SECOND EDITION. A GRAPHIC STORY
LEATHERHEAD ACCIDENT
THE LADY PASSENGER
PLIGHT-LIEUTENANT’S WIFE
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Ri. 'i’ivml Soul ember 7, 1 p.m.l ].( A I'ON, Sept. 6
Tile inquest revealed that the woman passenger in I tie aeroplane smash at Leatherliead was not Loavey's wile, but Mrs. Slaliiird. wife of Flight-Lieutenant St a Hard.
The Coroner inquired whether the husband was present. J.i’eutenant St.sllard stepped to. ward. Answering the Coroner, lie said lie was satisfied it was his witi*. lint lie did nut wish In say mure.
A graphic story is related by Sidney Cheeseman. tin eye-witness of the crash, lie helped to remove Keene, wlm was tin'll a livv. from the wreckage. Keene told witness he meant to jump out. bat the others prevented him. “'Then he asked me to kill him,” said witness, “as he was suffering agony. Amidst the wreckage l saw the charred he,lies of l.ouvev and the woman, who appeared to he in close embrace.”
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17132, 7 September 1926, Page 8
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