AIR LINER AFIRE
MISHAP AT HONGKONG THREE SAVED FROM DEATH LOCAL MANAGER'S ACTION MACHINE BADLY DAMAGED By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received Juno 3, 11.40 p.m.) HONGKONG. June 3 The Imperial Airways liner El Dorado caught fire this morning while preparing to take off for Bangkok, and was considerably damaged. The coolness of' Imperial Airways' local manager, Mr. E. Watts, saved an American passenger and two Chinese employees from death. He shepherded them through the emergency exit to the wing-tip, from which all jumped to the ground. One of the Chinese suffered a broken leg.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23055, 4 June 1938, Page 13
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