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NOVEMBER 15, 1917. LEGAL INTELLIGENCE. The Right to Take Cover. AT BOW County Court on November 7th Judge Graham, K.C., gave a considered judgment in a Workmen's Compensa- tion Act claim by Henry Cridge, a stevedore, the respondents being Messrs. Pennell and Son, of South-West India Dock. On the occasion of a German air-raid appellant was working in a hold, when someone shouted that aeroplanes were over- head, and all the men rushed to shore to take cover. In getting on deck for his coat, the appellant slipped and broke his leg. It was argued that the accident did not arise in the course of his employment, as he had left it and no one had told him to take cover. His Honour said there was a vital difference between work ceasing and employment ceasing. He had not ceased, but knocked off in precisely the same way as if a fire had broken out in the hold. His Honour thought it was an implied term of the contract of employment that when he honestly believed danger was impending, the workman should avoid that danger if possible, in his employers' interests as well as his own. Therefore he was fulfilling a duty. Then it was said that the risk was not incidental to his employ- ment, that the risk was a common one, to which large numbers were exposed. It appears this had no bearing on this case. If he had been injured by a bomb, His Honour would have had to decide the common risk, but he was injured by a slip, and the only connection with bombs, if there was any, was the expectation that they might fall, which had alarmed him. His Honour held he was running a common risk and there would have to be an award for the applicant, for an amount to be agreed between the parties, with costs on Scale B. Leave to appeal was granted. H H H ffl With the Italian Aviators. A CORRESPONDENT of the Times at the Italian Head- quarters writing on November 7th, said :— " The airmen have been doing brilliantly, and despite having to destroy aerodromes and camps they have, since the offensive began, crashed some 50 enemy machines. Baracca brought down two on Monday, and has now 26 to his credit. " These same airmen have brought information that the heroic Alpini on Monte Nero (east of the Isonzo) were still firing on the Austro-Germans last Sunday, though then isolated hopelessly in the centre of miles of hostile country, with no human hope of succour. All is well with Italy while she has men like these." Allied Raids on Alsace-Lorraine. A KARLSRUHE despatch published in the Frankfurter Zeitung reports that aeroplane attacks were made on November 1st on various towns and villages in Alsace- Lorraine. Just before midday five aeroplanes dropped 13 bombs on Mittersheim, doing no damage worth mentioning and an attack on Schlettstadt was made shortly after midday, with a like result, almost all the bombs falling in open fields, one only dropping near a waterworks, and this without effect. Two and a half hours later, according to the telegram, a larger squadron passed over Schlettstadt on its way to Offen- burg, while four French airmen also flew over Colmar, where one man was wounded. One machine is declared to have been brought down near Colmar, containing the commander of the squadron and a pilot, both of whom are reported to have been killed. " ' Harrying the Turks. DESCRIBING the retreat of the Turks north of Gaza, Renter's correspondent on the Egyptian front, under date of November 10th, says :—" The airmen rendered the enemy's retreat more disastrous by bombing and using their machine- guns. Two hundred bombs were dropped on the Arak Men- shiyeh Aerodrome. A group of seven machines was hit and a hangar set on fire. Two others were blown in. The rail- way line and the station buildings were severely damaged. A direct bit was scored on a train. Another train was caught under machine-gun fire. A hostile aeroplane was brought down in flames. All -our machines returned safely." The End of a Gotha. IT was reported from Paris last week that the Gotha wrecked off the French coast at 1 a.m. on November 4th ran into rocks off Cape Blanc Nez and dropped on the, beach between Sangatte and Wissant. When the tide rose the four men who were on board were drowned. Hun Aeroplane Over Holland. ABOUT fifteen German aeroplanes passed along the Belgian frontier of the province of Zeeland on November oth. One of them, which violated Dutch neutrality by crossing into Holland, was heavily shelled by Dutch troops. Dutch Bag a Balloon. A LARGE German captive balloon of the Parseval type was shot down by Dutch troops near Amersfoort on November 7th, according to information received by the Hundelsblad. It is said to have been furnished with three floating balloons and marked with two red crosses. For German and Neutral Consumption. AN interesting sidelight on how the German wireless reports are made up is supplied by a Reuter message which states that the three occupants of the German aeroplane which made a forced landing in Holland on Sspterabsr 29th, after taking part in the attempted raid on London the pre- vious evening, informed the Dutch" authorities that they had only reached Ramsgate, where they had dropped one bomb. They stated that they had been unable to proceed beyond Ramsgate owing to the fog, and the heavy firing from the English coast defences, and that they were bringing back the rest of their bombs to Ghent when forced t» land in Holland, near Sas van Gent. The officers wrote out a telegram in German, however, informing the Berlin authorities that they had successfully bombed London and had made a forced landing in Holland. H S3 DD m NEW COMPANIES REGISTERED. CHISWICK AVIATION WORKS, LTD.—Capital £1,000, in £1 shares. Manufacturers of and dealers in aircraft, motors, etc. First directors : J. Dockx and L. Pauwels. H. V. LORIE AND CO., LTD., 32, Scrubbs Lane, Willesden, N.W. 10.—Capital ^i.ooo, in £1 shares. General and aero- nautical engineers and manufacturers, manufacturers of button making machinery, etc. First directors : R. Hagens (Belgian), R. H. Simpkin and H. C. Bathurst (both British). BUSINESS NAMES REGISTRATIONS. HENRY KNOX AND CO.—Registered October i5th, 1917. Aeronautical engineers, 39, St. James Street, S.W. 1. Proprietor; Henry Knox (British), 3, Clifford Street, Bond Street, W. Other business occupation : Aeronautical engineer to F.I.A.T. Motors, Ltd., Wembley. Business commenced October 1st, 1917. m a a a Aeronautical Patents Published. Applied for in 1916. The numbers in brackets are those under which the Spmfic»tio«5' _ will be printed and abridged, &c. Published November I5(fc, 191".15,102. R. W. SPRINGER. Flying machines. (110,407.) 15,618. SOPWITH AVIATION Co. and T. SOPWITH. Wind brakes. (110,419.)16,717. C. M. VON EUOEN. Aeroplane fuselages. (110,433.) Applied for in 1917. The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specifications will be printed and abridged, &c. Published November 15th, 1917.112. K. W. ROBINSON. Steering apparatus for aircraft. (110,434.) 2,910. T.P.BROOKE. Flying boats and wings therefor. (110,472.)12,755. T. J. CONNOR. Means to prevent forward tilting of aeroplames when on the ground. (110,534.)' If you require anything pertaining to aviation, study ••FLIGHT'S" Buyers' Guide and Trade Directory, which appears in our advertisement pages each week (see pages xlviii, xlix and 1). FLIGHT and The Aircraft Engineer. 36, GREAT QUEEN STREET, K1NGSWAY, W.C. 2. Teleg aphic address : Truditur, Westcent, London. Telephone : Gerrard 1828. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. "FLIGHT" will be forwarded, post free, at the following rates :— UNITED KINGDOM. ABROAD. s. d. I s. d. 3 Months, Post Free.. 310! 3 Months, P. st Free.. 5 o 6 ,, „ •• 7 71 6 ;, ',, .. 10 o 12 •• 15 21 12 „ ,, .. 20 o Cheques and Post Office Orders should be made payable to the Proprietors of "FLIGHT," 36, Geat Queen S'reet, Kingsway, W.C. 2, and crossed London County and Westminster Bank, otherwise no responsibility will be accepted. 1214 .?.-' : '••: -V
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