FIVE KILLED IN PLANE
GERMAN PILOTS KILLED
TRAGIC START FOR XMAS AT HOME
DEATH OF CONGRESSMAN
United P.A.—By Telegraph Copyright Reed. 9.5 a.m. WASHINGTON, Friday.
A joyful start for Christmas at home, which for one man also meant seeing his new-born baby, ended tragically when an airplane crashed on the Bolling Field, killing five men, including the Massachusetts Congressman, Mr. William Kay nor. The plane had gained an altitude of about 300 feet when the motor failed. The machine crashed swiftly to earth. All four passengers and the pilot died instantly. Mr. Kaynor’s secretary, Captain Harry Dinger, was among those killed. The plane’s destination was Springfield, Massachusetts.
LUFTHANSA AIRPLANE CRASHES BERLIN, Thursday. Two German aviators were killed by the crashing of a postal airplane belonging to the Lufthansa Company, when it was returning from a trial mail service flight to Teneriffe. A big public reception had been arranged at Berlin for the welcome home, but the machine crashed when trying to land in a fog at Neu-Ruppin, 30 miles from the city. The pilots, Von Scliroeder and Albrecht, were killed, and the mechanic, Eichentoff, seriously injured.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 852, 21 December 1929, Page 11
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