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AIRSHIP SCARE More Midnight Flights I CARDIFF BOUND Vessel's Circular Trip. AERIAL LIGHTS AT PONTYPOOLI P?rta of the nocturnal visite from the 4lysterio-us eigar-chaped airshil) aTe again to ? ??0'Us eiga-r-shaped airship are a?ain to b()oQ. ?''d?y. this time from the neighOOur- ??? °? ??Myrch, which lies between Caer- hill, and LIantrisaBt, and &Jso from Dub- ?. yterday the aerial wanderer was ? ?<sterday the a&ria,l wanderer was 7lf4mr t"'d at Southend, Norwich, and Ponty- ?? ?M in ea,ch instance it was stated ,at balloon illuminated the heavens with rehligbts. Early th 1 g* this niorning the following official tneDt was handed in at the office of the P VeBiag Express" "AIRSHIP." 6.30 .?- 1909.-We sighted an airship at '30 thls mornin- It disappeared at 3.5 c'cl ??. at the break of day. th? 1'gbtg of it were extinguished at QIJ",ee 0 clock, The Lights appeared to rise 'l *311. Th* airship came to earth between Llan- tiiaant and C&erphiily on a level pla.in. j t Was very la'?c—likc a boat-aud ?arr ?d two lights, one at each end. (Sji?ned) CO. SULLIVAX, foreman blast furnaces J apartment, Dowlais Works; AMES COLLINS; "^BEIIT JOHNSON, charger No. Fur- p nace; ^AT SULLIVAN, after; I)AVID MULLIN8. gas man; I 1"'ILLIAM FLYNN, weighmaster. Th above men, as will be seen, are all ?tth ???d at the Dowlais Works, Cardiff, and t 0 ?e top of the furnaces have a clear *>6 f the country around. 61r sta.tement is confirme-d by Mr, statement is confirmed by Mr. 1-1411, :13ra 182, Albary-road, who is camping Cu at Pentyrch. He erta.tes that whilst re- ning to Lhe city this morning abo'?t 6.30 ^served a large airship sailing over the ?. '??ns betw'] Taff's Well and Pentyroh. .6 ?d a good sight of it, and it appeared 't was about 25ft. in length, and on it ?!?ared the advertisement of a well- k. nkrm in. large red letters. hTravellin Towards Cardiff  Bora? Davies, of 20, Cyril-street, New- (jjjj ^ates that whilst he was going to Gar- (jilt that whilst he was goin.g to Ca,r- 41 ft thir? morning, between 5.30 and 5.45, he ?w an airship net, Ebbw Bridge, but lost ?ht °? ? '??? Tredegar Pa.rk. It was then ?ht ? the direction of Cardiff and making ? b? ?&g noi&e He thought it was a mobor- <?p C. Rlous, night watchman at the New- ?rt v a.1?0 sta.tos Uta-t he sa.w a.n 4trsQ.EtnIHl"e, al&o states that he saw an Ohar/ii at 5.30 this morning overhead at OCb?? M??tJ?et. ?oing in the direction of SALE OF AIRSHIPS. -One Finds its Way to Cardiff kir Pwcival Spencer, the well-known &ero- YAa, lit, -tL rviewed on Thursday, said the •hys^/ eri.°us airships could only be accounted to ill t wys. The first, and the most prob- was that they were mod?I bjjj was that they were model inGo, ? which a laxge number were ?n SOld. Occa?ionalty petrol w" used to «Uj)Dj lifting power to these balloons, and thi? ???. ght give a luminous flame. The other t?? *(>nj \Vas tha-t the aerial vessels might be n-carrying airships supplied by his They ha<l supplied five during the past lo t. and one of these had found its way & Eaatern counties and one to Cardiff- Could Wine Out London In th I 111 6 course of the interview Mr. Spencer I "Ould carry with me half a ton of dyna- I, or s??? other higli exploMYc, ?nd cfo ?8 London, and could, v-?thout any diffi- ?? 1? y. lay London in flames and in ruins. d ?? demoralisation fOU?wing- on such (?" Motion would be incalculable, and if f » a plan were followed by a hoetile ?'? nothing would remain to this country  to summon the enemy to a meeting 'f1d discuss the tenne of an indemnity for a.f. Seen Near Dublin 81l nUInber of residents of Donnybrook, a ?'?'° of Dublin, last night before eight they believe to be an air- ?i?'' ?????e: rapidly in a south-westerly ?fo????' ? if it had come from Dublin Bay fjr Irish Channel. Some youths who saw the stra.nge object state that it appeared object state that it appeared v^ry 's^?aU, as if at ? great altitude. It was l,o _all shaped, but the speed at which it (1 1.0 I-d the sky led them to believe it wa.s ? kn orbinary balloon, <.?peciaHy as there '.t'b no.t a breath of wind at the time. it"!¡'dre ?'a? a good light at that "hour, 4,?4d a number of people appear to have h the ohjœt, A lady resident in t.. nYrook stated that she watched it for a '??tes from a bedroom window, but it ?)(? '-?M'eared from view in an inland °»- The police in the district know Wine the a.ffair. A cyolist riding to ????