The Detroit times., 1913-10-17
Zeppelin LIZ. Latest q
Line Of Air Craft Pl
Earthward Mass q ~
Was Trial Tn
ACCIDENTS DESTnOYU B
TWO SISTER &
Today's Disaster Culninn1
Fleets Ill Luck
Commissionefs AlDs6r

afternoon % men woeU e0roC
dead, cut Of 81, lNcjudlWo tto 4eC
and an admjra)ty .oognQno0n
who were aboard the new 1on(
TN l-2, which oxplodod
burned In mldsalr; at the JQ)G
thai field. !. I32 II
The aluminium frNm,eveogk \. q a.
the dirIgIbls, which Sas a1Dog
that reached Che ground, NGC
hot that reecuerS at Nrot
not 20 near it. This oouoo1
fieot osroNoouo. eOtlMoooo oe
dead. Al of the bodies Noeo
rlbly man0led. H Is
aviation Held from all dleoG n
to check the crowds 11sG& 0
cred and military anbulancoo
rIsd to carry away the bedleY
BERLIN, Oct. 17.-Membero M
admiralty commission, hendD6
Capt. Behnison. and the ent1ro &11(
of the Zeppelin dirigiblo La g 1
in all, were instantly kil1ed r.
when the balloon blew up. 4ooo
above JOhanniSthal aviation%
near Berlin. S}1!
The LIZ was the latest OF Tho ~
war craft built By tho 1opDoU1 ~
pany for the German navy. ond
on her trial trip. The admiFulty &
missioners who were killed ~
accident, were aboard to approve
dirigible and take her over ~
navy.
One Of those who saw ,tha a0ol
was Manager Wiener,
ross Aeroplano WORMS, u
the Johauni0thal neeo11
Il heard = tefr1flC a.
IRAN out*U1 my shop" he1
the Zeppelin . mass Of
5000 feet up. \
1T was fascinating alGht. I
big bag blased from end 70 end. nv
fore the wreck hit the ground, IT.
dirigible had been entirely cousu1no
except for her alumlnum fruWosWo4I
frame In the air, and fell oope10e
to dash to death on the grUund.
others, including the commjeseUn1g
fell with the metal work gnd NU<l
buried under t."
The Zeppelin LIZ was the only e.
maining aerial cruiser Of the eir q
vision OF the German army. She wm1
the last dirigibie built. Acctden
destroyed two other Zeppelins.
great loss Of life. shortly aftef1
was completed and put IN co.,
sion. ~ G
Johannisthal field Is the most C1
tentious IN Germany, on the outsk1E11
OF Adlershof. which ID . suburb
Berlin. S{
The accident ono of the most spq
tacuiar In the history Of 0erman>avlC
tion. was seen by hundreds of poopo0
The huge craft. measuring 30 Noel
from end to end, was sailing gJAG4
fully 5000 feet up. when su0demz1
those below were horrided to eeo n
burst Of fame and smoke. i
Instantly are enveloped the greo(
gas bag. II was not until . perceDt
ible lapse of time that the spellbou11
watchers heard tho terrific det0n1
tfon, and knew that an explosion bal
caused the fre. The monster bal
loon plunged earthward like . 6lo0
ing meteor. and the spectators scat
tered In all directions to save them
selves from the deluge Of hre thai
came with her.
This was the sixth Of the aircraft
built by the aged Count Zeppelin. pt
oneev OF German aviation. that haG
come to grief. but only the last three
accidents were attended with loss q
life.
The admiralty commission WA
made mp OF Capt Behnisch, Lieuts
Commander Ffeyer. naval ofsicers;.
Naval Architects Neumann and Piets'
ker. and Naval Engineer Busch. They
were all killed instantly.
| Lieut.. Commander Freyer was n
command OF the dirigible. He wAs
formerly an aide-de-camp TO Prince
Adalbert. third son OF the kaiser
Immediately after the accfdene
thousands OF people streamed out q
the aviation field.
The kaiser ordered complete ~
port at once.