PLANE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
PILOT'S MANGLED BODY FOUND
(Received 6th August, 10.55 a.m.) VANCOUVER, sth August.
Lightning si ruck a 'plane when at a height of 4000 feet over Mojara desertand fragments literally rained from the clouds. Vergil Cline was piloting when the- flash struck the gas tank. The flier's broken, mangled body was quickly found. Fragments of the wings continued to descend for half an hour.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 6 August 1929, Page 5
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67PLANE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 6 August 1929, Page 5
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