Rapidly moving lights seen at night, no further details.
The Times, 27 February 1913, p. 6; Manchester Guardian, 1 March 1913, p. 9; Norfolk News, 1 March 1913, p. 12; Globe, 26 February 1913, p. 2.
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The airship or aeroplane, at a considerable height, was seen for about five minutes on a clear moonlit night at about 9.45pm by a number of witnesses ‘of irreproachable character’ including policemen and colliers, in Exhall and Longford. It appeared to be carrying two headlights and a rear light, came from the direction of Leicester and headed west towards Birmingham very quickly.
The Times, 24 February 1913, p. 6; Norfolk News, 1 March 1913, p. 12; Standard, 24 February 1913, p. 9.
Airship seen at night, no further details.
Standard, 25 February 1913, p. 9.
Airship seen at night, no further details.
Standard, 25 February 1913, p. 9.
At 10pm, insurance superintendent John Collinwood with a group of businessmen watched an airship with red and green lights playing its searchlight over the railway lines from the Church Fenton station, seven miles to the north of Selby. At point it was low over the houses and then it rose to a considerable height. After twenty minutes it flew north at great speed.
Standard, 24 February 1913, p. 9; Daily Herald, 26 February 1913, p. 3.
The train driver on the express from Wistow Gates to Selby, Fred Head, reported that an airship with a bright headlight kept pace with his train, to the front and side, until it was lost in the fog.
Standard, 25 February 1913, p. 9; Globe, 25 February 1913, p. 10.
Nine miles east of Selby, a man and his horse were startled by the bright light of an airship between 10pm and 11pm heading very quickly towards Bridlington.
Standard, 24 February 1913, p. 9.
Lights and the shape of an airship seen.
Manchester Guardian, 1 March 1913, p. 9; Daily Herald, 26 February 1913, p. 3.
At 9.30pm two men, John Ripley and T. Clarke, were loading a barge with sand on the river Ouse when they saw lights circling the countryside for some time.
Daily Herald, 26 February 1913, p. 3.
An airship was seen; no further details.
Daily Herald, 26 February 1913, p. 3.
Airship seen at night, no further details.
Standard, 25 February 1913, p. 9.
Solicitor C. H. March and his wife watched a bright starlike object flying to the west of Selby from about 9.25pm, moving up and down and occasionally disappearing. Just after 10pm it disappeared to the west. Mr Sanderson Daw saw it flying overhead; it had a strong front light and two rear lights. Two women saw it using its searchlight over a common. At 10pm Sergeant Skyrme, an Army veteran of twenty years’ service, saw an object he took to be an aeroplane with powerful lights in front and rear.
Manchester Guardian, 27 February 1913, p. 7, 1 March 1913, p. 9; Standard, 24 February 1913, p. 9; Daily Herald, 26 February 1913, p. 3; Globe, 25 February 1913, p. 10.
An airship with searchlight was seen between 7.40pm and 10pm, and its engine heard.
Manchester Guardian, 27 February 1913, p. 7, 1 March 1913, p. 9; Norfolk News, 1 March 1913, p. 12; Daily Herald, 26 February 1913, p. 3.
Dentist’s wife Mrs. McClure and her friend saw an airship while driving from Riccall to Selby. It had bright lights at the front and rear, and disappeared to the northwest of Selby.
Standard, 25 February 1913, p. 9.
At 8pm, a fruit and potato merchant named Creasor saw and heard the airship, with a powerful searchlight, at Riccall, three miles north of Selby. A grocer named George Daniels and others in his house heard an aircraft between 9pm and 10pm; upon going outside they saw a bright light fast approaching, and they could see the long cigar shape of the envelope. It carried a searchlight and a rear light, and headed towards Market Weighton. Several other people on the outskirts of Riccall also saw it.
Standard, 24 February 1913, p. 9, 26 February 1913, p. 7.
See 1913-33.
The Times, 24 February 1913, p. 6; Norfolk News, 1 March 1913, p. 12; Standard, 24 February 1913, p. 9, 25 February 1913, p. 9.