AIRSHIPS FALL.
LADY'S COSTLY. EXPERIENCE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. London, June 19. Lady Abdy, wife of Sir William Abdy, bid 120 guineas at auction for the right to accompany Mr. C. Grahame-White, tho aeroplanist who unsuccessfully competed with M. Paulhan in the London to Manchester contest for the "Daily Mail" prize—in a biplane flight at Brooklands. Mr. White and his passenger made a start, but something went wrong, and' tho machine .fell from a height of ten feet, - and was smashed. The aviator and Lady Abdy escaped uninjured. GERMAN AVIATOR KILLED. Berlin, v Juno 19. Herr Robl, a German aviator, was aeroplaning at Stettin at a height of 250 feet) when the machine plunged, turned a somersault, and then smashed to the ground, crushing and killing Robl.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 848, 21 June 1910, Page 5
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