WONDROUS ESCAPE
LEAP FROM AEROPLANE
WHEN DASHING EARTHWARD,
END . OP DARING PEATS,
(Received 9.30 a.m.) ' ' LONDON, May 2
The miraculous, escape of a passenger in a flying accident occurred at King’s Lynn. An aeroplane making an exhibition flight in a high "wind crashed into a cemetery, knocking over several tombstones and completely "wrecking itself. A passenger named Barrett jumped out just before the machine crashed and escaped practically unhurt. The pilot, Captain Eiggwither, was mortally injured. The other occupant, George Mark Lloyd, who had been performing daring feats at: a height of 2000 feet, is in a serious condition.—Reuter.
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Northern Advocate, 4 May 1926, Page 5
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