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The Dirigible C-5 and her escape from her moorings at NewfoundlandEntry/Object ID
2013.13.1.53a-cDescription
Clippings and memorabilia from World War I scrapbook compiled by Dr. Naaman H. Keyser, page 51
The contents of page 51 are devoted to dirigibles. A large photograph of a dirigible occupies the upper two-thirds of the page [51a], and includes the caption- at left- "The American Dirigible C-5, which made a Non-Stop Flight of Over a Thousand Miles from Montauk Point, Long Island, to St. John's N. F. Swaying from Side to Side, and Tugging at Her Anchorage on Quidi Vidi Field, Just Before Breaking Away and Disappearing Seaward Over the Hills."
Below this is the second article, which notes: "The big 'blimp' met rough weather just after anchoring at St. John's. A 30-mile gale from the west caused her to strain at her leash, and about 4 P.M. 100 men from the Chicago went ashore to try to hold her down with man ropes. But the wind increased to 40 miles and ropes began to break. Lieutenant Little, in command, ordered to the ground the crew which was overhauling the machinery, then he attempted to pull a cord which would have released enough of the gas to reduce the size of the balloon and make her easier to hold. The cord broke, and the men having eased their hold on the ropes the big ship tore away from her anchors, the Lieutenant dropped twenty-five feet to the ground, and the balloon sailed away to the eastward without a crew," etc.
Below this is a panoramic view [51c]- in two pieces- with the caption "St. John's last view of the runwaway dirigible C-5 as it disappeared oceanward over the bleak hills of the Newfoundland Coast, to be seen no more."
Pages are 7.5 x 10".Photograph Details
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