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Show CARRIER PIGEON IS BROUGHT TO PORT NEW YORK. July 16. Carrier pigeon N. J. R. 6-lfi-O. believed to be the bird which escaped from the British dirigible 11-3 4 on its return trip from Mineola, N. y.,--to England, was brought into port today to-day by Captain John Chapman of the steamer West Kysa, from .London. Captain Chapman -aid the pigeon alighted, exhausted, on the deck of the West Kysa, July 11, three davs after the R-34 left Mineola, and readily allowed itself to be made captive. The bird was turned over to Colonel Norman Thwaltes of the British provost guard. |