AIR FLYING.
(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.,' SAD AIR TRAGEDY. PARIS, April 17. M. Pruvust, commander of the search party which found General Lapcrine, killed in the Sahara, narrates a tragic story. Lnperine and two companions were aboard a two-seater plane, ne-
cessitating Laperine sitting on the mechanic’s knees. iA strong wind blew the aeroplane off the route. Familiar landmarks were lost. It was necessary to descend into the lifeless de-1-iert. J.fiperine was thrown off, his iioUnr-bfonte 'being ihrcfken. The fliers had two day’s food and eighteen gallons of water in the aeroplane tank. Their only hope was the immediate possibility of a caravan passing. Laperine suffered; from terrible Internal pain. He lived from February 18th, till March sth. His great sorrow was that lie had brought about his comrades’ plight. The General said: “I have crossed the desert eleven times, and I thought I knew the Sahara as no one knew it.” M. Pruvust found two of the survivors on the 14th. March at the end of their water. They buried tbe General in a bole made with their fingers The rescuers dug up the body, rolled it in a sheet of zinc and took it to Tamaya.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 April 1920, Page 1
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