BURNED TO DEATH

Hokitika Guardian, 22 July 1930, Page 3

BURNED TO DEATH

COUPLE IN A PLANE. pUnited Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.] LONDON, July 20. After visiting relatives a tChathaiii by air, Naval Lieutenant S. E. N, Spencer find Mss Gladys Grace, the daughterodf Admiral H. E .Grace, and the grand-daughter of the cricketer. Dr W. G. Grace, took off from the Detling Aerodrome, near Maidstone. Tliey circled' around,-- -looped the loop and they were repeating the latter lnov-enveivt when their plane nosedived from a low altitude, crashed and hurst, into flame. Both of them wore burned to death. Miss Grace’s brother-in-law, Commander Worthington,, and his wife witnessed the crash. They dashed to the aeroplane, and they were drive?back by sheets of flame. . The rlam 1 was a two-seater. owned and piloted T ieut. Spencer, who was. a kee’flier. Miss Grace was 23 years of age, and was an .excellent inlot, She narrowlr escaned death in March last, when fie,?machine crashed neiir Hambte .after r two:thousand feet nose.ditq. She .was severely .injured- as the result of ip’ o hast ac,c : den + . . h”t, she had recovered and resumed Her sister. Bessie Grace, crashed in tlm • srnf in ]9°B,. bujt,sbe W|i« not so badly hurt, ,Li : K'J. JA