TERRIBLE FALL.
AIRSHIP CALAMITY. ~ ' SEVEN PEOPLE SEVERELY INJURED. DESCENT OF 300 FEET. BZ TELEGBAPH—PEESS ASSOCIATION—COrTEIGHT. New York, May 24. A' sensatbnal incident is l reported from Berkeley, a suburb of San Francisco. ' An airship built according to the' plans' of' Mr. Morrell, an inventor, 450 feet and'propelled by five' 40-horse-power-. engines; fell while making a trial trip, precipitating'its occupants a distance of. 300 feet. Sixteen of those in the airship were injured, some sustaining fractured, limbs. .. The victims were Jocal'reSidehts; teniplated investment] in 'V company • which proposed to build similar jairdhije.. « . AN AEROPLANE-BALLOON. GRAPHIC DETAILS. ' ' . THE OCCUPANTS JUMP'OUT. ' (Rec. May 25, 10.55 p;m.j " .. N'oyr York,-. May 25." Mr. Morrell claimed that' he had discovered a successful combination of the principles of the aeroplane (the heavier-than-air machine, flying by mechanical propulsion) and of the dirigible balloon (the gas-filled bag). When at a height of 300' feet, the tilted with her nose downwards.' Then the envelope containing tho gaS,.burst,':,and..the airship fell. ?- ;i ■ Its fall-was slow until it reached a point <75 feet, from the ground.,' It then'collapsed and fell rapidly, :to tho .earth,; , „ ; . Tho occupants jumped out. Seven were severely injured, and others There's hurt slightly. The'inventor's, leg was broken. (
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 207, 26 May 1908, Page 7
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198TERRIBLE FALL. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 207, 26 May 1908, Page 7
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