DUTCH AIR LINER CRASH
COLONEL BRINSMEAD’S INJURY. MORE HOPE FOR HIS RECOVERY. By Telegraph—Press Assn;—Copyright. Rec. 7 p.m. Singapore, Dec. 8. Colonel Brinsmead, Controller of Civil Aviation in Australia, who-was seriously wounded in the crash of the Dutch air liner, is reported to have improved. He has ribs broken, the lungs damaged and contusion of the brain. One side is partially paralysed. There is now more hope of has recovery. He took passage in the Dutch mail when he heard of Kingsford Smith’s accident at Darwin. A later message says Colonel Brinsmead’s condition is unchanged. The Dutch deny that the monoplane was overloaded and say it was carrying less than when it left Aloratar. The King of Siam has ordered an inquiry.
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Taranaki Daily News, 9 December 1931, Page 7
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