SENSATIONAL AIR CRASH AT WELLINGTON.—A moth 'plane piloted by Mr. Arnaud L. de Tourettes, who was accompanied by Mr. Lewis Taylor, crashed into a house at Johnsonville and was totallydestroyed by fire. Mr. de Tourettes escaped serious injury, but Mr. Taylor was severely burnt and was rescued from the flames after considerable difficulty. Two views of the scene are shown. At the top the damaged front of the house with the charred remains of the aeroplane in the foreground, and below, a side view of the house, which gives an idea of the hold the fire had when the brigade arrived. An office on the front verandah was reduced to ashes and the wall and roof of the house badly damaged. < ■ '•.>■' ■

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 226, 23 September 1932, Page 8

SENSATIONAL AIR CRASH AT WELLINGTON.—A moth 'plane piloted by Mr. Arnaud L. de Tourettes, who was accompanied by Mr. Lewis Taylor, crashed into a house at Johnsonville and was totallydestroyed by fire. Mr. de Tourettes escaped serious injury, but Mr. Taylor was severely burnt and was rescued from the flames after considerable difficulty. Two views of the scene are shown. At the top the damaged front of the house with the charred remains of the aeroplane in the foreground, and below, a side view of the house, which gives an idea of the hold the fire had when the brigade arrived. An office on the front verandah was reduced to ashes and the wall and roof of the house badly damaged. < ■ '•.>■' ■