HOW THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
(Received Monday, at 11 a.m.)
LONDON, Sunday
Pickles did not compete in the race round London. He was giving a demonstration when the accident occurred. Mrs Stocks was an" experienced pilot, and induced a passenger to give up her seat for her. Pickles, in turning, steered in the direction of the spectators' tea pavilion. He was preparing to descend, when his engine mis-fired, and the machine jobbled, causing Pickles' feet to slip. He lost control of the machine, which had almost righted, when it suddenly dived down thirty feet. The spectators and officials fled. Two of the latter were slightly injured, and many had narrow escapes. Pickles and Mrs Stocks were completely buried in the wreckage. Pickles, in addition to a fracture, sustained severe gashes on the thigh and abdomen, and a crushed foot. Both were conveyed to the hospital.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXV, Issue 11784, 22 September 1913, Page 5
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