DEVASTATING TORNADO SWEEPS AIRPORT
I Australian Press Assn.—United Service ] Received Judo 11, 1.10 a.m. NEW YORK, June 10.
At Bolling Field (near Washington) a tornado swept the landing field late in the afternoon, completely wrecking eleven planes and injuring six persons. The damage is estimated at between 250,000 and 500,000 dollars. The storm struck the field with uncanny suddenness, preventinj the removal of [he ’planes to safety. Several
hangars were flattened to the ground, while a few ’planes were hurled to the height of 200 feet before crashing. One plane descended on a Red Cross ambulance, containing three occupants, and demolished both plane and ambulance, the occupants of which escaped with slight injuries. Two aviators approaching the field perceived the storm cloud, and averted certain death by a quick change of course.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19280611.2.41
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20169, 11 June 1928, Page 7
Word Count
132DEVASTATING TORNADO SWEEPS AIRPORT Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20169, 11 June 1928, Page 7
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in