AN AIRMAN'S FATE
PARACHUTE FAILS TO OPEN. FALL OF FOUR THOUSAND FEET. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright, LONDON', March 14. (Rewired March 15, at 1.15 a.m.) In the presence of 30,000 people at Turin (Italy) a, Dutch, aviator named Harris .Larscn was dashed to pieces. He fell from an aeroplane from a height of 4,000 ft. Lateen was trying a new parachute, which failed to open. Tho crowd mado an agonised demonstration, but they wero hold back bv mounted Royal Guards.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 17919, 15 March 1922, Page 4
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82AN AIRMAN'S FATE Evening Star, Issue 17919, 15 March 1922, Page 4
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