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AEROPLANE ACCIDENT. PASSENGER KILLED

... Lieutenant Selfridge was injured about the head. Both have been removed to Fort Mger Hospital, where Lieutenant Selfridge died the same evening. The machine was wrecked., Lieutenant Selfridge was a member of the Signal Corga and a son of Admiral Selfridge. t ...

Published: Saturday 26 September 1908
Newspaper: Bayswater Chronicle
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 150 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

MR. ORVILLE WRIGHT SERIOUSLY

... internal injuries, while Lieutenant Selfridge was injured about the head. Both have been removed Fort Meyer Hospital. The machine is wreck. Lieutenant Selfridge a member of the Signal Corps and a son of Admiral Selfridge. Tho broken propeller was a new one ...

Published: Friday 18 September 1908
Newspaper: Morning Post
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 142 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

RVILLE WRIGHT HURT BADLY INJURED DURING A FLIGHT IN AMERICA

... the head, Both have been removed to Fort Meyer Hospital. The machine is a wreck. Lieut. Selfridge is a member of the Signal Corps, and a son of Admiral Selfridge. The broken propelier was a new which Mr. W:;Ehbsmw:l min‘af‘or the m time , Wi ) i A Lime ...

Published: Friday 18 September 1908
Newspaper: Morning Leader
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 140 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

HOW THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED

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

Published: Friday 18 September 1908
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 171 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

KR. WRIGHT'S CONDITION

... said he would break the nine minutes' record easily. Before be went up Lieutenant Selfridge was congratulated on his good luck by dosens of persons. Lieutenant Selfridge, said a reporter, 'I want you to remember when you are up there in the air tb_at ...

AN EXPERT'S ACCOUNT

... September 17. A mechanical expert, describing the aeroplane accident, in which Mr. Orville Wright was injured and Lieut. Selfridge was killed, said that the machine perfomed beautifully for six or seven minutes, and then suddenly one of the propellers ...

Published: Friday 18 September 1908
Newspaper: Globe
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 294 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

DISASTER FULLY DESCRIBED

... Friday.—As a result of the 75ft. plunge of Mr. Orville Wright's aeroplane at Fort Meyer yesterday afternoon Lieutenant Selfridge is dead, and Mr. Wright is in hospital with a fracture of the left thigh, several of his ribs on the right side bent, his ...

Published: Saturday 19 September 1908
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 193 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

MR. ORVILLE WRIGHT'S FALL

... Generally you don't when you're first hurt. . But it's over and can't be helped. Nothing makes much difference except Selfridge—poor Selfridge. WELL-KNOWN SINGER INJURED. Mme. Emmy Destrnn Sustains Concussion of the Brain as Result of Fall. BERT , Alomlay ...

Published: Tuesday 22 September 1908
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 215 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

AEROPLANE WRECKED

... wonderful world's records in America, has been utterly wrecketi, with fatal results. The aeronaut himself and Lieutenant Selfridge, who accompanied him in hit flight at Fort Meyer yesterday, were both badly injured, and the officer died last night in the ...

Published: Friday 18 September 1908
Newspaper: Westminster Gazette
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 380 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17, Later

... at Dayton, Ohio, assuring them that was all right. Mr. Selfridge’s injuries are more serious, and ho has not yet regained consciousness.— Reuter. WASHINGTON. Sett. 17, 8.30 p.m. Lieutenant Selfridge died this evening.— Reuter, (from OCR PARIS. Sift. IT ...

Published: Friday 18 September 1908
Newspaper: Morning Post
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 196 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE GLOBE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1908

... ACCIDENT. MR. ORVILLE WREGHT LIE UT. SELFRIDGE KILLED. FULL DESCRIPTION. Wigton, Setptbeanber.l6._ As a result of the 76 feet pitmge of Mr. Orville Wright's aeroplane at Fort Meyer yesterday afternoon, Lieut. Selfridge is dead and Mr. Wright is in hospital ...

Published: Friday 18 September 1908
Newspaper: Globe
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 834 | Page: 7 | Tags: none