The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-06-08
BRITISH AlRMAN ASCENDS
TO GREAT HEIGHT AND
DROPS BOMBS
On German Zeppelin Which Ex.
plodes and Falls a Mass Of
Flame-First on Record.

LONDON. June =. $50 p. m.-for
the trst time on record Zeppelin in
the air has been destroyed by an avi.
ator In an aeroplanc. Reginald A. J.
Warns ford. a young Canadian sub-lieu.
tenant in the Royal navy. who mas
tered aeroplaning only this summer.
has performed the feat. and tonight Is
somewhere within the British lines.
while the Zeppelin lies In ruins.
sprawled on the roof and ground OF an
OrphanaEe near Ghent
Falling there a blazing mass. after
being struck by the young aviator's
bombs. its crew OF Is men were killed.
as also were several occupants OF the
orphanaEe building
The theory is advanced that this
Zeppelin was the craft which raided
the east coast OF England last night.
for the fact that IL was In the air over
Belgium. between Ghent and Brussels.
AZ o'clock in the morning leads TO
the belief that IL was returning from
an expedition. not starting.
The Zeppelin. which was flying
comparatively low. began to mount at
once. but the British wasp was speed
Ter and climbed into the air In long
spirals. reaching position at length,
this point of vantage Warenford
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 young
aviator will have to relate. for details
of the fight have not yet been told.
First came the long pursuit. for Sccord-
ing TO the admiralty report, the aero
plane was 5000 feet up. To reach
this altitude would require nearly 20
minutes. and the Zeppelin. meantime.
could drive forward approximately rs
miles.
Then followed the maneuvering for
position. and finally the dropping of
the bombs. from which the dirigible
tried vainly to escape. Minor eXplos-
ions occurred and. at last. one OF ter
rife force. and the Zeppelin burst INTO
flames.
At that moment Warenford must
have been at close range over the III.
'hgfbie for almost simultaneously with
the outburst his machine turned COM
pletely over and for moment he hung
head down. with his monoplane. all
control of which had been lost. pitch
ing and tossing in the swift currents
Of air which rushed up 70 nn the
vacuum created.
Escaped Unhurt.
Then by a desperate effort Warren.
ford righted his machine far above the
earth and planed TO a landing behind
the German lines. He allighted un-
hurt. set his propeller going again and
flew on 10 the west
As the fight in midair occurred over
that part of Belgium held by the Ger
mans. hopes are raised In London that
the Germans will be forced % move
their Zeppelin bases eastward, thus
making raids on England more haz-
ardous
Some Of the reports say hat the
non-combatant victims were two nuns
and two orphans. and that others
were injured. but a Reuter- dispatch
received tonight says two nurses and
two children were killed and many
others injured. All versions agree
that the Zeppelin crew perished. and
this seems certain. as the great craft
was struck while more than a mile in
the air. and must have been a roaring
torch before IL struck the earth.