FATAL CRASH.
PILOT & PASSENGER KILLED IN NEW SOUTH WALES. MACHINE BURSTS INTO FLAMES. VICTIM TRAPPED IN WRECK. United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (Received Tuesday, 7.50 p.m.) SYDNEY, July 14. An aeroplane crashed at Temora and burst into flames. The pilot, J. A. Geddes, was thrown out, but died immediately after the rescuers arrived. A passenger named Thornton Rust, was trapped in the ■wreckage and was burned, to death in full view of the onlookers, who were unable to reach him. The crash was heard all over the town.
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Wairarapa Age, 15 July 1931, Page 5
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