PLANE ON FIRE
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS LINER CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE HONGKONG. June 3. (Received June 3. at 11.55 p.m.) An Imperial Airways liner, Dorado, caught fire this morning while preparing to take off for Bankok. The plane was considerably damaged. The coolness of the airways 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. where they all jumped to the ground. One of the Chinese broke a leg.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23517, 4 June 1938, Page 15
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