Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1901-10-05 | Page 2 | Herr Kress Invents an Airship That Would Not Float on Water

HERR KRESS INVENTS AN AIRSHIP THAT WOULD NOT FLOAT ON WATER I New York Tork Oct 4 Herr Kess Kress In Inventor Inen inventor en or of o an airship started Thursday afternoon on another trial flight on the reservoir says s y the Vi Vienna VIenna VIenna enna correspondent of the Herald The Ta result was disastrous After Af r going a certain distance e Herr Kress started his motor rot r at full ful speed ahead a ead caused the forward part of the flying Hying machine to rise about centi centimetres centimetres metres out of or the water On rising to this height h ight the whole machine suddenly lost its is equilibrium and swung over to the right This caused It to fill tl with wih water and it ank like a stone The Te water at this point Pint is fifteen metres deep Herr Kress who was wa alone in the fly flyIng flying Ing machine was carried down with the snip Sip but thanks thank to the life Ufe preserver he wore he came to the surface and was able to grasp the poles which the officer and who were wit witnesses wi witnesses nesses of the te accident held out to him Mm The aged inventor he is more than 70 years of age was in in a very ery ex cx exhausted exhausted hausted condition and had sustained some slight injuries He lIe was taken home to Purkersdorf The flying ma machine machine machine chine sank sak to the bottom It I will be fished up at once when It I will wi be seen if it I is still sti in working order