VICTIM'S LONE GRAVE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 54, 5 March 1937, Page 7

VICTIM'S LONE GRAVE.

FAMILY ERECTS HEADSTONE. ( Riw-plvml ft.llo n .m.) IMUSHANK, this dnv. A headstone is lo be erected D\ cr his grave oil behalf of the widow and rclat i\ es, living in England, of Mr. .1. K. Wentrav, who whh kiIUmI in a gorge while going for assi sJ h nee for the other victims of the Ntinson air liner ."»() miles from here. A police part y est a lilished that it would he too dangerous to attempt to recover Mr. Wcstray's hodv from the side of the gorge mid that it will be huried wliere it lies. The rent re of the practically undamaged propeller of the ill-fated' 'plana is to be inscribed and presented to Mr. Bernard O'Keilly, who discovered the wreckage and was instrumental in saving the two survivors. CRASH AT MASCOT.

WHEEL OF MACHINE LOST. SVDNKV, March 4. An (lie result of hii u<>ro|ilHn<> accident j at Mascot aerodrome to-day, Sipindion Lender J). Stodurt was injured internally. Accomplinied l»v H Japanese pupil, lie took lift' lllid to ascend when one wheel id' the ueiojiliiiiu fell to the ground. S<|iiiulroii Lender Stodurt, unaware of the mishap. cinled round the aerodrome for a lew ininiitcH and when he Htteni|ited to laud 1 lie machine en |>si/ed. The Japanese wiih not. hurt and released tlie pilot, who \va» taken to hoispit aI. The machine wan not liadly damaged. Squadron-Leader Stodurt wiin n com petitor in the Melbourne Centenary air race. KILLED IN LANDING. CRASH ON LONG ISLAND LAWN. X I'.W \o|{K. March 4. A pilot and were killed when a hired aeroplane crushed on u lawn at Lull" Inland, in (till view of hundreds of jicople in the Mirroundinjr l>uildinj>s. Witnesses of the accident heard I lie motor and it is liclicvcil that the pilot, attempted to land on the lawn.