German Dirigible Wrecked.

New York Times 100 years ago today, March 20, 1913:
Recently Launched Airship Breaks In Two While Landing in Storm.
    KARLSRUHE, March 19.— Two months after her trial flight the German military dirigible of the Zeppelin type, known as Substitute ZL, is a wreck. She was broken in two this afternoon while attempting a landing after a twenty-four-hour flight. The start was made from Oos, a village of Baden, where the balloon was stationed.
    The pilots intended to return to Oos, but finally decided, on account of the gusty wind, which reached a velocity of forty-five miles an hour, to anchor at Karlsruhe. They had not yet finished the work of anchoring when a terrific gust buckled the forward half of the dirigible. Another gust lifted the airship, and a detachment of soldiers who were clinging to the ropes were forced to release their grip or be carried to a dangerous altitude. The aluminum frames began to break away, and the whole structure collapsed, the nose of the dirigible breaking off.
    The Substitute ZL made a trial flight on Jan. 16, and on two occasions afterwards made very satisfactory endurance flights. The dirigible was accepted by the War Department on Feb. 15. Her length was 46o foot, and her speed exceeded fifty miles an hour.