INQUEST PROCEEDINGS,

Grey River Argus, 3 February 1919, Page 2

INQUEST PROCEEDINGS,

*• VJBRDICT-OF ACCIDENTAL

DEATH.

CHRISTCHURCH, February 2

At the inquest on Hill a verdict of accidental death by a fall from a.n aeroplane was returned.

The evidence showed that Hill had been up in the machine on previous occasions and he was well satisfied with it. Saturday afternoon, however, was the first timc'Mie had looped the loop in* the machine. The-tvircs of the machine were of the same stair", da i*c) and quality as the wires used in the construction of similar machines in the Old Ciuntrv.

There vas no suggestion oi v evidence that the machine had in any way been tampered with.