PLANE CRASHES AND BURNS
OCCl 1 PANTS SLIGIITT.Y BUKN El>. B.v Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. JW. 10.30 p.m. Sydney, Dec. 20. Taking oil' in a choppy wind, from the Urunga golf Jinks to-day a Gipsy Moth plane crashed and was burned. The owner-pilot, Menzies, and a friend passenger, Walters, had a- narrow escape. Menzies freed himself but. Walters was rescued with difficulty as the splashing petrol from the tank took fire and burned fiercely. Both men suffered slight burns.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19291227.2.67
Bibliographic details
Taranaki Daily News, 27 December 1929, Page 11
Word Count
77PLANE CRASHES AND BURNS Taranaki Daily News, 27 December 1929, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in