AVIATION
PARACHUTIST SERIOUSLY HURT
[United Press Association—-By Elective Telegraph.—Copyright.)
' MELBOURNE, September 21. Jumping from a .plane at a.height of | J one thousand feet,?: Stanley;;, I Thomas’s I' parachute failed td open properly until he had nearly reached the ground, Which he hit with great force, breaking his right leg and ribs. He also suffered internal injuries. About one thousand spectators witnessed- Thomas’s desperate struggle in mid air to clear the shroud cords.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 September 1931, Page 5
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72AVIATION Hokitika Guardian, 21 September 1931, Page 5
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