AEROPLANE CRASH.
MELBOURNE, Jan. 3.—The accident to the Melbourne Herald aeroplane at, Morningt'piY yesterday was caused by the engine back-firing and stopping, and so forcing tho* occupants to land. >• The pilot, Captain Viggers,' has both bones m the middle of Iris right leg below the knee broken, ahd-. the fourth'and fifth fibs on the right side fractured. Mi*. Nunri, the other occupant -of- the" machine, has a fracture of the skull; tho brain being lacerated. He is paralysed doAVrf tiny right side. This-afternoon he was still "unconscious. ' ■ '
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH19200120.2.39
Bibliographic details
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15120, 20 January 1920, Page 5
Word Count
87AEROPLANE CRASH. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15120, 20 January 1920, Page 5
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Poverty Bay Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in