AN AIRSHIP EXPLODES
THE OCCUPANTS KILLED,
ATLANTIC CITY (N.J.), July 2. The big dirigible Akron, containing Melvin. Vaniman, his brother (Calvin Vaniman), and three others, exploded when at an altitude of a thousand feet.
All were instantly killed in the presence of three thousand spectators. The airship burst into flames and fell like a plummet. The bodies being entangled in the wreckage fell into the sea. The airship was intended for a trans-Atlantic flight.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10677, 4 July 1912, Page 5
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74AN AIRSHIP EXPLODES Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10677, 4 July 1912, Page 5
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