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Show DROPS BOMB FROM AIRSHIP. For First Time In History of Aviation, Shell Is Thrown From Aeroplane at Target. San Francisco. For tho first time In the history of aviation In this country, coun-try, a loaded bomb was dropped from an aeroplane on Camp Selfridge field on Sunday and exploded. Tho experiment was made by Lieutenant Lieu-tenant M. S. Crlssy of tho coaBt artillery, ar-tillery, flying with Phillip Parmaleo In a Wright biplane. At a height of 475 feet, Lieutenant Crlssy released tho shrapnel shot, aiming at a clear spot of ground near tho lower end of tho field. A puff ol Bmoko as the missile struck showed the success of the experiment. The shot was capable of wounding within a radius of seventy yards and great caro wa3 exercised In selecting the place for dropping It. |