VICTIMS OF R101.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 232, 2 October 1933, Page 7

VICTIMS OF RlOl.

MEMORIAL UNVEILED.

Simple Ceremony at Scene of British Air Disaster.

FRANCO-BRITISH ACCORD

(United P.A.—Electric Telegraph—Copyright) (Received 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, October 1. The unveiling - of the memorial to the victims who perished in the wreck of the British airship HlOl, on October o, 1030, took place at Alloime, France, and was marked with great simplicity. Sir. Ramsay Mac Donald's first, act was to place at the foot of the memorial his Cabinet's wreaths of laurel and autumn flowers s-ynibolisliing that the memory of the victims will remain green. A band played the. French and British National anthems. Dr. Kekener, commander of the German Graf Zeppelin, sent a wreath. The memorial commemorates the death of the 48 victims of the 11101. Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald, the Marquess of Londonderry, Minister for Air, and Air Ministry officials flew from Croydon to Beauvais. A French service 'plane flew over the memorial, dropping 48 wreaths. There was an assemblage of 10,000, including six of the survivors. Mr. Mac Donald in a. brief speech, said: '"I thank you simply and humbly. On this wayside road we have found a new union to new understanding. This memorial means more to our peoples than a dozen diplomatic signed and sealed documents. Our hearts are united in this granite."

M. Daladier, French Prime Minister, paid a tribute to the crusading spirit of British youth.

THREE KILLED.

Disaster While Returning from

Unveiling- Ceremony.

NOTED PILOT LOSES LIFE.

(Received 11.30 a.m.) LOXDOX, October 1. A Percival Gull aeroplane, returning from the lilOl ceremony in France, crashed in a field at Sandhurst, near Hawkhuret, killing the pilot, Captain Styran, winner of the London-Card ill' air race, and who was third in the King's Cup, Mr. Lan MacGilehrisfc, chairman of the Air Navigation Company, owners of tho 'plane, and Mr. Bertram Wilson, "Daily Sketch"' photographer, who was returning with pictures of the ceremony and whose parents are so ill that the breaking of the news to them has been deferred. The disaster is believed to have been due to bad visibility caused by a misty rain. Eye-witnesses saw the machine, which had been invisible, but could be heard, nose dive from the mist, overturn and smash to pieces, strewing wreckage over a radius of 50 yards and dreadfully mutilating the occupants. There was no fire, despite the fact that the petrol tank burst. Subsequently Mr. Mac Donald and his party traversed the same route in an air liner. They were not aware of the accident.