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'OH THE HUMANITY!': Decades before the Hindenburg disaster, Calgary had brush with dirigible disaster

Leah Mushet

2 hours ago

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On a windy July day in Calgary, over 100,000 people flocked to Victoria Park, also now known as the Stampede grounds, unknowing they'd be a part of dirigible history.

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