scareships » 1913

Cardiff, Cardiff

Brett Holman — Tue, 08 Apr 1913 12:04:32 +0000

Just before 9pm, crowds of people in Cardiff (including, once again, the Chief Constable of Glamorganshire, Captain Lionel Lindsay), watched an aeroplane or airship with a brilliant light travel from the north-west to the south-east. It appeared to be travelling at 60 to 70 mph at a considerable height, and disappeared over the Bristol Channel.

The Times, 9 April 1913, p. 10.

Holborn, Greater London

Brett Holman — Fri, 07 Mar 1913 12:01:46 +0000

An airship was seen by a crowd of people in the evening, consisting of a moving light and possibly the white gas envelope itself.

Globe, 8 March 1913, p. 2.

Grimsby, Lincolnshire

Brett Holman — Fri, 28 Feb 1913 11:59:27 +0000

Date uncertain: late February or early March 1913. A ‘scareship’ with two lights on either side of its dark body flew over the head of a Grimsby police constable at night, but he subsequently found that it was a box-kite flown by two young men.

Globe, 6 March 1913, p. 7.

North Sea, 170 miles from Spurn Head, East Riding of Yorkshire

Brett Holman — Fri, 28 Feb 1913 11:55:58 +0000

At 8pm, the crew, including Captain J. H. Parker and the chief engineer, of the trawler Othello out of Hull saw an airship with a powerful searchlight. Initially it was distant, but within five minutes it was close enough to circle their trawler twice; in fact Captain Parker was afraid that it would crash into the mast. As it left to the west he saluted it with his siren and was answered by a flash from the searchlight. It had two lights aft. The Moon and stars were not visible.

The Times, 5 March 1913, p. 7; Manchester Guardian, 5 March 1913, p. 7; Standard, 5 March 1913, p, 8; Globe, 5 March 1913, p. 10.

Rosyth, Fife

Brett Holman — Thu, 27 Feb 1913 11:50:15 +0000

A brilliant light and an airship shape were seen.

Manchester Guardian, 1 March 1913, p. 9.

New Brighton, Merseyside

Brett Holman — Thu, 27 Feb 1913 11:42:30 +0000

An airship with bright lights was observed to fly in from the Irish Sea over the local batteries. Its shape was seen.

Manchester Guardian, 1 March 1913, p. 9.

Liverpool, Merseyside

Brett Holman — Thu, 27 Feb 1913 11:37:33 +0000

See 1913-73.

Manchester Guardian, 1 March 1913, p. 9.

Kirkcaldy, Fife

Brett Holman — Thu, 27 Feb 1913 11:33:33 +0000

A brilliant light and an airship shape were seen.

Manchester Guardian, 1 March 1913, p. 9.

Hucknall, Nottinghamshire

Brett Holman — Thu, 27 Feb 1913 11:29:58 +0000

At 2am, a policeman saw an airship with ‘a powerful searchlight’ travelling from the direction of Nottingham towards Mansfield; it was seen also by a number of colliers.

The Times, 28 February 1913, p. 5; Manchester Guardian, 1 March 1913, p. 9.

Ardwick, Greater Manchester

Brett Holman — Thu, 27 Feb 1913 11:25:31 +0000

Scores of people, including W. H. Webber, watched an airship with ‘two head lights and one tail light’ between about 9.10pm. Later, Webber and ‘a considerable number of people’ saw possibly the same object at 11pm, directly over the houses; it disappeared to the west.

Manchester Guardian, 1 March 1913, pp. 6, 9.