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AEROPLANE DISASTER ACCIDENT MR. WRIGHT FALL OF 7.-> FEET PASSENGER KILLED New York, Thursday Mr. Orville Wright ..

... sustained internal injuries, while Lieut. Selfridge was injured about the head. Both have been removed to Fort Sever hospital. The machine is wreck. Lieut. Selfridge is member of the Signal Corps, and son of Admiral Selfridge. The broken propeller was a new one ...

Published: Friday 18 September 1908
Newspaper: Cork Examiner
County: Cork, Republic of Ireland
Type: | Words: 569 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

MR WRIGHT IN HOSPITAL

... several of bis ribs on the right .side bent, his head cut, and hie boay bruised. The dead lieutenant was a nephew of Admiral Selfridge, and was regarded as one of the most export aviators in the United States. The eause of death was fracture the base of the ...

Published: Saturday 19 September 1908
Newspaper: Cork Examiner
County: Cork, Republic of Ireland
Type: | Words: 634 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

NEW MUSIC WAEEEOOMS

... plans must again /be put to the test at the risk of their livds. The Emperor added that lie regretted the death Lieutenant Selfridge, an officer engaged the perfection of the military weapons his fatherland, just understood the grief of the tireless inventor ...

Published: Monday 21 September 1908
Newspaper: Cork Examiner
County: Cork, Republic of Ireland
Type: | Words: 1160 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE MOTOR RACE

... higher last Thursday might have been able to right the machine and they would not have had to deplore the death Lieutenant Self-ridge. Air. Wright explained further that while in order to cover his responsibility would never invite anyone to with him, would ...

Published: Wednesday 23 September 1908
Newspaper: Cork Examiner
County: Cork, Republic of Ireland
Type: | Words: 607 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

HIGH WATER

... by the brothers Wright goes on apace. While Orville is slowly recovering from the catastrophe that proved fatal to Lieut. Selfridge, Wilbur, in France, has broken all the records to bits, and seems be able to remain as kng aloft as his pleasure or his petrol ...

Published: Wednesday 23 September 1908
Newspaper: Cork Examiner
County: Cork, Republic of Ireland
Type: | Words: 4666 | Page: 4 | Tags: none