AERIAL TRAGEDY.
TWO BRITISH AIRMEN KILLED
ROME, May 18. Ten British aeroplanes have arrived, en route to Egypt. Nine landed safe, ly, but the tenth crashed to the ground, pinning five of the occupants underneath.
LONDON, May 18. ' The correct story of the Borne dis-1 aster shows that twa,-Handley-Page machines flew from Marseilles. The first landed successfully at Centocelle aerodrome, but the second, in endeavouring to avoid the first, struck a big tree, and crashed into a deep trench. Lieutenants Prince and Spratt were killed, and Col. Lawrence broke an arm. The mechanic" was slightly injured. i
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXVI, Issue 17586, 2 June 1919, Page 9
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