AVIATION WRECKS.
AN ENGLISHMAN KILLED.
(Received Last Night, 9.30 o'clock.)
ST. PETERSBURG, May 28
V. Smith, an Englishman, fell a distance of 150 feet, and was killed, on the opening day of aviation ( week. Smith's bride witnessed the catastrophe. (Received Last Night, 10 o'clock.) ST. PETERSBURG, May 29. Smith omitted to slow down his machine, which Avas driven by a 75-horse power motor. His body was completely hurried in soft soil. SIX HUNDRED FEET FALL. (Received Last Night, 10.30 o'clock.) ROME, May 29. Cirri, nn Italian aviator, Avas. making a flight at Cameri, when his motor exploded Avhen at a height of 600 ft. Avreckin'g the aeroolane. • ,Ciiw '- was instantly killed, in tile presence.of an immense croAAd .-avljo. AA-ere in the vicinity of the aerodrome, including his Avifo'lanrf Two children. ,
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10251, 30 May 1911, Page 5
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130AVIATION WRECKS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10251, 30 May 1911, Page 5
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