AN AWFUL FALL.
AIRMAN’S VIOLENT DEATH. HIS PARACHUTE FAILS. (Press Association—Copyright.) (Received 1.15 a.m.) London, March 14. —In the preseucO of 30,000 people at Turin (Italy), a Dutch aviator named Harris Larsen was dashed to pieces, falling from an aeroplane at a height of 4000 feet. Larsen was trying a new parachute, which failed to open. The made an agonised demonstration, but was held back by mounted Royal Guards.—(United Sarvice.)
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Wairarapa Age, 15 March 1922, Page 5
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