WRECKER IN CAR
Breakneck Drive Among Aeroplanes “SMITHY’S” PURSUIT Brisbane, August 18. Running amok in a high-powered racing car, reported to have been stolen from a city showroom, a man, who was accompanied by his six-year-old daughter, drove at breakneck speed among the aeroplanes at the Archerfleld Aerodrome, crashed into two planes 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. “Smithy” stood 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, and .though the cars were travelling at 60 miles an hour he fired shot after shot at the tires of the racer until the fugitive stopped. The man submitted quietly. Later William Elder was charged with being under the suspicion of being insane.
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Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 274, 15 August 1932, Page 9
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152WRECKER IN CAR Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 274, 15 August 1932, Page 9
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