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j MASON'S DEATH. Br Cable—Prwa Association—Copyright , ' London, May 14. i Mason, one of the victims of the Brooklands aviation fatality, was a Wealthy American and a friend of Presi--Bent Taft and Mr. Roosevelt. Both Uason and Fisher had their spines tajken.. Fisher was seriously injured ■fOctober at Brooklands. ™ HARNESSING THE AIR. i Sydney, May 15. ' Roberts, a member of the Aerial League of Australia, has successfully flemonstrated that an airship may be controlled by wireless telegraphy. He Birected a model balloon around a hall with wonderful precision. A FATAL SEAGULL. ■ T»r Received 15, 11.50 p.m. New York, May 15. Investigation has disclosed that the accident which caused the death of the aviator Rogers was due to the body of a seagull catching the control wire during the flight and preventing Rogers working the planes. ANOTHER FATALITY. New York, May 14. Bay Wheeler, an amateur aviator, iras killed, and his companion. Glasser, fatally injured at St. Louis. The aeroplane dashed into the telegraph poles, in which it became entangled, and the machine became unmanageable in the gusty wind.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 274, 16 May 1912, Page 5
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179SERIAL NAVIGATION Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 274, 16 May 1912, Page 5
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