The Archive · 1908

The Conquest of the

AIR, London vit Bombay, August 6.

Count Zeppelin's airship broke its moorings in a gale at Stuttgart; it subsequently caught fire and disappeared in the air, Count Zeppelin is safe, but the accident resulted in injuries to several Later.

Count Zeppelin's airship disaster was witnessed by a crowd of 40,000 people, who wore seized with panic. The soldiers holding on to the ropes were dragged into the air and injured. Count Zeppelin is in a state of despair. The German Government will pay £26,000 compensation for the disaster.—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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