Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1897 — A Pigeon’s Great Flight. [ARTICLE]

A Pigeon’s Great Flight.

According to the Premiur of New Zealand, a homing pigeon recently flew from Victoria to New Zealand in three days. The distance Is about 1,000 miles, and the bird must have flown without rest at a speed of about fifteen miles an hour.