MOTH PLANE CRASHES.
OCCUPANTS’ LUCKY ESCAPE. (United Press Association— By Electric telegraph Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) Received 10.30 a.m. to-day. SYDNEY, Sept. 4. Striking the ground with terrific force, a Moth plane crashed into a paddock near Cootamundra and was wrecked. The occupants, Jeffreys and George, had remarkable ©.scapes, suffering only head injuries. When the plane appeared over the town the airmen were seen to be waving frantic-ally and it was obvious that they were in trouble and wanted to land quickly. The machine had run. out of petrol.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 4 September 1929, Page 5
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89MOTH PLANE CRASHES. Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 4 September 1929, Page 5
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