FROZEN IN THE AIR.
NAVAL AVIATOR'S PERIL. By Cable. — Press Association. — Copyright. LONDON, March 12. Lieutenant Briggs, a naval aviator, reached an altitude of 15,000 feet in a biplane at Eastchurch. The temperature was 3jßdeg. below zero. The oil froze, but he. descended safely. Hi's face was badly frostbitten, ami he is now in hospital. TURKS FALL IN THE SEA. Received March 13, 10.5| a.m.) JERUSALEM, March 12. Nuri Bey and Ismail Bey, in a Turkish airship, fell into the sea at Jaffa. They swam ashore, and landed in an exhausted condition. Nuri Bey succumbed. .. AEROPLANES FOR RUSSIA. * "Times" and "Sydney Sun" Services. -(Received-March 13, 8.30 a.m.) ST. PETERSBURG, March 12. Russia is ordering 10 aeroplanes, at a cost of a million roubles. »
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 31, 13 March 1914, Page 7
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