ASTONISHED BOY IS ALIVE
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Roct'ived Thm'sdav, 9.15 p.m. DAKWIN", Auo'ust 8. A Jnvanose liov, ngod 12 yoans, who stowed away in tlie engine naeclle oi" a Douglas Dakotn transpoi't plane owned by the Dutch, travolied from Koepang to Dai'win in three hours. He is now in quarantine in Darwin hospital wliere lie is being treated for niiiltiple burns, exposure and sliock. Ilis presence was discovered late last night by a mechanie at Darwin wlio saw the boy in an unconsc.ious condition, twined about the undercarriage lowering nieclianism witliin the naeelle, . After regaining* conseiousness the bov Said he had come frdni Eoepang. R.A.A.P. officers are astpnished thatfanyone oould have liyefl at ; 9000 l'eet in the blasts of air.-while the plane trav'elled af 150 m.p.h, - ' The cavitv is considered completely filled when the wheels are up. Tlie biggest mystery is why tlie unconscious hoy did not fall out when the wheels were lowercd over Darwin. He is small and was wearing only a shirt and shorts.
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 August 1946, Page 5
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169ASTONISHED BOY IS ALIVE Chronicle (Levin), 9 August 1946, Page 5
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