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THE ACTUAL TRAGEDY.

STATEMENT BY EYE-WITNESS PARIS, October 11

Since the RlOl crashed the police have been searching for a poacher, known as the only actual eye-witness of the tragedy. The man, Gorges Rabouville, has now come forward and has made a statement, He says he was laying snares for rabbits at Beauvais Wood in the middle of the fateful night. He first saw the airship with all her lights, flying very low over Allonne. She was undoubtedly m distress, fighting against a gale of rain, and was steadily losing height. Suddenly she dipped, and descended a little. Then she seemed to straighten out, and then sank slowly to earth, still going ahead till the forepart struck the ground. A tremendous explosion followed, and the craft burst into flames. He heard two lighter explosions and cries for help, but saw no one come out. Rabouville says he lost his head, and ran away.

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Otago Witness, Issue 3996, 14 October 1930, Page 26

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THE ACTUAL TRAGEDY. Otago Witness, Issue 3996, 14 October 1930, Page 26

THE ACTUAL TRAGEDY. Otago Witness, Issue 3996, 14 October 1930, Page 26

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