VICTIMS OF AIR TRAGEDY.
AFFECTING SCENES WITNESSED. United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, July 23. The flower-covered coffins of the victims lay in a hut behind the tiny village tearoom, where the inquest was opened into the Moepham air crash. There were affecting scenes as the bodies were identified. A gardener described how one body fell in his orchard, and rebounded nine yards to where he was standing. The Coroner read a letter from Mrs Henderson, widow of the pilot, Colonel Henderson, expressing sorrow for the relatives of the victims, and adding that no one would have been more broken-hearted than the late pilot. Shortly before the inquest four representatives of the Junker Company, makers of the machine, arrived, having flown from Germany. The remains of the machine were taken to London for a further detailed examination by officials of the Air Ministry, who are investigating the causes of the accident, which at present remain a matter of speculation.
The inquest was adjourned till August 13 to enable the Air Ministry to complete investigations.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18628, 25 July 1930, Page 9
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175VICTIMS OF AIR TRAGEDY. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18628, 25 July 1930, Page 9
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