AIR PAGEANT TRAGEDY
PASSENGER KILLED (Received April 11, 11 a.m.) BRISBANE, April 11. A Moth plane piloted by Captain Linton, with Mr. William Contts as a passenger, crashed at Ayr.* Mr. Contts was terribly crushed and killed instantly, and the pilot was severely injured. The tragedy was witnessed by 1000 people who attended an air pageant.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17232, 11 April 1930, Page 7
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56AIR PAGEANT TRAGEDY Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17232, 11 April 1930, Page 7
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