LEGENDS OF THE AIR.
A NEWSPAPER HOAXED. . (By Tclcsraph.-rresa Associatlon.-OoDyrljrhU London, July 12. The "Daily Chronicle" loams, with the authority of the so-called Dr. Boyd himself, that tho • story of his crossing tho Irish Sea in an airship was a fabrication, and that lie hoaxed the "Daily News." His motive in doing so is not stated: [The story as first published' Went to in. dioate the existence in England of a very efficient dirigible balloon, and also sought to provide an explanation of tho etorios of a mysterious airship being seen by night ovor England and Wales. The cablegram reported that a private syndicate, with capital totalling jC250,000, was being formed to work Dr. M. Boyd's new airship. The doctor and two companions, it was stated, crossed the Irish Channel, with the utmost seorccy, in the night time during last May, at a hoiglit of 8500 feet, travelling in four hours a distance of ninety miles. They landed near Belfast, and re-' crossed tho Channel tho following; night.]
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 559, 14 July 1909, Page 7
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168LEGENDS OF THE AIR. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 559, 14 July 1909, Page 7
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