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THE AEROPLANE DISASTER IN AMERICA

... the dirigible airship which recently sold to the War Department. The suggestion is being taken erecting monument to Lieut. Selfridge, spot where the disaster occurred on the parade ground at Fort Myer.—Copyright. ...

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

AMERICA

... machine , yesterday afternoon dooidad to try the two-man flight qftlled for by tho Government tests . He invited Lieutenant Selfridge to accompany him . The latter took bis place by Mr Wright . He weighed 175 pounds , which , with Mr Wright ' s weight , mnde ...

Published: Saturday 19 September 1908
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 912 | Page: 9 | 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

THE WRIGHT AIRSHIP DISASTER

... that, with constant care, he will be able to leave the hospital in six week's time. The news of the death of Lieutenant Selfridge, fellov:ing the fracture of the base of the skull, has not been told to Mr Wright at present. Ths latter told the doctors ...

Published: Saturday 19 September 1908
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 501 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

SOME FURTHER DETAILS

... machine, yesterday afternoon decided , to try the two-man light, called for by the Government tests. He invited Lieutenant Selfridge to accompany him. The latter took his place by Mr. Wright. He weighed 1751 b, which, with Mr. Wright's weight, made the heaviest ...

AIRSHIP DISASTER

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

THE AEROPLANE DISASTER

... would be able see his sister on the latter's arrival here this afternoon.—Reuter. Lieutenant Selfridge, who was killed, was aged 26, nephew of Admiral Selfridge, and a native of San Francisco. was in the Fifth Artillery, and member of the Army Aeronautical ...

Published: Saturday 19 September 1908
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 175 | 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

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... injured at Fort Meyer, U.S.A., on Thursday in an aeropla.ne accident, will not be convalcscent for six weeks. Lieutenant Selfridge, who accompanied him on his trip, died from his injuries. F. Newton, driving Grand Prix Model Napier Brooklands on Friday ...

Published: Saturday 19 September 1908
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 371 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

LATEST AMERICAN NEWS BY CABLE

... Lieutenant Selfricke, who was his companion on the machine, were precipitated from a height of 75 ft. to the ground. Lieutenant Selfridge never regained consciousness, and later in the evening succumbed to his injuries. Mr. Wright sustained a broken leg and a ...

Published: Saturday 19 September 1908
Newspaper: American Register
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 972 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WRECKED AEROPLANE

... machine during the afternoon, had decided try the two-man flight called for by the Government tests. He invited Lieutenant Selfridge to accompany him. and the Lieutenant took his place by Mr. Wright. He weighed 175 pounds, which, with Mr. Wright's weight ...

Published: Saturday 19 September 1908
Newspaper: Manchester Courier
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 420 | Page: 7 | Tags: none