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GIANT AIRSHIP EXPLODES.
R38 BURSTS INTO PLAMIS OVER HULL,
ONLY SIX MEN ESCAPE
CITY WATCHES FLAMING WRECK PLUNGE INTO RIVER.
LONDON, August 25. The airship R 38 exploded over Hull and fell in flames into the river. [The R 38 left Howden on Tuesday morning on a 2 hour flight, after which she was to proceed to Palham prior to starting for America. There were 47 aboard, including 20 Americans. The R38 was to have started on Monday for America. Five American warships were to be stationed in the Alantic, including a fuel ship, in addition to a fotilla of destroyers with meteorological officers wirelessing weather reports to the airship, which was to have wirelessed details of the voyage to Britain and America.]
THREE MEN ON ONE PARACHUTE.
Tugs and all kinds of craft went out to the wreckage. Ambalances conveyed the injured crew as they landed to the infirmary. Two dead bedies were found at 6.20 in the water.
Eye-witnesses declare that at least four men were seen to descend by
parachutes, one carrying three men.
The explosions wrecked many shop fronts. The death roll is not yet brown.
The captain of the vertel has been rescued. AWFUL EXPLOSIONS.
LATER
AIRSHIP DISASTER.
THE ATLANTIC FLIGHT.
ATTEMPTS ALREADY MADE.
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In view of the fact that the R 38, which-mer with terrible disaster over Hull yesterday evening, was to have interesting to recall a few particulars left for America on Monday, it is about the venturesome attempts to accomplish the Atlantic fight already
ade.
the Atlantic was made in a Short One of the first attempts to crass biplane by Major Wood and Captain Wrilie who hoped to win the Daily Mail £10,000 prize. They left 1919 but came down in the sen near Eastchurch fer Ireland on March 18, Holyhead owing to engine freeble.
Both aviators were reseued.
Mr. Harry Hawker, who was recently
The next attempt was made by
killed fiving at Hendon, and Com- mander Grieve. They left St. John's, Newfoundland, in a Sopwith machine on May 18, and nothing was heard of them until the 25th, when a Danish steamer which had picked them up in mid-Atlantic after they had' des cended owing to a defect, in their | water pipe, arrived off the North of Scotland. The aviators had a great welcome on reaching Londan and the Force Cross. King decorated them with the Air
The airship R3S. renamed the Z2, was cruising in fine style over the city of Hull at 5.45 in the evening when she was seen suddenly to break in twain. There were instantly two terrific explosions and the huge craft burst into Aames and fell a wreck into the river Hamber. Thousands of people in the city, awe-stricken, watched the terrible calamity. They were stupified by the awful explosions and scattered in all directions for shelteri
Shortly after this gallant effort for fear of the falling wreckage which barely escaped the ia Pier. Mr. Raynham attempted to follow in The burning parts belched forth dense columns of blue smoke extending | his Martinsyde, but the aeroplane fell hundreds of feet along the top of the warehouses in the city.
and was wrecked.
MONSTER'S BACK BREAKS.
On May 27, the NC 4 arrived at Lisbon, thus completing the first
A surviver named Bateman said that he was at the tail end of the vessel crossing of the Atlantic by air. On photographing when the ship took a sharp turn to the right from the centre the 31st. Lieut. Commander A.C. of the city towards the Humber, and one of the main girders of the ship failed | Read in the N.C. 4 arrived at Fly. to take the strain. The onlookers below then saw a huge cloud of black mouth from Lisbon and was met by smoke burst from the rear of the airship followed by a terrific explosion. were subsequently entertained in British ring boats. The aviators The vessel's back appeared to have broken and the monster fell in flames London. over the city, but a turn towards the Humber carried the flaming mass into the river. Bateman hung on to the tail-end and alighted in the water. Hel was rescued by a tug.
THE FEAT ACCOMPLISHED, Cn June 14 Captain John Alcock and Lientsnant Whitren Brown left
There were 47 on board the airship, including 20 Amèrican passengers St. John's Newfoundland, in their At present it is believed that there are only six survivors.
COMMANDER BADLY INJURED.
Vickers-Vimy Rolls Royce, and landed i in a fox at Clifden, County Galway. on the following morning, thus cross
Commander Wann was badly injured. It is stated that it was his skilfuling the Atlantic direct in 16 hours 12 navigation when he realised the danger which averred the falling of the airship in the centre of the city. Consequently a for more terrible disaster might have happened.
