Wastfington, Sept. 9.
The Navy Department states that Lieutenant Williams has advixed that it would not be practicable for him to complete adequate tests of his machine to warrant em-arking for Venice in time to ar-ye to qualify for the Cup Race.—Reuter London, Sept. 12.
The Air Ministry announced today that the seaplane Crusader, one} of the four new British seaplanes entered in the race for the Schneider Cup in Italy, crashed during a trial near Venice,
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