BRITISH AIR-LINER ON FIRE
4r ' OFFICIAL’S COOLNESS SAVES THREE LIVES (Received June 4 ? 12.10 a.m.) HONG KONG, June 3. An Imperial Airways air-liner. Dorado, caught fire this morning while preparing to take off lor Bangkok. The’ aeroplane was considerably damaged,. The coolness of the Imperial Airways manager, Mr E., Watts, saved an American passeriger and two Chinese employees from death. He shepherded them through- the emergency exit to the wing-tip, where all jumped- to the ground. One Chinese broke a leg.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22419, 4 June 1938, Page 15
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