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SEPTEMBER 14, 1916. " The journal further learns that in the course of this attack a gunpowder depot at Meirelbeke was blown up. and a Zeppelin which was stationed at St. Denis Westrem was seriously damaged." The Telgraaf on September 3rd reported from the frontier that Allied airmen executed a raid over Belgium. At 7 o'clock on the previous evening three aeroplanes were seen above Zeebrugge. They were heavily fired at, but none of them was hit. Some aeroplanes were also observed flying over the sea. Reports from Rome state that one of the Italian naval airships, during the night of September 3rd, effectively bombed the military works at Lussin-Piccolo, lstria. Care was taken to avoid hitting inhabited places. The airship returned un harmed to her base. The correspondent of the Berliner Tageblatt, writing from the Somme area, says :— " The French keep the occupying troops down with shells until the moment of advance, and employ at the moment of attack by assault airmen with machine guns at the rear of the enemy." The Times correspondent at Bucharest, on September 4th, telegraphs :— " Last night Bucharest was for the second time attacked by hostile aeroplanes, which dropped bombs from 2 until 5 o'clock this morning. They were vigorously bombarded by the Roumanian special artillery. " I understand that the American Government will protest against the indiscriminate throwing of bombs on Bucharest from aeroplanes. " The injuries suffered by civilians in a previous raid have provoked a demand for reprisals." (pjBfitf Two days later he sent the following 1 " A Zeppelm attacked Bucharest last night for the third time. Bombs wore thrown, but little damage was caused to the surrounding houses. No serious loss is reported up to the present." Mr. G. Ward Price, writing to the Dailv Telegraph from Salonica on September 6th regarding the march of Col. Christodoulos, the Greek commander, to Kavalla, says :— " Aeroplanes attacked him at Petclino. and he lost [5 men that way." Mr. A. Beaumont, writing to the Daily Telegraph from Milan on September 8th, states : — " ?n* official bulletin last night reported anothei .111 raid on Venice, daring which bombs were thrown, one tailing 111 front of the Basilica of St. Mark and another on the British hospital, fortunately without doing any serious dan This is a continuation ot the Austrian reply to the capture of Goriria, a worthy imitation of German vandalism in bom barding the cathedral of Rheims. The new outrage extit.-. universal indignation in Italy. The general Pies: common! is that Austria is thereby, if possible, placing herself more and more outside the pale of civilised nations. Happily the beautiful and historic monument of St. Mark's escaped un scathed. But the civilised world will judge that this is warfare as understood by the Habsburg dynasty ami the Austro- Mungarian Empire. Bombs cannot fall In mistake on the Piazzo of San Marco, which is too far from any military establishment to supply any kind of excuse. H is simply another evidence of the barbarian impulse to destroy every thing beautiful and sacred. St. Mark's is all the world over a symbol of religion and the arts ol peace, and the Austrians, by seeking to destroy it with bombs from the sky, only prove to mankind what is their true mission." Educating M.P.s. DOUBTLESS Members of Parliament, both Lords and Commons, will welcome the little pamphlet, " Elementary Facts about Aircraft," which Lord Montagu has prepared for their special benefit by " Private Circulation " only. Aviation has been a popular subject for debate in recent sessions, but the technical terms bandied about by the " experts " must have been quite bewildering to the ordinary member who takes but a passing interest in aircraft. Realising this, Lord Montagu has set down in simple, very simple, language just what these terms mean, and explains the elementary prin ciples of various types of aircraft. A Double Fatality. AT an inquest held at Cowes on September 8th on Ralph and Allen Lashmar, brothers, who were killed in an aero plane accident at Northwood, I.W., on September 7th, it was stated that the Government inspectors who had examined the machine since were satisfied that the mishap was not due to faulty material or construction. The wires and struts were all intact after the accident. A local farmer, who was returning from market, said when the machine was over him something " went pop," the wings dropped and the machine began to iatt. A verdict was returned of " Accidental Death," noblame attaching to anyone. Fatal Accident in France to British Pilot. THE Matin, on September 8th, published the following message from Bethune : " A British pilot flying from the front landed in the marshes near Lambres in order to effect repairs. Shortly after he rose again his engine broke down, and the machine turned over and crashed to the ground. The pilot was so seriously injured that he succumbed to his injuries the following day." An Airship Fatality. WHILE assisting to start an airship, Chartes fc.. <jon slipped and was caught by the aft propeller, which was turning 800 r.p.m. A verdict of " Accidental Death was returned at the inquest on September nth. Disastrous Looping in Japan. THE Japanese Aeronautical World records that on June otn Cant Oka of the Imperial Flying Corps, accompanied by Capt' Harada, attempted to loop the loop on a new machine at the Tokorozawa aerodrome. They were unsuccessful m their first attempt, and on a second try the machine fell into a clump of trees and both pilot and passenger were severely injured. Aeroplane on a Crowd. WHILE flying at Miyakonojo, Miyazako, Japan, on. June 10th, an aeroplane piloted by Mr. Iyeyasu Nakazawa, fell from 600 ft. on to the crowd, killing two men and injuring four. The pilot was severely injured. An Airship in California. AN airship, of the non-rigid type, 124 feet long and 30 feet in diameter, with a capacity of 80,000 cubic feet, is being used in Pasadena, Cal., by Messrs. Russell and Water man, the craft being piloted by Mr. J. M. O'Connell. It "carries a crew of eight men, and a speed of 30 m.p.h. is said to have been attained. A single propeller driven by a 60 h.p. Hall Scott motor, is used. More Fables from Germany. THE following semi-official message was sent out from Berlin on September 4th regarding the raid on September 2nd :— "The fortress of London, the City, and the northern and north-western district were repeatedly bombed for four hours. Numerous conflagrations and collapses proved the success of the attack. Other airships attacked factories and fortifications at Norwich, where strong explosions and fires were caused. Searchlight batteries and industrial works in Oxford, Harwich, Boston, and on the Humber were bombed, and numerous fires caused there. . In Yarmouth the gasworks and aerodrome were attacked, and a battery was silenced. In Nottingham the military works and factories were attacked. A fire caused^here was clearly visible at a. distance of 40 miles. " During their attacks the airships were subjected to heavy artillery attacks, especially when over London. Apart from the batteries on land they were also fired on by airmen who rose in pursuit. Although light was thrown on the airships by light rockets and searchlights (one airship simultaneously came under the rays of not less than 18 searchlights) all the attacks upon them were unsuccessful." In this connection it is officially stated that the damage done is exactly whatlwas reported in the British communiqtU, and that there were no conflagrations of any importance and no explosions. 799
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