Monday, August 19, 2019

The Fatal Dirigible -- August 19, 2019

Moving Picture World, August 9, 1919
On 22-July-1919, Goodyear Blimp "Wingfoot Air Express" was flying over Chicago. It crashed through the roof of a bank. Many were killed on the dirigible and in the bank. A Hearst-Universal newsreel was in the theater by the 24th.  A newspaper item about the crash:
http://cablecarguy.blogspot.com/2019/07/twelve-die-in-balloon-holocaust-july-21.html

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