Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-06-08
Thrilling Air Battle Is Won
by Daring English Avia-
tor; % Killed.
ZEPPELIN GOING
HOME FROM RAID
Young Aviator viii Have a
Story to Tell Unparallel-
ed in Any War.

III N b
Il For the firsL time on re1oru d
Zcppelin in the air has been Destroyer
bv an aviator i'm an aeroplane' hes'h-
aid / Warneford, a young Canadian
sublieutenant in the royal navy VINO
mastered aeroplaniug only this sum
mcr. performed the feat ana lonlsn'
is somewhere within the British nnes
while the Zeppelin lines IN runs
spraylcd on the roof and ground oI au
orphanagc near Gnehl: .. ,stor
FaIling there a blazing mass alter
heino struck bv the aNiators bomp lts
crav of 2S men were killed, as also
wore several occupants Of the orphan
age building.
Terrified England.
Tho theory is advanced that this
zennelin was the. craft which ra!ded
he cast coast of England last night
for the fact that it was over Belgium
between Ghent and Brussels at >
o'clock in the morning leads 10 'ho
heIier that it was returning from an
expedition, not starting.
Dawn breaks early these days anu
the huge Zeppelin could be slghtod tat
off and it is presumed thaI the @ @CI'l y
,yls headed for her home hanSar
under the gray skies. ,,.,....,,
The Zeppelin, which was flNns conf
uarativey low, began to mount al once
hut the British wasp was spcedler ana
climbed into the air in long spIrals'
reaching a position over the German
vast bulk. From this point OF Vahtas93
Warneford pierced the Zeppelin sheIi
repeatedly with his incendiaIy pom Us.
without parallel in TINS war OF auy
"
ayiator will have to relate, for details
Of The fight have not yet been told
First came the long pursuit for, ac-
cording to the admiralty report the
oeropIane was 5000 feet up, To reach
This altitude would require nearly
twenty minutes and the Zeppelin
1neantime could drive forward ap-
proximat-ly fifteen miles,
Zeppelin Set Afirc.
Then followed the maneuvel1ng TOT
position and finally the dropping 0l
The bombs from which the dirislDle
tried yainly 20 escape. Minor expo
sions occurred and at last one of ter
rifle force and the Zeppelin burst into
flames. .,
Al that moment Warneford must
have been at close range over the o.
rlgiblc for almost sim ultaneously WIN
The outburst his machine turned com
pletelv over and for a moment ne
hung head down with his monop!ahe
all control IF which had been lost
pitching and tossing in the swift cur
rents of air which rushed up 70 III
the vacuum created.
Then by desperate effort Warne'
ford rightad his machine far apoN'
lhe earth and planed to landing pc
hind the German lines. He alightet
unhurt. set his propeller going agar
and flew off to the west.
Master of Machine.
Whether the Zeppelir's machine
runs or rifles were turned on th'
aviator is not disclosed, but in orde
20 attain sucn an advantageous posl
lion the British lieutenant must nav
handled the machine skiltully, 10
this is an extremely dutlcult teat. Al
though the target the Zeppelin pre-
sents is extensive, it can be lifted b,
its own buoyance to a great height
while the pursuing aeroplane has t
rise in spirals by the power Of its en-
gine alone.
AS the fight in mid-air occurred
over that part Of Belgium held by tn
Germans hopes are raised in Londo
that the Germans will be forced I
move their Zeppelin bases eastward
thus making raids on England NOR
hazardous.
some of the reports say that tn
non-comhataut victims were two nun
and two orphans and that others wer
injured but q Reuter- dispatch re
ceived tonight says two nurses an
two children were killed and man
others injured. All versions agree tina
the Zeppelin crew perished and thi
seems certain as the great craft wa
struck while more than a mile in tn
air and must have been roarln
torch before it struck the earth.