Brigadier Edward Maitland, CM.G., D.SO., Senior Airship Offer, who took part in R34's Atlanti: crossing in 1919, was on board and evidently perished.
A survivor declares that the airship was carrying out rudder. tests at the time of the disaster.
WORLD'S AERIAL PRIDE:
TRIAL FLIGHT BEFORE ATTEMPTING ATLANTIC FLIGHT.
LONDON, August 25.
It transpires that the R38 was purchased by the United States Govern ment. The Americans on board were officers and men of the United States Navy who were in training with a view to navigating the airship across, the Atlantic after her tests..
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minutes, and winning the £10,000 the 20th Mr. Churchill presented the prize offered by the Daily Mail On
two aviators with the prize and an nounced the conferment upon them by the King of the K.B.E., with which they were invested at Windsor on the following day.
On July 2, the British Airship R34 (Major G. H. Scott) left East Fortune for her double trip across the Atlantic. Three days later after sighting New. foundland, she ran into a violent electrical storm, and United States The following day with her feel vessels were despatched to stand by. nearly expended the R34 landed safe. ly at her destination at Mineola, Long Island, having flown 3,120'sea į miles in just over 108 hours, On
The Admiralty designed the ill-fated airship which was the largest rigid July 9, the return journey was start machine constructed in Britain. She was intended to be the pioneer of hered, and on the 13th the airship land- class but the construction of the others was cancelled. She had a length ed at Palham, Norfolk, after flight of of 690 feet, a diameter of 65 feet, and a lifting capacity of 83 tons. She
75 hours 3 mins. carried six Sunbeam Cossack engines, each of 350 horse power. Her normal crew was thirty. Her gas capacity was 300,000 cubic feet-larger than the biggest zeppelin. With a cruising capacity of 6,500 miles, she was regarded as the aerial pride of the world. She had been aloft at the time of the disaster 35 hours.
TERRIFIC THUNDERSTORM.
LATER.
The R33 behaved so admirably on the test voyage from Howden Yorkshire, yesterday that the Captain continued the cruise. The airship was expected at Pulham Norfolk, late this evering. Storms accompanied the voyagers. There was a terrific thunderstorta early this morning. The tests were very successful. A wireless message later intimated that the Captain was staying aloft until the clouds lifted,
WIRELESS WONDERS.
TELEPHONE TALKS BETWEEN LONDON AND AUSTRALIA.
MARCONI'S HOPES POR THE NEAR PUTURE,,
LONDON, August 25.
An optimistic accounts of the wireless possibilities of the near future was given by Mr. Marconi to day at the annual meeting of the Marconi Company. As a result of recent tests Mr. Marconi personally conducted in his yacht Elektra," he holds the opinion that atmospheric difficulties have almost been mastered. He hopes shortly to create telephonic services with several foreign countries, subject to arrangements with the Post Office, also to create a direct wireless service between Britain and Australia, after which the question of providing Mr. Hughes with telephonic means of com- municating with London will present little difficulty.
· HOME CRICKET.
AUSTRALIANS GOOD SCORE AT TAUNTON,
LONDON, August 25,
At Taunton the weather was dull. The wicket was excellent There were 6,000 spectators. The Australians made 331 runs Collins scored 101, including 12 fours. He gave four chances. Ryder made 124 a gut He scored seres fours during a game in which he gave no chances.
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JAPANESE LADY PEPPERED.
That they entered a house in Anton Street and, after throwing pepper in her face, tried to over- power the Japanese lady who lived there was alleged against two Chinese the Police Court today. presented before Magistrate Orme at
One of the prisoners was a house! coolie who,nccording to the evidence, went to answer the door when three knocks were heard and admitted two other men into the house. One of the Intruders caught the lady by the throat while the other after smother- ing her face with pepper, tried to pin her hands behind her back. At her mother's direction the complain. ant'a small daughter grabbed up a police whistle and blew it from the verandab. The three men then ran out of the house but later two of them were captured.
Inspector Blackman was unable to Questioned by the Magistrate, suggest any likely motive for the intrusion. The complainant, he said, was a tailoress of moderate means.
One of the men was sentenced to six month's imprisonment and the other one the house coolie-was remanded until to-morrow,
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