AVIATION.
E, ROSS SMITH'S FLIGHT. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. Australian-New Zealand Cable AaacJ « :-i n. SYDNTV. Hoc, 22. Captain Ross Smith has rcat-d Longioaqh. . ? HOWELL'S TRAGIC DEATH. ! PEASANTS UNABLE TO ASSIST AVIATORS. ■ Australian-New Zealand Cable Aawciation. s Received December 23, 11.40 a.m, 1 ' LONDON, Dec. 20. i Lloyd’s agon# at Corfu, reports that Cretan peasants heard shouts on the night of December 9. They showed signals, but i were unable to assist Captain Howell, whose machine was found inverted. It is not_ improbable that the bodies are entangled in the wreckage, ALCOCK’S ACCIDENT. AEROPLANE STRUCK A FARMHOUSE. Vustralian-New Zealand Cable Association. Received December 23, 12.35 p.m v LONDON, Dec. *2O. A message from Rouen states that Sir Jolm ’ Alcock, who was killed through his aeroplane crashing, was flying low in a- fog to find his whereabouts when a wing of the machine struck a farmhouse. Sir John Alcock had his skull fractured and never regained consciousness.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1707, 23 December 1919, Page 5
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155AVIATION. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1707, 23 December 1919, Page 5
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