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.
The British phantom airship scares, 1909-1913
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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.