A DASTARDLY ACT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17079, 7 July 1926, Page 12

A DASTARDLY ACT.

t !()|{'H A M ’S .MACHINE FI RHD OX. .MECHANIC BADKY WOUNDED. . A EACH 808 ASSIST \XCH. ‘Klee. Tel. Copyright— Dnilcil Press AssttJ (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.i I! A SI! \, duly li. ('obhum advises: ‘ ‘ On inspect ion of the aeroplane this morning I discovered a hole in the side of the cabin, and i't ;tlist'd that it was not a burst jict rol pipe that wounded Elliott, hut a bullet from the gun of some marsh Arab, lin'd at us while living about ;”>() feet fi om tin' sw a nip i u a dust storm. The bullet was evidently lin'd at the approaching inarli i lie, passing through' t lie side of i he raid n, 1 hen ili rough the ohieial mail hag and a packet of test imi t cii pictures for Australia, then through the petrol pipe, and afterwards through Elliott V arm ayd into ll is eliCsi . ‘‘The dns I Mm in forced us I o come down from iiOUOfl. in order not to lose the wav. We then flew al a heigh I of llilfl along tin* hank of tin 1 Euphrates. The air was so thick Ift a t wo decided to beach the machine, and waited at a desert police hut I ill it: clean'd. AYe than look off for Basra, but il was d i ill eii It finding the way over the s \v: 1 11 1jis. ‘‘Suddenly there was a loud explosion in the cabin. I shut oil the engine, and asked if there was a lire. Elliott replied: ‘ Xo, I am hit. - The •petrol pipe Imrst and wounded my arm ami body. I ant losing pots of blood.’ I. gave him a handkerchief lo staunch the bleeding, and raced to Basra at 1 1(1 miles an hour. “'lt seemed all age bet ore we saw i lie shore. Elliott had sunk out of sight iii the cockpit , am! was motionless. I was o\ er joyed to Had him conscious, But pale apd Slant hered l!l blood. Natives lifted him on 1o an in i jwo v iso l l st ret eh or. and he was taken ashore on a launch. He was operated on, and a piece of metal was taken from hi- side. DEATH. OK KELIOTT. (The Times.! (Received .1 nlv 7. 2 p.m.) BASRA. July fa. Elliot I is dead.