CRASHED TO EARTH
PLANE'S PETROL. TANK 'PROBABLY J'.,m .
YOUNG PILOT KILLED
United Press Assn, by El. Tel. G'jX)v-i<jbt
(Received August- 8; 9.10 p.m.) SYDNEY,' August .N
A. Moth aeroplane crashed and fell over 1,00-0 foot at .Brighton Le Santis, tho pilot, Mr. J. Armstrong, agoo twonty-oiglit years, was killed. Spectators aro or opinion that the petrol tank exploded in mid-air as Armstrong's .body fell a considerable distance from trie machine, and was horribly mangled and burned. The tank was found close to the body.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11280, 9 August 1930, Page 5
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