LOST GOLD
POLICE ON TREASURE HUNT.
(United Press Assn. —Telegraph Copyright). London, January 27. Despite the bitter cold, hardy southern Englanders to-day are searching for the Hillman plane’s lost gold which, if it has not fallen into the Channel, may be in anybody’s backyard. The newspapers publish plans of the plane s route. The police are engaged in treasure hunting in Essex, Kent and Sussex for the air liner’s gold, but the route traverses lonely wooded country and gravitation may have buried the bars feet underground. The consignees state the gold was insured and that it may be worth £20,000. The pilot says he felt the weight shifting approaching Dungeness, but he attributed it to movements of the passengers. The Sketch says that a passenger, E. Turle, declares that while the fierce winds were tossing the Hillman plane, he heard a crash and saw the floor of the luggage compartment rip open and packages, including a case of gold, slip through the hole. He fixes the scene near the Berck aerodrome on the French coast. He thinks the gold fell into the sea or on the seashore.
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Southland Times, Issue 22492, 29 January 1935, Page 5
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187LOST GOLD Southland Times, Issue 22492, 29 January 1935, Page 5
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