BOMBER CRASHES.
BURSTS INTO FLAMES. WO SHOPS BURNED. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, June 15. Two shops in the main Street of Akaroa Avere burned when an Air Force bomber crashed on them and burst into flames.at 11.30 a.m. to-day. As the machine was circling low over the township its wing was seen to drop sharply and a moment later it crashed, bursting into flames as it struck the buildings, one of Avhich Avas occupied by Mr A. J. BroAvii, hairdresser, and the other by Mr A. E. Kingston, draper. Considerable explosions suggesting that the petrol tanks of the were bursting occurred, and the build-" ings burned fiercely. A neighbouring shop occupied by Mr R. F. C. Stewart, chemist, also caught fire, hut the fire brigade saved the building. The names of the creAV are not yet available.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 168, 15 June 1940, Page 7
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