SENSATIONAL ACCIDENT.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14017, 25 June 1913, Page 5

SENSATIONAL ACCIDENT.

arman drops 1,000 feet into THE SEA. . . ATTEMPT AT RESCUE FAILS. PttM Araociation.—Telegraph.—Copyright LONDON. Jnn.- 24. ; An aviator named Fairhairn was imtißg a 350-horre power aluminium oOroplane devised for a trans-Atlantic fegVi, baling the body of the machine ooHosed. and provided with a conning tower with glass sides. He flew ac Brook lands, and at Shoohuryness a -. thousand feel above the sen, when the aeroplane dropped and fell. A friend saw the accident, sailed to the spot and attempted to life th£ conning tower. The aeroplane sank before he got Fairbairn out. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. SAVED BY HIS AIR-JACKET. A TWO-MILESWIM TO LAND. '■* 6 Received Jane 25. 8.45 a.m. LONDON. June 24. Jiirtnim reached the surface in bis „ air-arket. and floated until conscious, when be swam ashore, a distance of two THE STORY DISCREDITED. Received June 25. 12.30 p.m. LONDON. Juno 24. Fairhairn’* story is mysterious. The | Brookland authorities were not aware of > his flight, and he is absolutely unknown i there. Nothing was seen of his flight at I Sfceerness, nor had his father heard of ; his son's whereabouts for a week. He j maintained reticence about the details | of his aeroplane. His present where- [ about* are unknown. i