PLANES COLLIDE
SMASH OVER TOWN
BUILDINGS SET AFIRE
TEN PERSONS INJURED
(U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright) NEiAY YORK, Oct. 15. A message from Wilmington, Delaware, says that two “air circus” planes collided at 2700 ft. over the centre of the city, resulting in injury to 10 person?-. One of the (Janes plunged into the roof of a two-storey dwelling, its motor tearing loose and burying itself in the ground. The petrol tank exploded, burning three policemen and injuring seven other persons m nearby dwellings, which were also seton fire. The pilot parachuted into the middle of the street. The pilot of the other plane managed to bring it down safely at a nearby airport.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12077, 17 October 1933, Page 7
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114PLANES COLLIDE Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 12077, 17 October 1933, Page 7
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