The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-10-20

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hurBcr. SAe sasa aewa semaEA .tha
greana. and II nj happshsa "A &sNzs
nikeeu SECONDS.
~ aasIs for tAc spat where sAae feils
anl feasd her huge hrapaf hrcisea
metal. There was siaGlaleFiag In setea
plmccs. SAMtss sftsTwaFd tAe fiT0
brigade arrived ca shs sesns end tie
hose vas Plasod ca her for scia'a
tlme.'
sees xspl,slla FalL
| Another aye witness sayss
T saw . xerptala ycusplessu
fecassel By several powerful ssAFszA.
lights II appeared ~ be ut \ gre&a
height. hus II se~rasa that Il naslsf o.
hit at AKs nameHa - spssaaad was
the mafksInsRshlp IL or gunIe'f&
Presently the KsppelIa disappeared "
the iow-lytng clouds. aai wAtle the
| searchiighis cnRsinnod 10 paay ON tho
spot where the xeppegtA haa been
focused Z ziaw spFeAf over the sky
aud gradually extended and Increases
In IT'S intensity until thu whole Aetv-
ems were illuminated.
In Me center u this pagnihethf
giow was huge tame. which soon
became larger ana larger. II Was
quickly apparent that the Zeppelin
was well afane. The airship tilted
~ an angle Of some " degrees aud
In a Few seconds the cnafagratioa sx'
tended the fuli length Of the atrsAip.
Almost ~ snddcnly the huEe hlaxa
subsidized into = dall RID glow. and the
spectacle was At an end
Yet another spectator saw It thus:
'The air was full az the reports af
anti.aircraft guns and falling bombs.
Sudeenly great blake Of hight ar-
peared in the sky ut an altitude 81
many thousands Of feet. A great cob
umn Of fame shot up, and great
cloud of smoke could be seen rolling
above the tire, The flames shot up
hundreds ef feet.
AS the raider ssnwly fell 20 the
earth It's appearance suggested huge
fiery parachute. The blazing lnasz
gathered speed as I, fell while tho
flames alternately expanded aud con.
tracted ny the time the airshlp was
within thousand feet Of the ground
nil the gas had Apparently left the
bag, and only the solid framework
and the gondolas containing the
wrecked engines aud the scorched
aud lIfeless bodies OF the crew rcaehed
the ground"
Conferred In Light HaIi.
Another watcher on hill north az
London thus describes the plight OK
the Zeppelin before Il was hit;
"when the guns opened iire the Yep.
pelIn had already been ccntered In tho
bail Of light created by the myriad
arms Of pale lights which shot Dp sud-
denly from the darkness Of the city.
Che Zeppelin was at great height
40 great. lndeed. that n seemed just
like a bar Of polished steel. about
the thickness OF an engine piston rod.
aud there II remained, apparently mo-
,ioniess aud undecided which way TO
20. while the guns peppercd Il without
cessation.
"Shclls hurst around IL, In front and
behind II. above and below H. II
made 10 turn az IL In the direction OF
the coast, but shell burst omInously
near lts nose and caused II to swing
round In the opposite direction. Its
tnil dipped and II made TO ascend still
higher. when n shell burst directly
over II. Another descent was neces-
sary. and three shells burst stimuli
taneously below h.
Behind II and In front at II two
shells burst nj the same time, Tho
2eppelia wrigglea like some ieyiathan
In the coils. II seemed Impossible for
Il 20 40 north. south. east or west. and
there u stood for second or two.
helpless TO move, with the shsiis
bursting all arcund H."
Aeroplanes In Pursuit
One who witnessed the End from q
country lane on The northern eutskirtn
OF London Mt 4 distance OF eight or
nine miles heard the zeppelin pass
over first and thea aeroplan~s in pur.
suit. He said:
III, there mas 10 explosion from
bombs the lack u naise from this
source was made up by the whir Of
acropianes In pursuit. They took up
the chase through the white fog. Tho
Zeppelin few on and darkness once
more rsigned.
Then the country became nv light
an day md n glow Of red Illuminated
everything. For few moments the
flame WIS no intense that II was eAsy
to read the print Of newspapers, and
the objects In the thick fog were mag.
nifed two or three times their usual
sire. II was q fantastic scene. A
roar followed and darkness again fell.
A moment later the whole scene was
again enacted and then the country.
side WIS once more swallowed up In
darkness"
| A flying officer said the destroyed
Zeppelin appeared TO him to be- larger
and longer than The usual type a.
though he was not In position to say
that Il was n super-zsppelin.
The second zeprelln, slightly dam