MOTORIST RUNS AMOK.
AEROPLANES MENACED. KINGSFORD-SMITH LEADS PURSUIT. (UHITED rn«66 4SBOCUTIOS—BT BLtCTMO TJXEGRAFH—CC*TSIGHT.) BRISBANE, August 13. Running amok in a high-powered racing car which is reported to have been stolen from a city showroom, and which contained also his six-year-old daughter, a man drove at breakneck speed the aeroplanes at Archerfield aerodrome, crashed into two aeroplanes, and broke through three fences before he left the aerodrome with three cars in pursuit. Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith's Southern Cross was one of the machines menaced. Sir Charles stood on guard with a loaded rifle, forcing the driver of the car to sheer away from the Southern Cross. The famous aviator led the subsequent chase after the wrecker, rrid though the cars were travelling at 60 miles an hour, fired shot after shot at tho tyres of the racer until the fugitive Btoppcd. The man submitted quietly. Later, William Elder was charged, being under suspicion of being insane.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20625, 15 August 1932, Page 9
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