CRASHES IN FLAMES

Grey River Argus, 29 March 1937, Page 5

CRASHES IN FLAMES

AUSTRALIAN AIR LINER Two Burned to Death CAIRNS AIRPORT DISASTER. (Received March £8 7.30 p.m.) BRISBANE, March 28. Another Stinson passenger monoplane, the property of Airlines of Australia Limited, crashed after taking off at, the Archerfield Aerodrome, Carins, to-day. The pilot and one passenger were burned to death, Details are not yet available. Loss of Air Liner SURVIVORS’ STRUGGLE THROUGH iSNOW. LONDON, March 24. The formation of ice and l snpw on the wings is blamed for the crash of the Imperial Airways liner “Capricornus,” which caused five deaths. Four were killed in the crash and the only passenger, Miss B. M. Coates, an English woman, has since died from injuries. The' wireless operator’, Mr .1. L. Copper, wllo escaped with monir injuries, struggled! through the snow to a lonely farmhouse, where he gave the alarm. Farm carts were immediately sent to the scene. The bodies were taken to an improvised chapel of rest in the villagehall at Ouroux. FRENCH TRIBUTE TO VICTIMS. (Received March 28 7.5 p.m.) LYONS March 27. Two thousand made the pilgrimage to the funeral service at the scene of the “Capricornus” crash'. The service was conducted by the local priest, the French Air Force rendering military honours. I The coffins were then entrained for England for burial. COOK STRAIT TRAGEDY. WELLINGTON, March 26. More aeroplane wreckage, almost certainly from the missing. Gypsy Moth aerpplane which is thought to have crashed into the sea off Makara, on its return from the South Island rpr pageant last Tuesday, has been discovered at Ohau Bay. A patch of oil observed from the air yesterday leads to the conclusion that (the machine lies 1 in the middle lof the bay, two hun. dred yards from the shore. When piloting one of the Welling, ton Aero Club’s machines yesterday. Mr L. Taylor, with Mr J. Kirkca-ldie as observer, noticed an extensive patch of oil floating offshpre. It is hoped that a launch will be able to get into the bay to-morrow to search thoroughly for fragments of the aero, plane. Material, which, is probab.y from the wings, and a small piece of propeller tip, were found by . laud parties yesterday. There is considered to be every chance of finding the machine. . . The parents of the missingg men--• Messrs Percy Smith and A. Hamill will participate in the search to-mor. row. .