AIR COLLISION
FALL OF SEVENTY-FIVE FEET. TWO ARMY OFFICERS KILLED. (Received June 20, 8.45 a.m.) PARIS, June 19. Whilst flying at Douai, a town in the Department of Nord, two aeroplanes collided broadside on, at a height of seventy-five feet. The to the ground together, and both aviators had 'their skulls and limbs fractured. (Received June 20, 10 a.m.) PARIS, June 19. Captain Dubois and Lieut Peignian were killed as the result of the aeroplane collision. '
(Received Last Night, 9.15 o'clock.) PARIS, June 20. ' A dense mist caused the collision. The officers foresaw what was likely to happen, and endeavoured to avoid the collision, but unfortunately berth steered upwards. | The biplanes fell a distance, of 200 feet, their wings being locked together. Lieut. Peignian was killed instantly, and Captain Dubois' died as his wife reached the aerodrome.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10665, 21 June 1912, Page 5
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137AIR COLLISION Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10665, 21 June 1912, Page 5
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