JEWELS MISSING
TRODDEN INTO GROUND AFTER AIR CRASH ORCHARD TRAGEDY ECHO LONDON, Friday. The inhabitants of the village of Meopham are engaged in a search for jewellery belonging to Lady Ednam and Mrs. Loeffler, two of the victims of the air crash on Monday. The jewellery was not thought of until a few gems were discovered in the vicinity of the wreckage and handed over to the village constable. It was then ascertained that Lady Ednam had with her a pearl necklace and a diamond clip brooch, the greater part of which is missing. Mrs. Loeffler, it is believed, was wearing a family heirloom, the value of which it is difficult to assess, in the form of a pearl necklace with a diamond clasp. A few of her pearls and some diamonds have been picked up. The remainder may have been trodden into the ground. The “Daily Express” says experts express the opinion that the value of the lost jewellery is possibly £65,000. The body of the pilot, Colonel G. Henderson, was cremated at Golder's Green, after which his widow and mother entered an Imperial Airways airplane and scattered the ashes over Croydon airdrome. Flying-Oflicer Allen, who piloted the machine, said the ashes were scattered thus in accordance with Colonel Henderson's wis*"
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19300726.2.64
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1034, 26 July 1930, Page 9
Word Count
212JEWELS MISSING Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1034, 26 July 1930, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in