scareships » England

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.

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.

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.

Papplewick, Nottinghamshire

Brett Holman — Thu, 27 Feb 1913 10:55:54 +0000

Witnesses saw a moving light for about 5 minutes.

The Times, 28 February 1913. p. 5.

St. Alban’s Head, Dorset

Brett Holman — Wed, 26 Feb 1913 11:21:14 +0000

A coastguard saw lights in the sky.

The Times, 28 February 1913, p. 5

Romiley, Greater Manchester

Brett Holman — Wed, 26 Feb 1913 11:17:19 +0000

‘[N]ine distinct flashes of vivid searchlight seen’.

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

Portland Harbour, Dorset

Brett Holman — Wed, 26 Feb 1913 11:05:45 +0000

An airship was seen by a postman, a government official, and a nurse; all the usual elements were present — the brilliant searchlight, the whirring propeller and the ‘clear outline’ of the airship itself. The lights sometimes went out.

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