TOLL OF THE AIR
DEATH OP MR ENGLAND. Pieea Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, March 7. (Received March 8, at 0.10 a.m.) At the inquest on the body of 3lr Geoffrey England, who was killed while aeroplaning at Stoneheftge, evidence was given that the Bristol Company had sent orders that- four Roumanian monoplanes must be tested before Thursday in good, bad, or indifferent weather. Mr England refused to fly on Sunday, though the Roumanian Prince, Cantacuzens, requester! him to do so. Mr England wrote to his mother on Monday:—" They don't care if our necks are broken so long as the Prince is satisfied." ~'
A verdict of accidental death was re,urned.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15707, 8 March 1913, Page 9
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109TOLL OF THE AIR Otago Daily Times, Issue 15707, 8 March 1913, Page 9
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