Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-17
ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP
FALLS WITH II MEN
New and Largest Of Germar Aircraft e
plodes While on 1r Flight.
TWENTY.SIX MEN KILLED OUTRIGHT

and tho next moment tho whole chip
was aflre and plunging downward.
Every inch OF the canvas covering and
the balloonets disappeared In . mo-
ment.
A second and moro violent explosion
was then heard. the fire having reached
the gasolene tanks, filled with about =
ton Of liquid fuel. The wreck OF the
most modern German dkigible soon
lay flaming mass on sne ground.
Wsrek 10 Complete.
Tho fro departments of all the
neighboring suburbs. with the detach.
ments Of the balloon corps. the Pioneer
and other troops were soon on tho spot,
but there was nothing left to save.
The balloon lay in q great curve like
a letter IS" mass of glowing wires
and tangled girders. The cylinders OF
the motors in the center gondola and
one of the after propellors cold be dis.
tinguished. Otherwise there was noth-
ing to indicate that the wfeckage WAS
that of Germany's proudest airship.
Pioneers hacked at the wreckage for
two hours before they extricated the
last OF the victims OF the disaster.
The victims were borne to the bal-
Icon bal! ard company Of soldiers
roped of the place to keep back the
crowd.
Bodies Blown Quarter Of Mile.
The six inmates OF the center gon-
dola had been blown thru the car and
their bodies fell a quarter Of mile
away from the wreck OF the balloon
which was travelling at the rate Of
forty miles an hour at the time OF the
accident All the others. with the ex-
ception Of two. were apparently killed
by the explosion of the gasolene tank
and were probably dead before tho
wreckage reached the earth.
The commander and members of tho
admiralty trial board were seated In
the officers gondola. After the hro
broke out they were Gagged inside net
work Of red hot girders.
Two Survive Fall.
Two Of the crew were still alive
age. One, however. died before he was
Won Bleul, was desperately injured
Both his eyes were busued out. He
urged the rescuers to x:ii him.
Besides the officers already men-
toned Lieutenant Trenk. who was sec-
ond In command; Chief Engineer
Houssmann and three engineer secre-
taries from the Admiralty BOARD were
Killed.
Tho pilot. Captain alund. was the
only civilian on board the airship. He
was the commander OF ,ne Zeppelin
balloon which landed In France last
April The rest on board were offi-
GERS Of the German navy.
The engineers Of the Zeppelin COM
pany had expressed tne:r confidence
when the LIZ" was completed. that
she would be able to cross the Allan
tic.
Cause Not known.
unknown. The dirigible had just left
quarter OF a mile in the direction OF
Berlin
Spectators suddenly saw a mighty
pillar of fire shoot from the middle OF
the balloon and the next minute tho
balloon was a mass OF flames. plung-
Ing to earth.
The LIZ" was the largest and latest
OF the new craft designed for the Ger
man navy. II was about 500 feet long.
Seven Zeppelin Ships Destroyed.
The Zeppelin airships have been sim
gulary unfortunate ever since their In
vention by the aged soldier-count. Sew
en- have been destroyed by fire. explo-
sion or wreck. Zeppelin's 1. 2. ana 6.
Deutschland 1 and 2. and now the Lei"
and "L-2." tho first big airships ut
tached to the navy, have met with dis
aster in this way.
Many minor accidents have hap
pened to other air vessels of the same
type. involving large list Of killed or
injured.
On the occasion Of the last disaster
on Sept. 3. the German emperor Is said
to have wept on hearing tho news. He
had been in command of the naval
maneuvers during the day and tho
naval dirigible had been engaged In
reconnaissance work. In the evening
she was blown to sea in violent gale.
THREE Aviators Killed.
Not only the navy but the army a.
well suffered from aviation accidents
today. Three army officers were killed
this morning in accidents.
Captain Haesaler, Lieutenant Koch
and Sergeant Mante. all OF the German
army aviation corps. were the victims
OF the fatal aeroplane accidents which
occurred early this morning
Captain Haesaler, accompanied BY
Lieutenant Freiberg. and Lieutenant
Koch. accompanied by Sergeant Mante.
left Berlin last night with Instructions
TO lily 10 points III S!!esla and Bavaria,
respectively. to deliver military nles-
sages.
The motor OF Captain Haesaler.s
aeroplane broke down In the vicinity
OF Breslau. The officer endeavored to
make an emergency landing In the
darkness The car settled In tree
top and the captain was pinned In be-
meath the motor with an arm ana leg
broken. His companion was net in-
jured. He climbed down and secured
help. but after trying for several hours
to extricate the injured man the sase-
line tank OF the aeroplane exploded
an. CAPTAIN Haesaler WAS burned tpS
death.
Lieutenant Koch and Sergeant
Mante fell near Wurxburs. Both NsefAs