THE AIRSHIP DISASTER.
FALL OF .THE EEPUBLIQUE.' KAISEE'S STMPATBTr APPRECIATED IN •. i -: ;: ; ; '7;''"V;; 'PABIS.- \" ' ' ■;.:. ■■>■ . ' •;; By' Asaoolatlon-Copyriffht.)"' ~■."■'. .' '"i ■ Paris, September 26. • The French military airship, La Eepoblique, which exploded' north of Moulins, and fell 400: feet, tho four occupants'being killed, had • made, an excellent flight 'for .one hundred minutes. ~•-.. . . ...; ~.' i' .' '. Suddenly it eirerved, and rose tea height of 600 feet. Then the airehip was seen to Oβftilktc nnd fall' ; ; .;'' ': •, .•. The mechanics were buried under the motor, and it was found necessary .to extricate them by means of a crane! ■ i> '■ President •■i'allieres heard of the disaster' while he was opeoing a great aero-nautical exhibition in Paris. ■.'•■"•'"■■' A message from the Kaiser conveying, his warm personal condqlenco with tho French Government in the airship disaster, has been received, .and is deeply appreciated in Paris.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 623, 28 September 1909, Page 5
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132THE AIRSHIP DISASTER. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 623, 28 September 1909, Page 5
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