Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-30
AIGSHIP LODGES IN TREES
Big Dirigible, with Thirty Three Pas
sengers. Rides Through Storm
AL ESCAPE WITHOUT INJURIES
Peoplc Ship~recked I'm Mid-Air Climb
90 safety Down ROpes-Mo-
Tor is Disabled An
Heavy Gale.


DUSSELDORF. June Za.-Couut zeppeiin's
passenger EirshIp Deutschland. the highest
developed Of all the famous aeronaut's
rnodels. lies tonight on top Of the Teuto-
burEain forest, pierced with pine tree stems.
n mass OF Dictated silk and twisted alum
tnum.
The fhir1y-thiee persons aboard the air
ship when u rested on the pines after q
wild contest with a storm. escaped unin-
3ured. climbing down from the wreck on q
rope ladder 20 the tree tops.
Her Colesrnsn. general manager Of the
new airship company. Chief Engineer Duerr
Of the Zeppelin company, and Captain
Ksnnenberg. who personally had charge Of
the crew OF ten, and twenty newspaper
men sailed from Dusseldorf at $40 O'Clock
this morning for three hours excursion.
The objective point was Dortmuno, about
thirty-five miles from Dusseldorf but a
high head wind prevailed and an effort was
made TO reach Munster. q garrison town
70 that a handing might be made on the
parade ground BY the aid OF the soldiers.
IL was realized that il would require a
LARGE nurnbeI. Of them 10 hold the vast con-
trivanes Of silk and metal against the wind.
Motor Badly Disabled.
II was dangerous 10 attempt landing IN
open Ilei0 because O Inc SUI H. - wv
metal Was likely TO pound to pieces IN
The high wind one Of the motors refused 10
work. and the other two were not power
f15l enough to make any progress in the
gale. The airship drifted, sWaying in the
violent gusts. and sometimes leaning TO an
angie Of forty degrees. All the while the
enEinenen We're at work repairing the dis
abled motor. When this was done all four
screws were driven at their fun power
under which, In normal conditions, the air
ship was capable Of attaining speed OF
forty miles an hour. But the helnsnar
was unable 10 keep his course and this
great craft Was swung al the mercy OF tbs
winds
Colesmsnn did not dare TO turn the shiT
around for fear of overturning and de-
cided TO drift in the gale. which was blow
ing at the rate OF fifty miles an houl
toward Osnabruck. also a garrison station
II he missed that he expected TO continu'
on to Senne. Suddenly he perceived [
whirlwind coming and assembled to
height of nearly 1900 feet to avoid tn
worst of il With the whirlwtnd came
heavy downpour OF rain.
After half an hour the Deutschland cam
down 10 permit of ohservs tons, and II wa
seen that the Teutoburgian forest lay be
low. The forward motor again stoppe,
and Colesmann sent five OF the cor
respondents to the aft gondola TO balas
the vessel The Deutschland sank rapidly
having lost much gas in the high altitude
and dragged along the top of the dsns
forest
Passenger Thrown 10 Floor.
heavy branch OF a tree broke througl
the floor of the cabin smidships, throwing
two Of the guests to the floor. Othe
branches ripped through the gas compsrt
snents ana the whole great structur
settled down thirty 10 forty. feet from tn
ground ~ sqs ~
1T is not the fault of the Zeppelin sys
TEN" exclaimed Herr COlesmann. tina
as ali right. 1t is orE own fault on
benxine ran out"
The airship which ColesmAnB's compan,
had just paid S1ys.5oO looked like a wreck
The frames were broken but the motor
were not damaged. The silk was rippe
and had fallen in q torn mass on the top
Of the trees.
Reports of disaster, explosion and deaf
were widely spread. A party Of officer
and surgeons came by automobile fror
gburg, while the district governor and hl
wife. with first aid TO the injured ma
terfal arrived at the scene within half a
hour By special train A company Of in
fantry was sent from osnahrnck an
picketed the wreckage.
The disaster occurred at $50 O'Clock /
the evening. The early part OF the fligh
was delightful much like automobile
without the EARRING. The airship main
tanned an altitude Of about 800 feet. an
during the first hour or two the passenger
felt contempt for the trains rumbling dow
y below and spoke of automobiles as OF
Of date. This was when the airship va
sweeping gently across the country, bu
during the height OF the storm tn
consc lences OF those aboard were not $
easy.