The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-01-29
|zEPFEEIN BopEY ENDED
More Than Half Are Destroyed

FRENCH FRONT, January 2S--(As.
soeiatea Press) The Zeppelin DOGGY
has been laid or, at least, the major
part of its tefrors have vnnished, since
reliable information shows the reported
existence in Germany Of great armadas
bf these aerial dfeadRaughts to have
been absolutely mythical Altogether
only just over one hundred Of these
dirigibles have been constructed since
the late Count Zeppelin launched the
first one over Lake Constance. 81"
Y Up TO August, 1914, the total Of
those built had numbered twenty five;
since hostilitics began the two great
works at Friedriehshafen and Stsaken
have constructed between seventy Ave
and eighty, probably nearer the lower
than the higher figure. This means an
average Of two per month. As the mean
period for the building Of Zeppelin
ls, known with certainty TO be two
months, there must always have been
four new airships on the stocks at the
same time. T,,''.... 49,. o.. IA w Z.
Most. Game TO Grief asa per ND
I Most OF the Zeppelins launched into
The air before the war came u grief,
hhs leaving in the sert'ice Of the Ger
man army and navy fleet Of less than
dozen when fighting began. ~ since
then nearly all the dirigibles old and
new have been hnnded ever Ito Tho
German navy, which has used them for
many kinds Of work stich as lombard
ing expeditions, protection Of mine hy-
ers and small torpedo-boats at tea,
chasing submarines, searching for mine,
fields, and, last and most ifAp0rtant,
accommodating for the High Seas heet.
Disaster has attended the flight Of
an Overwhelming majority Of these
air monsters, no fewer than thirty Of
which are known to have been destroy.
ed in one way Or another, as Is shown
by the following list: Y .eltyp iB@ N 4,
e L. -r-Destroyed Just before the war,
when ~ fell in The North Sea near
Heligoland. " f't'iltl1'effpl 4Nst l&F-
L. 2+-Burnt at Buhlsbuettel just be-
fore the war. sw III FHfaE w 3TS
L. 3-Descehded at Fancs in Den.
mark a. beginning Of the war and was
burnt byfits crew. - iilss4sptE NM
L. 49, eseendedl at BIaasands Hulk.
Denmark, at beginning Of the war and
was burnt byeits crew. 81 ~ 1esRR
L. 5--Bronght down on Sthe Belgian
front In 1919 part 81 crew SAVED. ~
L. e-Burnt at Buhlsbuettel In its
hangar in, September 1916. HtifiSb M
L. 7--Rfoaght down by British de
stroyers OF Jutland, crew being drown.
ed, in 1915 g4rt Z Ra8flEt lEfy
l.. s--Brought down by machine guns
in Belgium, part Of crew being killed,
in 1QIS f.A4Tsf u. AstifL} y,.tsfl n tst' t34s
L. s--BnFnt, at Buhlsbuettel in its
hangar at same time as LID. FFt3 fsds
L. Struck by lightning near C,ikl
hagen during ii. initial flights, and
lost with it's crew. n l.syIaa w ttsft
L. I2--Dest1oyed at Ostend In 1918
when returning from raid ON England.
l.. l5- Brought down in the Thames,
England, IN 1916. W. t1IhaStF m. Ntti
L. 16-DestroSed ,on October 10; 1917.
L. 49, Burnt ID a hangar at Tohaern
in 1916. Tie 1si6tsS t5I& Is,
l.. l9---Fell in the sBalttsawhiIe re-
turning From a raid lon England s,bt
L. 20 -Blfnt kideptal Us while com
ing out or its hangar at, Tonderna
L. 23-Fell on the Eiglisi eoasts1as
L. 25--Destroyed while being employ.