AN AIR MISHAP
HOW ONE MAN WAS SAVED
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VANCOUVER, May 11
Robert. Edfall and a man named Henton were those killed. Tlie third man, Bud' Cowart, managed to clamp his feet against a knot in the rope, and held on while tile crew tried to lower the .ship which had been caught by a gust of wind. For two hours Cowart clung, to the rope' with a woocren hand used by the ground crew do hold the landing cables, with the Akron flying in a. bumpy air. Finally he was hauled into the Akron by members of the crew, wlio opened the cockpit, to hoist him up hand over hand.
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 May 1932, Page 6
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123AN AIR MISHAP Hokitika Guardian, 12 May 1932, Page 6
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