A TRAGIC VICTORY
AIRMAN FALLS ASLEEP AND CRASHES. i United Press Association.—By Electrio Telegraph.—Copyright.) ! NEW YORK, Aog. 31. At Cleveland, Thomas G. Reid, of Downey (California) won a new world’s record solo endurance flight last night, clipping Lieut. Fahy’s mark of 36 hours ,25 minutes, 34 seconds. Then soon after he had passed : the mark, the sound of his plane was' not heard above the airport, and this morning searches found Reid’s plane scattered widely, and they discovered 'Reid’s terribly battered body in the Lorain Woods, west of the City. Apparently Reid fell asleep, and then crashed into a tree. Reid was married in California only the day before he left for the races here, and lie planned to break the record and use the prize money to take his on a delayed but extended honeymoon!
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 September 1929, Page 6
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136A TRAGIC VICTORY Hokitika Guardian, 2 September 1929, Page 6
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