CRASH IN FLAMES
SPANISH PASSENGER PLANE THREE BODIES RECOVERED <Unlted Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyrtptit; GIBRALTAR, Dec. 18 A Spanish mail and passenger plane was seen flying low in flames. It then crashed into the sea six miles from Europa Point. British destroyers dashed to the rescue and recovered three charred bodies. TWO PASSENGERS INJURED &v* ACCIDENT NEAR DARWIN (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. CopyrteTit) DARWIN, Dec. 19 An aeroplane crashed near the ; Darwin aerodrome yesterday, when i a New Guinea Airways Lockheed Electra, with 10 passengers, journeying from Newcastle, made a forced landing from a height of 150 ft., owing to the failure of the engines. One occupant suffered a fractured skull and another a broken arm. The machine was burned to cinders, the occupants having a mar- \ vellous escape from death.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20992, 20 December 1939, Page 9
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131CRASH IN FLAMES Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20992, 20 December 1939, Page 9
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