hulk continued its eastward career before
the tempest until finally Il dashed into
the forest with terrific crash
Ina windows of the saloon car. which
were CLOSED 70 protect the passengers
from the wind and rain. we're shattered
~ the shock. while a tree trunk was
driven through part of the car and another
ora piero-d one of the tallOon~ts By
lucky accident nohOdy was seriously hurt
nd partly by Top.-s and partly hy
-crambling down the branches of treps
al reached the ground. rejoicing that
they had suffered nothing Wotse then
bruises and slight cuts from broken gh--
The trip was intended ~ last two o.
three hOurs. and only a small quantity ~
provisions was cr-ried These were
exhausted early In tho dlv and ~ un-
lucky travellers landed ravencuslv hun
cry. They were Obliged 10 trudge
through fields sOdden with rain TO O~1a-
br 1ck. the nearest town
Soldiers from Ounabrnc& have gone 70
try 20 save the airsi ip. but Tho latest r.
ports give little hope that they Will he able
IN do moFe than watch the wreck Any
way nothing can he done until tla wind
.nates. Meanwhile the veslel il B.ttling
do IN am ong the trees like q gigantic
dead worm. l2S miles from Drsssld0'f
whither Il was Intended % rsturl after
a happy aerial plcnic.
4 late despatch from a new spaper man
= no was on board the Deutschland paws
y tribute - the excellence Of the ship and
rpW To both we're due the fact that she
elf out ~ long against a Rals such ~
r,p airship ever before experienced She
ught grandly inch by inch. sloping first
forward and then aft She often hung
rDutionlsAs for a quarter ~ an hour. her
ruapellers revolving a. full speed but
ppverless 10 drive her agliny' tIs wind.
Aftar a nine hours struggle thf petrol
gave 0ut the propellers faltared and then
stopped Caught in a sudden downward
swirl the great airship crashed hrlplessly
down INTO a 1r forest from the heart of
.!ou-a rain cloud go feet above. and was
Immediately impaled IN a donen places
uprr the branches of trees.
q There wa- rending. tearing sound end
H." ship shvcred and struggled ~ though
,ry.ng n Tide. Then there was another
rrash and sp!intsred tree trunks stabbed
through fha Foor oI the cabin and into !
me aterpart ~ the IN loon. RIPPING the !
.,as compartments in AL directions.
H.d ths sir-hip struck the ground with |
lt.. ana 'Drce that Il hit the trees scarcely !
o. "ne cp'Ild have escaped seriOps in !
Fl"
pr-srLDoEV. June -. Tho big Zspps-
lr slrshtp Deuts Inland had a had day /
II % today With seven men N her creW
1d 'w-Bty passengers she wAs driven
'-iorr IN. wind belplessly Tor TEN hours.
A. ,s-t she made landing IN a clump
r-aes on the edge n the Teutoburger
ur"-t The pas-engsrs. newspaper men
y un we're put for a trial trip. had 10 slide
irVn r1pes thirty feet 10 the ground.
The ascension was made AZ s3O O'Clock
ris morning brisk wind vas blowing.
rhIgh -oon developed into a EAle. The
r"v tried - turn tho dingibls back 20
"r anchorage. but they found it irnpOs-
u'. The ship few before the south
'-st wind toward Ellerfeld and Munster. 4
n" motor became unruly and the only
..rg leit Tor the pilot n do was 30 drop
. '.rrh az the first favorable oppOF-
unity
iia tried 10 make a landing az Dort-
% nd and AZ Munster. but the gale had
sr,atly freshened that he had IN give
frs attempt. at both places. Such
..H" fears were eutsrtained hers a.
rnH safety II the Eirzhip that word !,
.- r..az..d - all military posts along
hoo N1e - flight ordering troops 10 bs
siv in help should the pilot bring his
u .HgH "A the earth
Nnr'~ we're dropped along the course