LATE CABLES.
DIED LIKE A HERO. TRYING TO SAVE AIRSHIP. COMMODORE MAITLAND'S DEATH. i Received 2.30 p.uij LONDON 1 August 2!>. Air-Commodore K. M. Maitland, Chief of the IHriti.sh Airship Service, who was on U3B when the disaster happened, was found with his hand still on the control rope. He died like a hero, trying to save his ship. He was shockingly injured, his clothes being , blown off his lower limbs. The forepart of the airship has been raised.
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Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 206, 30 August 1921, Page 2
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79LATE CABLES. Auckland Star, Volume LII, Issue 206, 30 August 1921, Page 2
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