ACCIDENT AT AERODROME
DOCTOR STRUCK BY PROPELLER Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY; December 2. Upon completion of a sight-seeing flight over Sydney to-day, Dr W. L. Sleight, who is surgeon oi. the Orient liner Oronsay, unwittingly walked beneath the revolving propeller of the aeroplane. He was struck down and critically injured. DEATH ANNOUNCED. SYDNEY December 2. (Received December 3, at 1.30 a.m.) Doctor Sleight died as the result of the injuries to his head., which were oi a shocking character. It appears that Dr Sleight and the Chief Officer of the Oronsay had finished the flight and were casually inspecting the aeroplanes at Mascot aerodrome when the accident occurred.
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Evening Star, Issue 22202, 3 December 1935, Page 12
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108ACCIDENT AT AERODROME Evening Star, Issue 22202, 3 December 1935, Page 12
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