DIRIGIBLE DISASTER AT CHICAGO.

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 151034, 28 July 1919, Page 5

DIRIGIBLE DISASTER AT CHICAGO.

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(Australian and N.Z. Cable Association)

(Received July 28, 1.30 a m ) m, a- ■ -v, .New York ' Ju]y 22Ihe dirigible that took fire and fell at Chicago was flying over the centre of tne business quarter of the city The burning wreck crashed through the skylight of a bank building, killing eight persons, mostly women, and serious! v lnjunng three others. Three members of the dirigible's crew were burned to death. The others landed safely by parachutes.