ÆRIAL NAVIGATION
ANOTHER TERRIBLE DISASTER. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, July 2. Vaniman's great airship, in which he proposed to cross the Atlantic, was making an ascent in New Jersey and had attained an altitude of half a mile when it exploded, killing Vaninian and seven men. New York, July 2. At Atlantic City, New Jersey, the big dirigible Akron, containing Melvin Vaniman and his brother, Calvin Vaninian, and three others, exploded at an altitude of a thousand feet. All were instantly killed in the presence of three thousand spectators. The airship burst into (lames and fell like a plummet. The bodies were entangled in the wreckage, which fell into the sea. The airship was intended for a trans-Atlantic flight.
A PATHETIC SCENE. Received 4, 12.20 a.m. New York, July 3. A pathetic feature of the destruction of the Akron was that the wives of the three men who were companions of Vaniman saw their husbands killed by the fall. Mrs. Vaninian fainted when she saw her husband and brother-in-law fall into the sea. Divers are searching for the bodies, which are entangled in the balloon. The origin of the fire causing the explosion is unknown.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 316, 4 July 1912, Page 5
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195ÆRIAL NAVIGATION Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 316, 4 July 1912, Page 5
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