NEARLY A COLLISION.
AIRSHIP'S THRILLING ESCAPE
JUST CLEARS A TRAIN
LONDON, October 24. The army airship Beta narrowly escaped destruction in a sensational manner to-day.
While making an experimental flight the Beta, became unmanageable, and drifted towards tho South-Western railway.
The dirigible eot across the line at n height which h>id enabled it to iust clear tho top of a train that approached from round a, curve a short distance away.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 31 October 1912, Page 7
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