An airship was seen at night for five minutes by a manufacturer.
Standard, 25 February 1913, p. 9.
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The shape of an airship with lights seen.
Manchester Guardian, 1 March 1913, p. 9.
At 4.30am the two men from 1913-26 saw an airship over the lock. They could see the bulging cigar-shaped outline faintly, as well as its searchlight, three wheels and a ‘faint throbbing noise’.
Daily Herald, 26 February 1913, p. 3.
At 7.40pm, Mrs. Schofield, the wife of the manager of Singer’s Machine Company in Selby, saw two very powerful lights, one in front ‘like the headlight of a motor car’ and one 30 to 40 feet to the rear approaching while being driven to the village of Cawood. Having seen a flight of army airmen on their way to Montrose in Scotland the day before, she was able to estimate the airship’s height at some 1500 to 2000 feet. It disappeared from view within three or four minutes.
Standard, 26 February 1913, p. 7. On the flight to Montrose, see Globe, 21 February 1913, p. 12, 22 February 1913, p. 7.
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.
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.
Airship seen at night, no further details.
Standard, 25 February 1913, p. 9.
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.