NARROW ESCAPE
EXTENT OF DAMAGE
ALL ABOARD CALM
(Beceived 10th. May, noon.)
LONDON, 9tli May. The Horatius departed from Croydon in heavy rain, and encountered a severe thunderstorm and lightning. The liner was flying at an altitude of 2000 feet, when suddenly a purple flash ran up the trailing aerial, destroying the wireless apparatus. The aerial fused and dropped, off. Two windows of the pilot's cockpit were shattered, with a shower of fragments of flying glass, slightly splitting the two lower propellers. . The pilot, Captain Jones, had a narrow escape. The door com-/ municating between the cockpit and cabin was blown open. The passengers, including four women, were re-1 assured by the crew, and remained perfectly calm.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 109, 10 May 1932, Page 7
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117NARROW ESCAPE Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 109, 10 May 1932, Page 7
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