TOWN EDmON

Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3784, 30 July 1932, Page 8

TOWN EDmON

AVIATOR PHARAZYN

■—*■—- HOW HIS HEATH HAI'RKNF.I) ( STRUCK AX All? POCKET LANDED IX A TREE . THE COX?OXER’S VERDICT (Aust. and X.Z. Cable.) (Ri'p.'ived Jnly 30, 1 p.in.) London, July 20. A- .vo-iing NYw Zt ajander. Flying, Officer Peter Pliara/vi). 21, was killi(:d -when a. Wapiti day bomhpr washed near Canterbury. Mr Ramsay .injiothqi- avi dm:, . gave evidence at the inquest Hint while lie and his wife and daughter were driving - they saw a 'ivhnae descending. Then. k. rose and nextthey heard a crash and saw the tail disappearing in 'he bran'.'lie-, of a nee. They rushed In the piano l which was burning; fiercely. \V i n was of llie opinion that Ml' Pluir:lKyu encountered a sharp a.r hump ever the tree. A doctor y' We evidence that death was due to injuries to the head before inear ration. Kl.vlug Officer Warrington gave evidence that Mr. Pharav-yn, was an experienced aviator and milikely to take unnecessary risks. lie was liroliably struck down by a draught and brought; too low to lie able to clear the tree. A verdict, of accidental death was. returned.