PLANE CRASHES DURING PUBLIC CEREMONY
PILOT ESCAPES; PASSENGER BADLY HURT
NOSE DIVE INTO TREE.
MACHINE DESTROYED BY FLAMES.
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SYDNEY, "'ISs Day
A Moth aeroplane taking in the Soldiers' Memorial unveiling ceremony at Coonabafabran nose dvved, stnicj&, a tree and then crashed $o the ground. James Simpson, a local hairdresser who was a passenger, had three ribs broken and suffered from shock. He is in a serious condition. The pilot, Hammond, was- unhurt. The .plane caught fire and was destroyed within sight of hundreds of spectators.—Australian P-A.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 24, 23 August 1928, Page 5
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