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milford chronicle (milford, del.) 1878-1974 — giant bird

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1909-07-09
Location: milford, delaware, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: milford chronicle (milford, del.) 1878-1974 · 1909-07-09 · page 09
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1909-07-09 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “giant bird”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... Damaged In Fall. Resembling a giant bird swooping flown upon its prey, the Wright aero plane, after the motor which propels It had 'cost- suddenly to a standstill.^, glided grar-e ully tq iftfillrauVa-iMVlng made two sue tfssful flights. The machine was on its way around the Fort Myer drill grounds at Wash Ington for the ninth time in its sec end flight when the motor stopped eixty feet above the earth and exactly Jn the same place where the propelle* blade broke last September which r suited in the fatal accident that ter mlnated the trials at that time. In the earth the machine hit swerved around with force that the skids were broken badly ...

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