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Falls to Earth. A LIEUTENANT FATALLY INJURED

... Meyer, yesterday, Mr. °Mlle Wright and Lieut. Selfridge ascended in the former 's seroplsoe. During the aeroplane's flight one of tw ith rworellore asappri ng and the machineto ,fatally inju ed, Lieut. Selfridge B and severely injuring Mr. Wright. WASHINGTON ...

Published: Friday 18 September 1908
Newspaper: Newcastle Evening Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 588 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

SUMMONED FOR KISSING HER

... afternoon, Lieut. Selfridge is dead. and Slr. Wright is in the hospital with a fracture of t h e left thigh. Several of his ribs on the rizht are bent, his head cut, and I.is hod. The dead lieutenant was the nephew of Admiral Selfridge, and was regarded ...

Published: Saturday 19 September 1908
Newspaper: Newcastle Daily Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 864 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

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... soldiera and ists tushed to the spot and endeavoured to lift the heave mars under which were miowed Mr Wright and Lieut Selfridge latter's face was covered with bleod He was groanin, and choking with internal hemortbage r Wright remeined con- arious an ...

INVENTOR NOT DISCOURAGED

... minutee* record easily. Before went Lieutenant Self ridge was congratulated on his good luck dozens of persons. ’• Lieut. Selfridge,” said reporter. 1 want you remember when yon are up there the air that there man down her© envying you every minute of your ...

Published: Saturday 19 September 1908
Newspaper: Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
County: Durham, England
Type: Article | Words: 432 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

CONQUEST OF THE AIR

... plans must again be It s the test at the risk of their lives. The Emperor added that he regretted the death of Lieutenant Selfridge, an officer engaged in the perfection of the military weapons of his fatherhood. just as he understood the grief of the tireless ...

Published: Monday 21 September 1908
Newspaper: Newcastle Daily Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 607 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

agree this conference will be held and an attempt made to arrange a plan for gettling future disputes without ..

... Before the problem aerial fight solved, we may expect to hear of similar w;cideot« that which befci Mr. Orville Lieut. Selfridge, near Fort Meyer Out such mhshape will not deter the inventors. Man has eet himself construct reliable flying machine, and ...

Published: Friday 18 September 1908
Newspaper: Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
County: Durham, England
Type: Article | Words: 659 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

DAILY CHRONICLE: SATURDAY:

... to Mr. Orville Wright's aeroplane it had nothing to do with the extra weight carried in the pereoo of Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge, who unhappily lost his life. What happened was that the left propeller snapped while the right propeller continued to work ...

Published: Saturday 19 September 1908
Newspaper: Newcastle Daily Chronicle
County: Northumberland, England
Type: | Words: 2252 | Page: 8 | Tags: none