MOTH NOSE-DIVES TO DESTRUCTION.
PASSENGER INJURED, BUT PILOT ESCAPES.
(United Frees Assn.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.)
(Received August 23, 9.55 a.m.) SYDNEY, August 23.
A Moth . aeroplane, taking part in the unveiling ceremony of a soldiers’ memorial at Coonabarabran, nose-dived, struck a tree and then crashed to the ground. James Simpson, a local hairdresser, who was a passenger, had three ribs broken and suffered shock. He is in .a serious condition. The pilot, named Hammond, was unhurt.
The aeroplane burst into flames and was destroyed within sight of hundreds of spectators.—Australian Press Association.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18548, 23 August 1928, Page 1
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