MAN RUNS AMOK
(Press A ssn.—
THRILLING CHASE DRIVES CAR RECKLESSLY AMONG STATIONARY 'PEANES "SMITHY" USES RIFLE
-By Telegraph — Copyrlght)
BRISBANE, Saturday. Runn'ing amok in a high-powered racing car, which -is reported to have been stplen from a city shqAv- ' room, and which contained also his six-year-old daughter, a mqp drove at breakneck speed among the aeroplanes at the Archerfield Aerodrome. He crashed into two 'planes and broke through thnee fences before he left the aerodrome, witli three cars in , purguit. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's Southern Cross was one of the machines menaced. Sir Charles stood guard with a loaded rifle, forcing the driver of the car to sheer away from the Sopthiern Cross, The famous aviator led the subsequent chase after the wrecker, and though the cars were travelling at 60 miles an hour, fired shot after shot at the tyres of the racer, until the fugitive stopped. The man submitted quietly. Later William Elder was charged wRh being under suspiciori of being insane.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 301, 15 August 1932, Page 5
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165MAN RUNS AMOK Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 301, 15 August 1932, Page 5
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