STRUCK LIVE WIRES
PILOT IN AEROPLANE MIRACULOUS ESCAPE UNHURT (Received January 12. 7.5 p.m.) PARIS. Jan. 11 Lost ill the clouds of a violent storm, British amateur pilot, Mr. Phil Avery, when taking an aeroplane for delivery at Basle, Switzerland, struck and severed tho high-tension wires over Belfort Fortress, on the French frontier. The wires were carrying 70,000 volts. Mr. Avery miraculously escaped uninjured and safely landed the crippled aeroplane.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22315, 13 January 1936, Page 10
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