A NEWSPAPER HOAXED
Received July 13, 8.25 a : m. LONDON, July 12. The "Daily Chronicle" learns, with the authority of the so called Dr. Boyd himself, that the story of his crossing the Irish Sea in an airship was a fabrication, and that he hoaxed the "Daily News." His motive in doing so is not stated.
A cablegram received a few days ago reported that a private syndicate, with capital totalling £250,000, is being formed to work Dr. M. Boya's rew airship. The doctor and two companions, it was stated, crossed the Irish Channel with the utmost secrecy, in the night time during May, at a height of 3,500 feet, travelling in four hours a distance of ninety miles. They landed near Belfast, and re-crossed the Channel the following night.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9542, 14 July 1909, Page 5
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130A NEWSPAPER HOAXED Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9542, 14 July 1909, Page 5
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