THE AKRON DISASTER.
United Press Association—By Electrio . . . TeiC-jTsph—Copyright. NEW YORK, July 15. Tho destruction of Melvin Vaniman's big dirigible, tho Akron, was dno to faulty construction, Tho gaa from tho balloon was leaking ot a point just over tho exhaust of tho engine, and the firo which caused the explosion started at the leak.
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14408, 16 July 1912, Page 7
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54THE AKRON DISASTER. Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14408, 16 July 1912, Page 7
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