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Nighttime plans fade as airship drifts off coast
A wireless log from the Marconi station details the end of contact with the airship America as fog conceals the vessel near Nantucket. Messages confirm engine shutdown, the dirigible heading east northeast at 25 miles per hour with the coastguard alerted and residents watching the sky.
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Bias
Dirigibl
Iian
I Ik
Sauined
America
Angel
Fheir
Fia
Amercia
Irwin
Heb
Marconi
Anil
Toain
Nantucket
Beco