FATALLY INJURED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 10, 12 January 1934, Page 8

FATALLY INJURED.

MONOPLANE MISHAP. THE FAITH IN AUSTRALIA. ~< . _____ ■ STRUCK BY PROPELLER. n ~ (By Telegraph.—Pross Association.) WANGANUI, this day. A tragic accident marred the visit to Wanganui of the monoplane Faith in Australia, which arrived from f Hawera this morning. Mr. Eon Smith, of Sydney, one of the mechanics, was turning the middle propeller slowly when the engine started unexpectedly. He was struck by a 11 blade, and sustained a severe compound lG fracture of the right arm and injuries :- to the shoulder and chest. He received d immediate attention from two doctors C) on the ground, and was taken to hospital by the St. John Ambulance, but he died soon after 1 o'clock to-day. 0 AH. passenger flights were cancelled )- to-day. a , . Mr. .Roland Smith was born in Eng- [. land, where his parents reside. He came n to Australia nine years ago and had been engaged in aviation for the past ' five yeare. He waa trained as an engineer at Mascot and was engaged by n National Airways. He gained coneidere able experience mail carrying and was d a member of the search party when the 0 Southern Cross was lost in Northern (j Australia in 1929. He was unmarried. h VISIT TO HAWERA, d . (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) e HAWERA, this day. The monoplane Faith in Australia, with Mr. G. U. Allan at the controls, made a perfect landing at Dunlop Field, I. Hawera, yesterday, and was greeted by d several hundred people. Flying-Officer e lan Keith, with Mise E. Parkinson as a r passenger, flew the Federated Clubs' 1 Moth, ZK—ACZ, some distance south ;- of Hawera, and preceded the big machine f to the landing field. r Short addresses of welcome were - given by Dr. W. F. Buist, president of the Hawera Aero Club, Mr. H. G. Dickie, e M.P., Mr. J. E. Campbell Mayor of e Hawera, and Mr. J. B. Murdoch, chair - 1 man of the Hawera County Council. Mr. Allan congratulated the Hawera 1 Aero Club upon its enterprise in securing such a splendid site. He was pleased e that there was such a haid surface, a j feature so essential for the landing and taking off of large machines such as r would be used for commercial purposes. I The. Faith in Australia was engaged for the remainder of the day in passenger flying. Flights were made over Hawera, and two over Mount Egmont. r The monoplane left for Wanganui at J 9.30 this morning. *