Word: accidentally
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Died. Rupert Alexander George Augustus Cambridge, Viscount Trematon, 20, nephew of British Queen-Empress Mary; at Lyons, of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. His father, the Earl of Athlone, is Governor-General of the Union of South Africa. As everyone knows, the Queen and her brother, the Earl of...
Glenn Hammond Curtiss, air pioneer, president of the Curtiss Aeroplane Co., has never had a serious accident in a plane. But last week he suffered many bruises and a severe shock when a speeding automobile crashed into the parked automobile in which he was sitting, near Auburn, N. Y.
This scholarship is given annually to a student of "high character and ability, who shall have demonstrated his qualifications both by intellectual achievement and by participation in the student activities" of the University. This scholarship, one of the most noteworthy awards of the University, was founded in 1923 by friends...
Died. Baroness de Lenneps, 26, wife of Guerra Duval, Brazilian Minister to Berlin; in an automobile accident; near Grenoble, France.
Before incredulous experts, Capt. Geoffrey De Havilland took his Moth up over London, stalled his engine at a height of 200 feet, and deliberately crashed to the ground of Staglane Airdrome. The little plane crashed, crumbled; the experts gasped. But from the mess stepped Capt. De Havilland, smiling and nodding...