Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-04
THREE OF WRECKED
ZEPPELTN'S CREW DIE
TO GUARD SECRETS
Six Wait Aboard Damaged L-20
to Destroy Inventors Ma
chinery-Three Are
Rescued
SO BRITISH CASUALTIES
sTAvANGER, Norway, May A.

= l AN EhANArEINf ANpIWdNF Way L
Three men of the crow of the Zeppelin
L-2O wrecked on the Norwegian coast
yesterday after a raid on Scotland went
to certain death to prevent Count Hcppe-
Inns secrets from becoming known to for
eign governments.
Sixteen Of the zeppelin's crew, rescued
and interned for the remainder OF the
war. told the story Of their comrades
heroism on their arrival at Maldc, south
west of Stavanger. They admitted that
their craft was one Of the squadron that
visited the English East Coast and south
eastern Scotland Tuesday night.
six men volunteered to remain aboard
the Zeppelin and destroy her machinery
so that no one could learn German con-
struCtion secrets. though they knew they
were facing death. The rest of us
Jumped" one of the survivors said by
some miracle. three Of the SIX escaped
with only slight injuries and were res
cued' from the cabin. The orhe.s were
crushed to death as she settled
I'VE were not damaged by English
anti-aircraft guns" said an underoilicer
"They only began shclling us after we
had discharged most OF our bombs and not
n single shell burst within 100 yards Of
our dirigible.
For some reason Or other our petrol
supply became exhausted. As we passed
out over the coast on tho return to our
base we were caught by n gale that drove
us eastward at terrific rate of speed.
When we fought the wind and tried 20
point southwark we only succeeded in
damaging the diriClble beyond repair, and
from that time on we simply driftcd at
the mercy of the gale until we sighted the
coast of Norway"
A fishing craft brought in several of the
Fs ,g.. 4
brought in six, including the commander.
LONDON, May 4--Thc Zeppelin air raid
on the northeast coast of England and
the coast of Scotland Tuesday night re-
suited in 3S casualties. This announce
mpnt was make officially today. Nearly
q hundred bombs We're dropped,
At the same time that official an
nouncement was made last night that 3S
raid on Tuesday night, advices We're re-
ccired from Norway that the Zeppelin
Leo had been wrecked near Stdvangcr on
the south Norwegian coast.
At least five airshps actually crossed
the shore, but, according to the official
statement, reports from reliable observers
at many points, some as far distant as
Battery Head. Scotland down to the
north coast of Norfolk, would point to
alrships having been employed off the
coasts.
Six men and three women were killed,
and 10 men. including three soldiers, and
eight women, were injured
The remaining 7O-odd bombs occasioned
only two casualties, one soldier and one
child being slightly injured,
The NorweAnn dispatches state that the
Zeppelin LIZ was driven ashore on the
western side of Hafso Firth, Norway,
which is 275 miles east of Rattray Head.
one of the points in northern Scotland re-
ported to have been visited by the German
dirigibles.
Reports reaching London Yesterday de-
clared that high-angle British guns had
damaged one of the attacking Zeppelins.
The Leo is said to be the Goth Zeppelin
lost since the war began.
Coast fortfications on the outskirts of
Deal were evidently the objective of Ger
man scaplane raids over that place on
Wednesday, The raider also tried TO dam
age the railway line which parallels the
coast north of Dover,
Two men and woman We're wounded.