Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-06-10
DESTROY ZEPPELIN
NILE ABOVE EARTH
DRlTisH AviAToRs DROP HoMDs
FROM HEIGHT or 5000 FEET
OFFICIAL REPORT.
THREE GERMAN SHIPS SUNK
Petrograd Statement Asserts Teuton
Vessels Sunk or Damaged and
Russian Transport Torpedoed
OF Gulf OF Riga.
CREW or 2s KILLED.

CREW or 20 KILLED.
london, June e.--For the first time
on record, Zeppelin In the air has
been destroyed by an aviator In an
aeroplane. Reginald ]. Warneford. q
young Canadian sub.iIeutenant In the
Royal Navy. who mastered aeropian.
Ing only this summer, has performed
British lines. while the Zeppelin lies
In ruins, spraWisd on the roof and
ground Of an orphanape near Client.
Failing there blazing mass, after
being struck by the young avistor's
bombs, Ito crew OF 20 men were killed.,
~ aIso were several occupants Of the
srphanaoe buildings.
The theory ID advanced that this
Zeppelin was the craft which raidsd
ths east coast Of England saturday
night, for the fact that II Was In the
alr ovsr Belgium, between Client and
DrusssIs ~ o'clock In the morning
Dsads 10 the belief that IA WAS return
Ing from m expedition, not start.
Ing.
London, June s.--British aviators
attacked and destroyed German
Zeppelin In Belgium between Client
and Bruges.
British airmen dropped six bombs
on the Zeppelin from height OF
5000 feet. said the official announce.
ment. The Zeppelin exploded and
fell,
The destruction OF the Zeppelin fol,
lowed one OF the most thrilling air
battles the world has ever known.
The British airmen shot upward to q
height OF 5000 feet and hurled six
bombs ut the great dirigIble. which
sigzagged In flight to escape attack.
Explosion Hends Airshtp.
Scarcely a second after the last
bomb went shooting down, n terrific
explosion rent the airship. II
crumpled In the center and darted
toward earth. The force OF the ex-
plosion caused the British biplane to
turn completely over.
For nearly d minute the aviator
struggled desperately while his ma.
chine slid rapidly toward the earth,
by an almost superhuntun effort he
regained control of his levers and
righted the hiplane less than 200 feet
from the ground.
The rapidity of the descent. how
ever carried the biplane to earth with
= rough jar. The landing place was
behind the German lines. The me.
chanician sprang out. ''eranked" the
propeliors and the biplane was on be.
fore the astonished Germans In a
neighhoring field could get the range
with their guns.
Avlators Return Safely.
The aviators who hembarded the
Zeppelin shed north OF Brussels re.
turned safely. the admiralty an.
nounced.
A German Zeppelin raided the east
coast of England, dropping meendiary
and explosive bombs. Five persons
were killed ard forty injured, the ad.
miralty announced. Two fires were
started
A Berlin report stated that Ger.
man submarine torpedoed and sank
the Russian second-class cruiser
Amur In the Baltic. The admiralty
list shows no Russian cruiser Of that
rame and II In believed the ship sunk
was the Yenissee. the loss Of which
Pe,rograd has admitted.
German Vessels Sunk.
The Petrograd statement asserts
that three German vessels were sunk
or damaged and the Russian trans,
port Yenisee torpedoed and sunk In a
series OF engagements on the Gulf OF
Riga
Enemy torpedo boats. escortine
large vessels, appeared at the en-
trance To the Gulf of Riga ON Thurs
day. the statement said, Later
hydroaeronlanes from the German
ships attempted To- lombard our war
ships, In the engagement the Rus
sian transport Yenisee was suhmar
lined and sunk. Thirtst@o Of hsi
crew were saved"