New Zealanders in Aeroplane Crash
BOTH IN HOSPITAL United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.-—Copyright. Received Tuesday, 11.55 p.m. LONDON, April 26. Two New Zealanders, Colin Byers and Ernest Ratcliffe, were admitted to hospital after their aeroplane crashed in Surrey. A dozen policemen had to lift the plane to extricate the occupants. Byers, who suffered facial injuries, was trapped in the cabin. Ho warned the rescuers of the danger of the petrol tank catching fire. Ratcliffe received a broken thigh and he besought them to get his friend out first.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 97, 27 April 1938, Page 5
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