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THE JRIOII.TRAGEDY.—EarIy onthe morningofsth October, ■ RlOl, the largest airship in [the: world, ivhich had set out from Cardington, England,-on a flight to India the day before, met ivith disaster near-Beau*: vais,: in' France. .'There were fifty-fourpeople onboard, comprising a crew of forly-two, officers and men and twelve passengers,-'arnong' whom were Lord Thomson,' Secretary >of State for Air, Sir Sefton-Branc her,- Director:of Civil -Aviation, and oilier high air officers. Only eight members of the-crew-tvere saved, and of these two diedflater. On left, the ivrecked airship. On right, British air experts examining \ thewreckage-ih\ an effort to ascertain thecauseof the-disaster. In centre, a generalviewof'the 'lying-in-state in Westminster Hall, London, the people filing past the. coffins, ivhich are covered ivith Union Jacks, i ; •.-.;■:..-.:,■■..» ■- ■- . . : : •■■■•: \ ■' ' ivhile officers arid men'of. the Royal Air Force keep vigil: ; .' – . ■ : ' ' . ■■-~.■. >. ■-. ,; ,r ..•• ' Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 115, 12 November 1930, Page 9
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