AN AIR TRAGEDY
United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). LONDON, June 18. Four were injured in the air liner disaster. The passengers are in the Folkstono Hospital and are suffering from shock and minor injuries. None are severely injured, hut they are allowed to see only relatives. One described the speed of the fall as terrible. He had little recollection of what happened after striking the water, except his sudden engulfing then two jersey-dad arms grasping him. This was followed hv sounds of shouting' and scurrying aboard the rescue ship. Pilot Brailli, during the evening sat in a cottage at Lydd, being distraught. After' labouring all day long he refused to rest, despite women’s pleadings. Eventually he was taken to Lympne by the officials of the Imperial Airways. He could only say: “It is too terrible to describe. 1 tried to yiake the coast, and can say no more.” A member of the trawlers view said that with axes they slashed, open one side of the cabin, and saw the living among the dead. They worked a long time and rescued several of them.- The machine settled down in the sea and they could not carry on. The machine fell like a shooting star.
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Hokitika Guardian, 19 June 1929, Page 5
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204AN AIR TRAGEDY Hokitika Guardian, 19 June 1929, Page 5
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