A strange human being, bclioved to be a Chinaman escaped from the Rand Mines, is hiding in'tho bush, at Krantzkop,,Natal. People who have seen him describe the man as entirely nude, with long nails and deepset, glaring eyes, and carrying a long knife. Horaco wild, of Chicago, ivho built tho ; dirigible balloon Eagle, says that ho has completed a successful aeroplane. He' utilises gyroscopes. Ho has also wagered 10,000dol. fnr an airship race against Charles K.- Hamilton, of Now York, and Captain William,Mattory, of Chicago. Hamilton is well qualified toi bn a contestant, having fallen from, or with, Israel, Ludlow's flying machine,! more than 60 times. • . ' :
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 18, 16 October 1907, Page 11
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106Untitled Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 18, 16 October 1907, Page 11
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