A (l(.s|>ii<cli from Madrid on dune M' stated:—A cloud of locusts to-day nearly caused the death of Juan Manvais. who was llvin.ir at the aerodrome at l>ajo. near Madrid. Owinu to the mild winter and hot sprinir--to-dav was Mi Fall, in the shade -cloud> of locusts have been devastating Hie environs of Madrid. It was while' nvinii at a height of liOft. that Juan Mauvais drove his machine into a cloud of the insects, which blinded him. and he fell to the around. When the spectators rushed up to him they found he had had a miraculous escape, bein" almost uninjured. rlis machine
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 77, 17 August 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)
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103Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 77, 17 August 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)
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