KENT AIR SMASH

Hokitika Guardian, 9 August 1930, Page 8

KENT AIR SMASH

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' ?i ;; LONDON, Jilly 22. Society ,js mourning the. victims of the Kent- air disaster says , the Daily Mail. Several dinners and dances have been cancelled. , .

The fact is disclosed that the chief reason for Visc<j>pntess Eduam’s flight to England was to complete arrangements for the erection of a miniature temple, to the memory of/•her little son Jeremy. -, She had spent, all her leisure hours since ..preparing a garden in his memory at- Him ley Hall, near Dudley, in which the temple was to have been erected.

The, old-world .village t of Himley is plunged in gloom, for ‘Lady Ednam was greatly beloved;. Her five-year-ole son Peter was playing happily in trie to-day, npt; having ;Ueen . told of his ■mnth&r’s death. ■ fc V ’■) •' ’•

At Belfast flags are flying at half.mastiincthe in token of the Marquess of Duflerin’s death. Preparations had been made for a merry-making celeb r ation of the home-coming of the Earl of Ava and his bride at the Marquess’ seat, Claudeboye, but have been abandoned. Instead arrangements are being made for the Marquess’ funeral on Thursday. The Sketch says the Marquess of Dufferin did not believe in flying. He had recently made his first flight and did not like it.

; . '..dead PILOT’S BOOK: ' ■ causes'.:of accidents; : -A . , V. LONDON. July 23. , The late Cot&nel G,. L;:; Henderson's; book, “A Complete .(’purse of practical; Flying,” which was ’published day he was killed in the disaster near Gravesend, says:— “Ninety per cent, of the accidents are. unnecessary. Sometimes they aire the direct result of oft-repeated carelessness, wilful neglect, or stupidity on the part 6f the- pilot or mechanic, although they are very often due to foolhardy stunting for which pilots’ finnncees are responsible. Others are caused by overloading, or the weather, or neglect to notice the condition of the engine when starting.”