Mistaken for Crashing Aeroplane
SHEET OF ROOFING IRON BORNE ALOFT Per Pres* Association. NEW PLYMOUTH, Last Night. Roofing iron borne aloft by a whirlwind during -a thunderstorm in the Uruti district to-day was mistaken for a crashing aeroplane. The New Plymouth police were informed and an investigation was made. A rumour was current that a well-known Taranaki aviator had crashed, but all aeroplanes in the North Island were accounted for. The police discovered that the whirlwind had wrecked a pigsty anil carried sheets of iron distances of up to two miles.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 132, 5 June 1937, Page 4
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91Mistaken for Crashing Aeroplane Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 132, 5 June 1937, Page 4
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