AIR TRAGEDIES
TWO WOMEN BURNT. [United Press Association—By Eleotm Telegraph— Copyrght. ] ( LONDON, June ry. Two airwomen were burned to death near Hatfield De Haviland Flying Sheool. Aerodrome. Their machine crashed and it immediately took fire, the bodies of both women being incinerated. One of the victims was Miss O’Brien, the daughter of Sir Tomothv O’Brien, and one of the best-known airwomen in Britain. She lost one of her legs in an air crash in the year 1928. Nevertheless, she again qualified for a pilot.
’VICTORIAN TRAGEDY. EKINS’ BODY FOUND. MELBOURNE, June 19. Searchers have located Elkins’ aeroplane with its nose deeply burled in the side of a mountain at Tallarook. The machine was upside down. Elfins’ body was found huddled in the cockpit, with terrible injuries to the head. Portion cf one wing, was high up in a tree. Remnants of the other wing were found in adjoining trees. It is believed that, owing to bad visibility. Kkins was flying low, and that lie hit a tall, tree on the mountainside and crashed. He was a respected member of the Civil Aviation Department.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 June 1931, Page 5
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