KILLED IN AIR RACE.
WOMAN PILOT’S TRAGIC DEATH. (United Press Association —By Blectrle Telegraph—Copyright.) * VANCOUVER, August 20. A message from Phoenix, Arizona, says that tragedy entered into the Women’s Air Derby. The terribly crushed body of Marvel Crosson, aged 25, one of the best known female pilots in America, was found alongside the wreckage of her ’plane. She had evidently jumped from a height of several hundred feet, but the parachute failed to function. Amongst 18 other contestants four claimed that their ’planes had been tampered with during the overnight stay at San Bernardino, California. The authorities are investigating. Investigation into Miss Crosson’s death have been started, and officials are looking into the rumours that some of the ’planes had been tampered with en route. Several participants in the race claim that attempts have been made to have the race called off. Mrs Louis Thaden, of Pittsburg, leads.
Miss Earhart Is fourth, and Miss Elder sixth.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18350, 22 August 1929, Page 9
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