° n ?om Kingstown the previous night  having &een some time after midnight ^ifh ?OP?a-red to be a cigar-shaped body, A'v?it,h two clear light in front, travelling at ? c?n ??Mbie pMe across the sky, appa- ?m; in a similar track to that taken by tht ^h. seen from Donnybrook, which is tv 6 same aide of Dublin. POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS £Xp R-.erlmental Model Flight at Pontypool  M the P--tYP-.1 incident is oon- INBIit, m P-ible explanation 1e forth- ^oui' n* Mr. Victor Swanton states that what ?a« tu.ally seen in th&t district on Wed- "tually seen in th&t distri,-t on Wed- ay Was nothing more than a, model air. bID. wbioh, in conjunction with his ? J ;Otber. he ?? constructed for the purpo&e ?f ? ?'M'&ntme M?th. The model, he ?yet  6ft. or 7ft. long, and elliptical,  than cig'a,r?h&p?d. ■tyed ne8<lay being a favourable night for an experiment, he accordingly let It 1 "014 from his houee. An electrical i-.re ?t aS attached, in order to ghow n?ch ?ir?t?'? ?? mode! took, and this was, Th</?' mistaken for the searchlight. 'l.tt  °??' continued Mr. Swanton, ?O.in?"? a height of about 1,500ft, to 2,000ft., arl(I ?iailed quite as well as he had antici- ■ ?'???t't directione. When reaching aun ude of about 2.0C!?t. it we,lt over ^0i,tv -1 in the direction attested by the MtC* of the lights on Wednesday Ni?ht— Vi, towar s LJangibby. It f? have some association with the ^sway y that on Wednesday night Mr. W. .tk'ns, jun., of Newport) sent up two 6ft. *>re °ns' which were carried in the direc- ?1 nf ?a?rleon and Pontypool. SEEN OVER EAST COAST POWerfUl Searchlights and a Whizzing a Noise  "O-ioh correspondent telegraphs tb&t hi? ve"!l a^f'Past eleven and twelve on Wed- j 74 %d v night a Wroxham g'entJan, cyoMng ? ?!??_ ?'??' stopped near a bridge, his lamp ^a,vine^ Sona out. Immediately ?fterward?. ae 8 e 4ay9l a Powerful MSLrchIight wae turned ? fr 80 et ing a great h?i?ht in the air, ?se? )r "? towards Norwich. ?Two g?ntiemen ?t prowston claim to have seen the li,ht,, ?«? ?—?rwarde. and then, Falling extremely  &?M!hip sailed over Norwich, being *?0 ? w('t'tY minutes later at T?bur?h, eight ki? tO the south. The "whizzing" noise is to haTe been distinctly audible. Arc-shaped Body over the Humber ''i??og to a etory published in the Hull ,y Mail on Thursday, the atle?ed air- Slljp ? ??? to have been over the Humber. ?n ?" M't?rvi?w. Mr. A. Wa-Ik?r. Coitm&t]- (It an inviw. Mr. A. Walker, Coltman- it, ??ys that at eleven on Wednesday "'or!; 1 ?? obaQrved a patch of light in the sky, ?Or??& westward. There wae a luminous ? ?' ?o-ah&ped. He also heard a peculiar v,^r^S noiae. It was cloudy, but he kept in ohJect under obcervation about two ^U^8, Two other arsons give similar ?he?? ?"« stating there ?ae a piercing|, ?a.&ht from the eky. A Southend Visitation ?dt????"? oorreapondent says that on 4?.ed?ep,j Y nigbt at du&k a.n airship wa* ttils«a-v^ at a considerable height between ?o?? *? and Shoeburyn?s. It manoeuvred 'Ut Shoeburyness. It manœuvred ?b?? or '?m<- time, until darkness e1ft in, ti, n dM?ppear?. ? ^servations from Mumbles Head  I ?<LQ? ??? <'?rre6poBd€'nt. who sends us his '^Uo^i ^d address privately, writ?w?: Th"I ?WiM'*S ()oa.tiQ1U! may be of interest: Last night (Wednesday), being on Mumbles Head at dmk, I observed over the Channel in a S.S.E. direction, two elongated dark objects, apparently about 80 to 100 feet long, moving from N.W. to S.E. at a rapid rate. Aftet watching them intently for a few minutes I saw four white flashes in quick succession from the most easterly object, which was immediately answered by three slower flashes from the other. I also distinctly heard th-ree sharp signals, apparently from a bell, answered by two more. The objects appeared to approach each other, and then disap- peared, travelling away from my observation at a considerable speed." EITHER FRENCH OR GERMAN Hon. C. S. Rolls Does Not Deem it a Hoax The Hon. C. S. Rolls, the well-known aeronaut and motorist and founder of the Aero Olub, interviewed on Thursday on his impressions of the airship seen in South Wales, said, "The whole thing is a mystery. There ie either no airship at all or else it is a foreign one. At Ca,rdiff there bas been a dirigible balloon built, but it has been stated that it could not be the one. That being the ease, I could not see how it oould be an English machine. If this had been the case, as some people suggest, we would have been bound to have heard of it before, because a dirigible balloon requires a very large shed for building, and could never have been filled without it becoming linown very quickly. I see nothing impossible in a German