TRAGIC DEATH.
THROWN FROM SWING(P.A.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Oct, 13. Leading-Aircraftsman Ronald Thomas Biansgrove, aged 22, received fatal injuries at Kawaroa Park, New Plymouth, yesterday afternoon, wuen tlie swing he was riding on collapsed and he 101 l head first on to the concrete, lracturing the base of his skull. The accident occurred at 3.4,1 and, without' regaining consciousness, he died in the New Plymouth Hospital at 6.30. While he was using a big swing one of tbe vertical iron 'bars holding the seat snapped and Bransgrovc was pitched to the He was in training as a pilot at the No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School, Bell Block.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 267, 13 October 1941, Page 4
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