The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1910-07-06
HAS HARD LUCK
Zeppelin S Great Anship Is Wrecked BY
Ireeteps.
NO One INJURED
after ynavaiiins Contest With Ter
rifle Ssorn, and Whirfwind the
Disabled Monster Falls Heiple>>.
All the Passengers Lowered TO

4 dispatch from Dusseldorf. G"'..
SAYS Count Zeppe!in'S passenger air
ship Deutschland. the highest de-
veloped Of all the aeronauts models.
lies on top OF the TeutobourSain
forests. pi.rce1 with pine tree
stem. mass Of defatcd silk and
twisted aluminium. The ;S persons
aboard, after a wild contest with
storm. escaped unnjured. climbing
down rope ladder from the wreck
on the pine tops.
Her. Colesman. general manager
OF the new airsh:p company. Chief
ensinee. Durr Of the Zeppelin COM
pany and Capt Kanuenburs. ~ho per
sonally had charge Of the crew OF
ten and twenty newspaper men hail
ed from Dusseldorf at $50 O'Clock
Tuesday morning for three hours
excursion. Tie objective point was
Dortmund. about 35 miles from Dus-
seldorf. but a high head wind pre-
vailed and an effort was made 10
reach Munster. a garrison town. so
that a landing might be made Oh the
parade ground.
It was dangerous to attempt
landing in an open field. because OF
the storm. as the metal was likely to
pound TO pieces. One OF the motors
.efused to work and the other tw"
were not powerful enough 20 make
any progress in the gale The air
ship drifted. swayiug in the violent
gusts and sometimes leaning 10 an
angle Of 80 degrees. and all the
while the enginemen were at work
repairing the disabled motor. When
this was done all four screws were
driven under full! power. with which
under normal conditions. the ship
was able 10 make 20 miles an hour.
But the helmsman was unable 10
Keep his course. as the great craft
was swung about a. the mercy OF the
winds.
t.o:csmann dij not dare 20 turn
the ship around for fear OF orertuTn-
ing. AID he decided 20 drift IN IN.
gale which was now blowing a. .a'
rate ol hGy miles an hour toward
Osnabruck. which is also garrison
:o.n. II he missed ;ha, he would
continue en- 10 ScRie.
Sua.;enl: he perceived I whiriw!nd
coming and assembled 10 hrigh' o:
,ea-lv ono fe.t TO avoid the worst
Of il. With the whirlwinc came al
avaIanche CT rain. Alter an hou'
me Deu,chland came down TO permit
IT observation and il vas seen that
the Teutobourgian forest Jay beio"
Tn. forward motor again stopped
md Colesmann sent FIVE OK the cor
respondents 10 the aft gondola TO
balance the vessel. The ship sank
rapidly. having lost much gas IN the
nigh attitude and dragged along 'he
TOP of the dense forest. a heSv!
branch OF a tree broke through th'
door OF the cabin amidships. threw
ing two OF the guests TO the aoot.
Other branches ripped through ih'
Sas compartments and the who:"
Srea; structure settled down 80 O!
80 fee, from the ground.
1t is not the fault OF the Ze2pe-
lin system. declared Herr Cole
mann: that is all right. Il IS on!
own fault and our benzire ran out.
The sirship 70. which Herr Coles
mann's company had just paid sl3i.-
800 looked like wreck. The frames
were broken but the motors were
not damaged. The silk vas ripped
and had fallen in torn mass or
the tops Of the trees.
4 rope ladder was swung down and
everyone was mustered below unIn.
Jured except for a bruise or two.
Two natives identified the spot a.
nea. 10 Wellendor.. east OF Csna-
bruck.
Many persons Of the countryside
nus; have seen the descent and re-
sultant disaster Reports OF death
were widely spread a company o.!
infantry ~as sen, from Osna bruck.
and p!cketed the wreckaEe.