YOUNG GIRL KILLED

Southland Times, Issue 21219, 21 October 1930, Page 7

YOUNG GIRL KILLED

PASSENGER IN WRECKED PLANE. (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Copyright.) (Rec. 7 p.m.) London, October 20. Miss Irene Burnside, aged 21, a daughter of the Rev. Canon Burnside, headmaster of St. Edmunds School, was killed at Detling while on board a flying machine piloted by Dr. Reid, a well-known flying amateur, who was taking Miss Burnside on a trial trip. The machine crashed into the trees while seeking a landing in mist. Dr Reid is seriously hurt with a fractured skull. Det ling is the scene of the death of Miss Gladys Grace.

After visiting relatives at Chatham by air, on July 20 last, Naval Lieutenant S. E. Spencer and Miss Gladys Grace, a daughter of Admiral H. E. Grace, and grand-daughter of the cricketer, W. G. Grace, took off from Detling aerodrome, near Maidstone. They circled around, looped the loop, and were repeating the latter movement when the plane nose-dived from a low altitude, crashed, and burst into flames. Both were burned to death. Miss Grace's brother-in-low, Commander Worthington, and his wife witnessed the crash. They dashed to the aeroplane, but were driven back by sheets of flame. The plane was a two-seater owned and piloted 'by Lieutenant Spencer, who was a keen flyer. Miss Grace was 26 years of age and was an excellent pilot. She narrowly escaped death in March when a machine crashed near Hamble after a nose-dive of 2000 ft. She was severely injured as a result of that accident, but recovered and resumed flying. Her sister. Miss Bessie. Grace, crashed at the same spot in 1928, but was not so badly hurt. , z