MONOPLANE CRASHES.
QUEENSLAND AIR SERVICE
TWO OCCUPANTS KILLED.
MECHANIC BADLY INJURED.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright
(Received January 1, 6.5 p.m.) BRISBANE. Jan. 1. The monoplane Star of Cairns was leaving Maryborough for Brisbane when it nose-dived and struck the ground with terrific force, tho pilot, Mr. B. P. Davidson, was killed instantly, and a passenger Mr. Henry Higgins, of Sydney, was fatally injured. A mechanic, Mr. William Headland, who was on the monoplane, was badly injured.
The monoplane had come from Bundaberg with one engine causing trouble. Repairs were effected, but the engines seemed slow to warm up for a fresh start. Finally the pilot made a good take off, but apparently one engiine stalled after going a few hundred yards. The pilot was a son of Vice-Admiral A. P. Davidson, and saw service with the Naval Air Force.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20761, 2 January 1931, Page 9
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