AVIATION.
AVIATOR FALLS 140 FEET ON TO ROCKS. BODY FRIGHTFULLY MANGLED. ACCIDENT WITNESSED BY HIS WIFE. Received April 4, 12.25 a.m. LONDON, Apri I^3. M. Le Blon was killed while monoplaning at San Sebastian (in the North of (Spain). Owing to a defective motor, the aeroplane suddenly lurched, and fell with frightful velocity a distance of 140 feet. M. Le lilon struck the rocks in shallow water, and was terribly mangied. He expired very soon after. It is believed that the aeroplane is the very Blenot machine which caused M. De La Grange's death. Madame Le Blon witnessed her husband's death. During a similar flight on Tuesday Le Blon's motor stopped, and the aviator was rescued from the sea.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10009, 4 April 1910, Page 5
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119AVIATION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10009, 4 April 1910, Page 5
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