SIR JOHN SALMOND.
NARROW ESCAPE IN THE AIR
SYDNEY TO BRISBANE FLIGHT
SYDNEY, Aug. 21
It was revealed to-day that the Air Minister, Sir John Salmond, when en route from Sydney to Brisbane, narrowly escaped a crash immediately after the start on Sunday. Passing over Manly a wireless aerial depending from the supermarine aircraft struck the side of a weatherboard house and also broke the electric light wires.
Residents state that a terrific report followed and the electric supply was interrupted in the locality. Eye-witnesses allege that the ’plane was very low and appeared to be hardly able to rise clear of the houses.
The machine alighted on the sea off Manly, presumably for overhaul, and then proceeded on its journey, reaching Brisbane in the afternoon.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 226, 22 August 1928, Page 7
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126SIR JOHN SALMOND. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 226, 22 August 1928, Page 7
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