AIR RACE DISASTER

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 44, 15 November 1919, Page 7

AIR RACE DISASTER

ALLIANCE MACHINE DESTROYED j BOTH AIRMEN KILLED By Telcgraph-Prcss Association-Copyright J i.ondon, November Kt. ! 'J'lic Alliancc iiurojiliinc. in wliicli "Cap- j tain Douglas and Lieutenant lioss were : to llv to Australia, crashed at Surbitun (oil tho Thames).. tuul hotli-.nviiitore wore , killed. Tim avialons flailed most; hopefully in sunshine, following a light snow j shower. 'I'hoy waved (i, cheery farewell* • Soeclalors at Surbiton caw Iho machine ill;, a low alt iLiidp, ano' Iho engine slid- 1 ilenly stopped, and tho lnachino nosedived into an orchard, sirnck a trde, and overturned. Three explosions followed, i and a. lire slnrleJ. The rescuers found ; both men ricau — Ans.-N./i. c.'ablc Assn. Tlffi VIGKERS-VUf YSTART.' I (Rcc. November 14, 8.-W p.n».) ... London, Noyem'b'er 12. Captain Ross-Smith's brother, Lieuten* ant, Keith Smith, and t.ho Australian ; sergeants Bennett and Theirs;, aeeom. pany tlio pilot us mechanics. The I weather was excellent—clear . and frosty ; —when the Vickers-Vimy- machine I started. Smith assured the Australian Press : Association representative that 1m was : couiidenl that with ordinary Juck and ; weather lie could accomplish, the journey ill tho specified tiine. 110 Hoped to reach ; Lyons at three o'clock to-day. The nex& : stage would bo Kome, then Athens, ; Egypt, Mesopotamia, and India. Cap. ; tain Smith added: "I know tho Egypt- . to-lndia portion of tlio route,', from my : experience in accompanying Geucrn'l , S:' moml from Cairo to Calcutta." ; Tlio airmen wore accorded a stirring ' send-off,. and were loudly cheered irhilo j finally circling the Homislov aerodrome. ; Prince Albert, General Secly, and Gen- : oral Sykes sent messages wishing the_ airmen all good luck in their sporting flight, j —Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. ; POULET S MACHINE TO BE OVERHAULED ■ \ A'laliabad, November 18. _ -! Poulct is riot likely to leave, Karachi ; for two or three days, as his machine is j to bo thoroughly tsvcrlianlod and now on- ' dues installed.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. 1 PICKLES IN A HAIL STORM ' WINGS RIDDLED WITH HOLES. ! (Kec. November 11, 7 p.m.) Sydney, November 14. Lieutenant Pickles,' ihilo aeroplaninff from Broken Hill to Sydney, was delayed < by/storms, which included a monster hail storm. The hailstones cut over a hua- ! dred holes-three inches in. size ill the wings of his machine.—Press Assn. *