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NEW AIR LINER
CRASHES
Four Killed
LATEST IN PLANES
DISASTER AT LONGREACH
BRISBANE, Thursday: The*
second air liner on the Singa
pore-Brisbane section of the
Empire mail route crashed near
*Longreach this morning, and
the four occupants were killed.
Thie plane, which is a Do Hay
ilnod 811 tlpe is a sisttr-shipii of
the ")imn",'! which arrived hi
Sydney iliuring the week, anti
wa., the last Wiori1 in aviation de
sign. 1 It ha1 flowni f11om Eng.
land1, without iucident.
The victims of (11e disisteri irere:
Cnatain--U R-P-1'endes-gnat,/chief pilot
-of Empire kirvays Ltd., London.
--. V. Crenistcs, assistant pilot and
radio operator of the Empire
Ai ways, Loindon.
P. U Claiton, enlineer of the
mi p iie Airways, Londoni.
E. H. -Bonaifoot, 29 of South Ken
sington, Sydiney, sereseintative
of the Shell Comipany.
Tlhe air linfer left. Daixwili on Tues
day andj ieachled Ldongreadc ji3st be
forie dal It last night The usual in
spiectioin was made:and'tle. plaiie was
prononiiced in lipeifct' oi0der.It took
off shortly aftei daini to-day, but 30
miles (away, near lBarsdale thome
stead, it crashed 0on the pllaiiis Ap
parently all the occupants vyore killed
·iista tly " -. -:~;; j': ':·.i '" '.
A police party left Longreadc for
the scene of the crash, while a party
of officials has gone 1by air
C' CaIfail Prendirgast aind Mr.:
Chiarltoni aatrentell known in Aus
tralia, haviiig flowli tihs i air liner
"Astrea" toi Australia -last year on a
survey flight. Upon arrival at Dar
wint on Tuesda-y Capthin Prendeirgast
entliusiastically commented upon the
performance of his plane .He said it
was a fast and safe machine and of
such power that in the eveniitof -two
engines going out of operationi it
could iroceied onlihle remailinig two.
The plane encoiuntered all Icinds of
aeatlier di oits flight .froim London,
anid its enduiiance was fully tested..
It was one of five ordered. by the
Qantas Empire Airways foi the Bris
bqiie-Siigapoiierd ioute.
ip SEARCHERS' DISCOVERY -
BRISBANE, a Later: Wbei the
rescue party reached the planie thiy
foiini Itihree inembeirs of lie crevvsal
riesdydeila Broadfoottwen s then alive::
but died a fewimlinutes liter.i Broad
foot decided o0lyant the I'ast- imnient
1to travel by the plane. e liead pl'rtvi
,ouslyiIntenided to :ret rr vwitih Pilot
Os',n whoiwas escortin- -Mils -Freda
Thomrpson. . : i 93A 9
Pi-endergestt oon-irrival-at flarwc.,
ihescribed -tihe -yaoage froinm England'
a' i 'joy ' trip. IIetssaid lie comife back
from holidayS- to fly tlhe pilse 8out.
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