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The collapsed Wright airplane photographed just after it...

The collapsed Wright airplane photographed just after it struck the ground. At Fort Meyer [sic], on Sept. 17, at a height of 75 feet, on a turn, one of the new nine foot propeller blades was broken. The machine pitched to the ground resulting in the death of Lieutenant Selfridge and the painful injury of Mr. Wright.

Date & Place: c1908 Sept. 29.

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