MOTH CRASHES.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19447, 22 October 1928, Page 9

MOTH CRASHES.

♦ GOLFERS FORSAKE GAME. TWO WOMEN INJURED. (umniD pbbsb association— bj blectkio TILBOBAPH—COPTOIOET.) (Eeeeived October 2lßt, 11.5 p.m.) LONDON, October 21. While C. Tolley and E. Wethered were opposing Abe Mitchell and C. Whitcombe in a foursome at the opening of the new Mote Mount golf course, Milhall, they \rere approaching the ninth hole when the crowd's attention was attracted to a Moth, which was circling overhead in the boisterous wind. Suddenly the engine stopped and the 'plane spun downwards, the pilot making a desperate effort to regain control.' The 'plane nose-dived for 300 feet, crashing at the sixth tee. The players flung down their clubs and joined the spectators in a Jjush to the 'plane, and found two wpmen in the wreckage. Miss Sicele O'Brien, a daughter of Sir Timothy O'Brien, who was the second Englishwoman to obtain her Commercial Aviation certificate, was unconscious, with one leg fractured and one foot nearly torn off and Miss O'Brien's pupil, the Hon. M. K. Leith, was severely cut about the body and face. The golfers assisted the spectators in dragging out the women and a man seized the petrol tank, which had been smashed off and was leaking, and carried it to a distance, thus eliminating the danger of fire. The suffering women were taken to hospital, where Miss O'Brien's leg was amputated at the knee. , Bystanders pay a tribute to the aviatrii's pluck. Miss O'Brien, when placed in the ambulance, despite _ the pain, asking the extent of Miss Leith s Press Association. [Sir Timothy O'Brien was a leading member of the Middlesex XI. and the Oxford cricket XL and has played in many important matches. He has one aon and six daughters.]