'PLANE STRIKES FENCE
TWO CHILDREN INJURED
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
TE AEOHA, 10th December. While taxi-ing down the field preparatory to taking two children for a flight from Mr. P. Goodfellow's Waihou property yesterday afternoon, the pilot of a Blackburn Bluebird had the misfortune to strike a boundary fence. The 'plane toppled over the fence, resting on its right wing, crumpling it and smashing the propellor blades. The two passengers were injured. John Crowsdale, aged 12, suffered a deep cut on the right knee, and was removed to the Waikato Hospital. Kathleen Wawman, aged 6, received head and face injuries.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 141, 11 December 1929, Page 7
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99'PLANE STRIKES FENCE Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 141, 11 December 1929, Page 7
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