The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1915-06-08
Lieut.. r. A. J. Warnetord, Cana
dian, Performs Feat.
DROPS MANY BOMBS ON 1T.
Above More Clumsy Foe.
Warneford Unhurt.

Gil dcTOpiduc. RcSiudia n. y. WdT-
neford, young Canadian sub-lieu-
tenant in the royal navy, who mas
tered aeroplaning only this spring,
has performed the feat and toni eht
is somewhere within the British lines,
while the Zeppelin sprawls wreck
on the roof and grounds OF an or
phanage near Ghent.
Falling there a blazing mass after
being struck by the young aviator's
bombs, its crew of % men were
killed, as also were several occua
pants of the orphanage buildings.
Some believe this Zeppelin was the
craft that ralded the east coast of
England last night, for since it was
in the air over Belgium, between
Ghent and Brussels at 3 O'Clock in
the morning, 1t possibly was return
ing from an expedition, not starting.
Dawn breaks early these days AMI
the huge Zeppelin could be sighted
far off, and IL is presumed that the
craft was headed for her home
hohbCi NhOh WN lSlOlu CdIlt W1HR-
ing swiftly under the gray skies
The Zeppelin, which was flying
comparatively low, began to mount
Immediately, but the British wasp
was speedier and climbed into the
air in long spirals, reaching a posi-
tion, at length, over the Germans
vast bulk. From this vantage point
Warneford pierced the Zeppelin's
shell repeatedly with his incendiary
bombs.
STORY WITHOUT PARALLEL.
Without parallel in this war or any
other, is the story which the youn
aviator will have to relate, for de-
tails after the fight have not yet been
told. First came the long pursuit,
for according to the admiralty report
the aeroplane was 5000 feet up. To
reach this altitude would require
nearly 20 minutes and the Zeppelin
meantime, could drive forward ap-
proximately 15 miles.
Then followed the maneuvering
for position, and finally the dropping
of the bombs, from which the dirig-
ible tried vainly to escape. Minor
explosions occurred, ana, at last, one
OF terrific force, and the Zeppelin
burst into flames.
At the moment Warneford must
have been at close range over the
dirigible, for almost simultaneously
with the outburst his machine turned
completely over, and for a moment
he hung head down, his monoplane
pitching and tossing in the swift cur
rents of air which rushed up to fill
the vacuum created.
Then by desperate effort Warne-
ford righted his machine far above
the earth and planed to landing be-
hind the German lines. He alighted
unhurt, set his propeller going again
and few off to the west.
DIFFICULT FEAT.
Whether the Zeppelin's machine
guns and rifles were turned on the
aviator is not disclosed, but to attain
such an advantageous position the
British lieutenant must have handled
his machine skilfully, for this is an
extremely difficult feat.
Although the target the Zeppelin
presents is extensive. 1t can be lifted
by its own buoyancy to a great
height while the pursuing aeroplane
has to rise in spirals by the power Of
It's engine alone.
AS the flight in mid-air occurred
over the part of Belgium held by the
Germans. hopes are raised in London
that the Germans will be forced to
move their Zeppelin bases eastward.
thus making raids on England more
hazardous.
Some reports say that the nom
combatant victims were two nuns
and two orphans, and that others
Eyere injured, but Reuter- dispatch
tonight says two nurses and two chill
dren we're killed and many others in
jured. All versions agree that the
Zeppelin crew perished and this
seems certain as the great craft was
struck while more than mile Ia the
air and must have been roaring