CAUGHT IN A GALE.
.'AN AVIATOR'S EAT-E. By Telegraph—Prees Association—Copyright London, December 25. Petre, the aviator who was killed on Christmas Day by a. fall during a. run from Brooklands to. Edinburgh, was attempting a Tecord non-stop flight and was travelling at 70 miles an hour, when .'a gale threatened to blow him out to sea.
.He made a desperate effort to regain a northerly course, when suddenly he threw,up.his hands, and the aeroplane crashed-to the earth.
(Rec. December 26, 11.50 p.m.)
: , .... :-■■;':. London,.December 26. The deceased's. brother,. Henry Petre, recently sailed for Australia as Commonwealth aviation instructor.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1633, 27 December 1912, Page 5
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