AMERICAN CABLE NEWS
(Australian it N.Z. Cable Association.] NEW YORK, April (!. De Piiiedo’s flight was halted at Roosevelt Lake. Arizona, when a fire destroyed the giant twin-motor aeroplane. De Pinedo was talking in newspapermen on the shore when suddenly a blast was heard on the lake at the I landing buoy, and the liig ship ivih in- 1 stantlv a mass of flame... A mechanic
was adjusting the motor in preparation for the next length of the flight, lie jumped overboard ami swam to safety ' while the plane burned furiously. Nobody was injured. Do I’inedo had dime ashore only a short time previous to the disaster, lie had settled with liie craft in the middle of the lake, while the mechanic fixed up the engines, and begun refuelling with three hundred gallons of petrol. The blast occurred just as the airman was outlining the plans lor proceeding to San Diego immediately on a non-stop lliglit of lour hundred miles. It is presumed some gasoline being poured into the fuel tanks dripped on to part of the engine, causing the explosion. CANADIAN FOR CANBERRA VANCOCVER. April fi. The Aorangi has sailed. Passengers include Sir Alark Sheldon for Sydney, and also Hon. Ernest La Poiute (.Minister of Justice) to represent Canada at the Canberra opening. La Pointe i> a powerful statesman and a sparkling orator. Tie stood aside to permit Mr AfacKetizie King to become Premier.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 April 1927, Page 3
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