FATALITY AT A FLYING SCHOOL
■- . ITOUSG iJfAN STRUCK BY. SEAPLANE'S PROPELLER. By Telegraph—Press Association. ' Auckland, June 2-t. A fatality occurred at Kohiniararua Flying School on Saturday, when Charles Perry M'Gill, mechanic, just under nine- : lean-years of age, was killed through being struck by the propeller, of a eca- ■ plane. ,- ■ ■ . TRe instructor was. tuning the propel- . ler, when he noticed the youth's shadow, ' and stopped the engine, but M'Gill was either too close, or the machine moved forward, two blades of the propeller ' (striking him. One struck the right • shoulder and arm and the other cleft the skull. The youth died an hour after admission to the Hospital. Hie ' parents reside ab Arkles Bay.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3119, 25 June 1917, Page 5
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