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AEROPLANE DISASTER IN AMERICA

... injuries, while Lieutenant Selfridge was injured about the haad. Both hard, been removed to Fort Mjrer 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 ...

Published: Friday 18 September 1908
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 418 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

GHAM GAZETTE AND EXPRESS. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1908

... afternoon, Lieut. Selfridge is dead and M. ' Wright is in hospital with a fracture of the left thigh, ceeeral of his ribs on the right side bent., his head cut, and his body brained. The dead lieutenant was the nephew of Admiral Selfridge, and was regarded ...

Published: Saturday 19 September 1908
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 253 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

LATEST DETAILS

... accident would not cause the Government to alter its present agreement with Wright Bros. Lieutenant Selfridge wan aged 26. a nephew of Admiral Selfridge, and a native of San Franciseo. He was in the Fifth Artillery and a member of the Army Aeronautical ...

Published: Friday 18 September 1908
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 240 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

A DEFECTIVE PROPELLER

... hospital with a fracture of the left thigh, several ribs on the tight side bent, his head cot, and hie body bruised. LW . Selfridge wa. one of the meet expert aviators in the United States. Mr. Wright had decided to try the two-man flight required by the ...

Published: Friday 18 September 1908
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 323 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

COMMERCE WITH CANADA

... internal injuries. while Lieutenant Selfridge was injured about the heed. Both have been :emoted to Fort Meyer Bonita The machine is a, wreck. - - Lieutenant Selfridge is a member of the Signal Corps, and eon of _kiral Selfridge. The broke& propeller was new ...

Published: Friday 18 September 1908
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 683 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

A LIEUTENANT'S DEATH. MR. ORVILLE WRIOHT SERIOUSLY INJURED

... Orville Wright's aeroplane has met with a disaster in America, and tho accident has resulted in the death of Lieut. Thomas Selfridge, who was Mr. Wright's companion at the time. The London 'Mail's special correspondent at Port Meyer oars the aeroplane collapsed ...

Published: Friday 18 September 1908
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 163 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

CONQUEST OF THE AIR

... their plans must again bepeet to the test at the risk of their lives. The Emperor Aded that he regretted the death of Lieut. Selfridge., an officer engaged in the perfection of the military weapons of his fatherland, just as he understood the grief of the ...

Published: Monday 21 September 1908
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 373 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

PINIONED DT THE WRECK

... and }ournaliste rushed to the spot and endeavoured to lift the heavy mare under which were pinioned %Ir. Wright and Limit Selfridge. The latter bore unmistakable signs of his injuries. Mr. Wright remained conorious, and asked for the machine to be lifted ...

Published: Saturday 19 September 1908
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 394 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

wijjp' 'vi - BIRMINGHAM DAILY POST SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13 1908 HISTORY OF RELIGIONS CLOSE OF THE OXFORD CONGRESS ..

... tests He invited Lieutenant British force commander Brigadier-General Byng strategically false front Pit Bam Selfridge nephew of Admiral Selfridge and to the sooth Cheriton Behind most the States to accompany him The latter took place Mr Wright 1751b which ...

Published: Saturday 19 September 1908
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 5137 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

STAFFORDSHIRE

... the mechanism of the aeroplane, and it fell 75 feet, terribly injuring Mr. Wright, and killing his companion, Lieuteant Selfridge, of the U.S. Signal Corps.—Mr. Wilbur Wright lon Wednesday made an ascent in his aeroplane lasting 29min. 18sec. This is ...

Published: Saturday 19 September 1908
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 1208 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

DESPATCH FRIDAY 18 1908 Editorial 790 1819 SEQUEL of Luard near lafet tiiat strange know it is ammunition in

... while injuries character that died the Mr Wright had made machine try the two-man flight for tests Reuter invited Lieutenant Selfridge Quarter Sessions Mr F who city musical on the that in the out of so that time-honoured institution Ernest (30) were with ...

Published: Friday 18 September 1908
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2417 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

BATTALION ORDERS

... flew off, with result that the machine plunged 76 feet to m» earth. The aeroplane wee wrecked, and Wright and Lieutenant Selfridge were both injured. Th« Home Office aUtutic daftlisf Üboar minee Mid qu»ni— for Uio jom mov (GUI fatalities of doe to oocidMU ...

Published: Saturday 19 September 1908
Newspaper: Walsall Advertiser
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 1672 | Page: 3 | Tags: none