IN THE AIR
THE HYDROPLANE FATALITY. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrijjhl London, Juno 5. Further details aro availablo of the fatal accident to Lieutenants Rice and Thomas S. Creswell while aeroplaning at Calshot Castle. Tho hydroplane fell from a height of 500 feet. Lieutenant Creswell, who was strapped to. tho seat, was terribly mangled. Lieutenant Rice fell out of tho machine. His body has not been Tocovered. Thero aro indications- that tho engine exploded owing to an escape of petrol fumes and- possibly a spark from, tho wireless apparatus. AEROPLANE CAPSIZES. 'TWO MORE DEATHS. Paris, Juno 5. An aoroplano capsized at Dijon, and Lieutenant Girdn and a private were killed. . THE AERIAL. DERBY. „ ' (Rcc. Juno.B, 0.30 a.m.) London, Juno 6. Mr. Brock, an American, won the Aerial Derby, covering ninety-five miles in ona hour and twenty minutes. Tho race was hampered by a fog.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2170, 8 June 1914, Page 5
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142IN THE AIR Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2170, 8 June 1914, Page 5
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