air- ship coming across, because the new airships I of the German Army have a rang-e of 8û0 miles. The French have also which are capable of doing such distances; but I do not think there is any machine in Eng- Land which'is capable of doing such a dis- tance, and no other Powers have. Therefore, it mitet either be French or German pro- perty. Do you think it is a hoax altogether?'' No, I don't see how it can be. So many people in the Eastern counties have seen it." "Do you attach any importance to the articles found on the ground at Caerphilly at the spot where the airship is stated to bave been seen?" No, I don't think they had anything to do with it." You have &een it etated that this airship was eeen at Southend at dus.k, Pontypool at ten p.m., and Norwich at midnight. Do you I think that credible?" "No; it could not have done suoh a dis- tance in tihe time." Uses of Advertisement INTERESTING INTERVIEW IN THE CLERKENWELL-ROAD. A "Morning Leader" representative found himself last evening in the Clerkenwell-road, London, E.C., with a clear sky overhead un- dimmed and unencumbered by airships (at present), and knocking at the mahogany door of the sanctum sanctorum of the advertise- ment manager of the Continental Tyio Com- pany. A guttural voice-unmistakably German- said, Come in." Entering, somewhat timidly; our corre- spondent found himself in the presence of two young men with alert eyes and laughter- wrinkles in their cheeks. One of them was Mr. Paul Brodtman, the managing director of the company. In reply to a series of questions, Mr. Brodtman spoke Land please note it] in guttural tones. I Aerial Advertisements "We were among tbe first," he said, "to study the interesting art of aerial advertise- ment, with big toy balloons, little toy bal- loons, and aii-ships—toy airships. Look arotrd, and you may see for yourself." Can you make them to whizz?" Gortainly-and whirr," was the r,&ply. And now may I ask what you are driving at?" England-our England-ir- very much per- turbed at the present moment," said the Morning Leader representative, at the presence of nocturnal aerial spies which whizz and whirl, and I thoug-ht possibly tha-t you, with your supreme knowledge of thcise things, mig-ht be ablp to throw some light- some searchlight—upon the mystery. Chicken- hearted people are saying all over the country that Germany has got us in a cleft stick. Mr. Brodtman's eyee twinkled. "Yes," he said, gutturally, "it is very amusing. I have just returned from Ca "Ahem!" interrupted the other young gen- tleman, who up to this time had not epoken a word. I "Spies "From Coventry," went on Mr. Brodtman, and in my oarriaje were three gentlemen- Englishmen (you could tell that from their liquid Ts')-and they were discussing these airships; ajMl they all seriously believed that they were German spies. I bid my face behind my newspaper and laughed; for I knew-" "Ahem!" said the other gentleman once again, and then walked away, and left the room, taking with him a heavy fur coat that had been hanging (unobserved) on a peg near the door. "Talking about airships," oon-tin-ned Mr. Brodtman, in a guttural tone, "I may say we have some very pretty models—cigar- fchaped and several feet long—upstairs." "Can they fly?" asked the pressman. Yes, if they are-" "TOIWed at the end of a line, with the other end fixed to a fast motor-car?" Quite so." You are very fond of motoring, Mr. Brodtman; you possess a fast car ?" A ripper," smiled the manager. "She can go." I Would Whizz And when the envelope is filled with oxygen (say), and the airship is in tow of a car which is a ripper and can go, the pro- pellor would whizz as the ship sped through the stilly night?" Of course—naturally. And scare Punch and Judy show pro- prietors on the way home across the Weigh mountains, particularly if two fur-coated gentlemen were talking at the same time in guttural tone's?" "Tha.-t would depend upon the state of nerves of the Punch and Judy man," said Mr. Brodtman. And now I must really a.sk you to excuse me, as I have to catch the train to Liverpool. I really cannot say any more-åt present. Indeed, I know nothing." I Army Dirigible Babv The Army dirigible baby" was brought out this morning at Alderwhot and mad-e a series of ascents, travelling at varying speeds over Farnborouglh Common for short periods, under the direction of Colonel Capper awd Captain King. The flights were made at several different altitudes, ranging from two hundred to one thousand feet.

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