AVATION.
TRAGEDY IN AMERICA. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyiight, NEW YORK, July 22. (Eeceived July 28, at 1.30 a,m.) The dirigible that took fire and fell at Chicago was flying over the centre of the business quarter of the city. The burning wreck crashed through the skylight of a bank building, killing eight persons, mostly women, and seriously injuring three others. Tliree members of the dirigible's crew were burned to death. The others landed safely by means of parachutes.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17688, 28 July 1919, Page 5
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77AVATION. Otago Daily Times, Issue 17688, 28 July 1919, Page 5
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