BERLIN, Oct. 13.—The removal of inkpots, which had previously been used as missiles from the desks in the Reichstag, was one of the precautionary measures ...
Article : 565 wordsCablegrams received last night showed that Wing-Commander Kingsford Smith and Flight-Lieutenant C. W. Hill, the remaining contestants in the race to establish ...
Article : 239 wordsTerribly mutilated, the bodies of Captain C. H. F. Nesbit, pilot, Miss H. Rae and Mr. W. R. Bell, pupil-pilots, were found in the wreckage of the Pass Moth monoplane, Fleetwing, on the side of a hill in deeply forested country about four miles south of Chidlow, ...
Article : 639 wordsBy road and through bush searchers in cars, on foot also worked, hard to find the missing plane. On Monday night, at Wooroloo, a party under Drs. Mitchell ...
Article : 126 wordsWidespread regret was expressed yesterday at the shocking death of Mr. C. H. F. Nesbit. Thirty-three years of age, he had been married for 10 years, and left a ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,033 wordsWhen it was learned yesterday morning that no news of the missing Puss Moth had been gleaned overnight calls were sent out about 8 a.m. to all plane owners and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 861 wordsThe crash will be investigated by the Air Accidents Inquiry Committee, a statutory body which investigates all forced landing. The usual practice is for the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 258 wordsALLAHABAD, Oct. 14.—Leaving Karachi at 5.30 a.m. to-day, Wing-Commander Kingsford Smith landed at Allahabad at 2.15 p.m. Allahabad is about 920 miles ...
Article : 39 wordsRANGOON, Oct. 14.—Flight-Lieut. C. W. Hill, who arrived yesterday afternoon from Akyab (Burma) on his flight to Australia, took off at 12.20 O'clock this ...
Article : 84 wordsThe funeral of the three victims of the crash will take place to-morrow afternoon. Arrangements have been made for members of the Flying Corps' Association ...
Article : 88 wordsNothing but the buttered engine, the joy stick, one undamaged tyre and rim, and some minor accessories of the Puss Moth was fit even for salvage after the crash. ...
Article : 250 wordsWELTEVREDEN (Batavia), Oct. 14.—Captain Matthews, the British airman, arrived this afternoon from Singapore on his way to Australia. ...
Article : 84 wordsMany messages of condolence from persons interested in aviation and friends of the late Mr. Nesbit were received by Wings, Ltd., yesterday afternoon, among ...
Article : 123 wordsAll the search parties out yesterday morning were imbued with the necessity for locating the missing aviators at the earliest possible moment, for by that time ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,569 wordsThe Vacuum Oil Company has arranged large map displays showing Wing-Commander Kingsford-Smith's route to Australia marked off in daily hops in the foyer ...
Article : 68 wordsPORTO ALEGRE (Brazil), Oct. 13.—It was reported here to-day that the revolutionary troops advancing on the States of Sergipe and Sao Paulo met the ...
Article : 72 wordsThe consensus of opinion among Perth airmen as to the cause of the crush was that engine failure caused the pilot to make a forced landing and that in doing ...
Article : 728 wordsLONDON, Oct. 13.—"A motor car which is being built in Australia and equipped with a Napier super-charged engine, is among at least three special cars under ...
Article : 220 wordsWhen the late Pilot Nesbit resigned from the staff of West Australian Airways, Ltd., early in 1929, he purchased a Simonds Spartan aeroplane and engaged ...
Article : 267 wordsLONDON, Oct. 13.—The Customs returns show that the imports of Russian wheat in September totalled 2,251,424cwts. as compared with 280,249cwts. in August, ...
Article : 85 wordsLONDON, Oct. 14.—The "Daily Express" states that the Co-operative Wholesale Society is heavily involved in the Soviet wheat dumping operations in ...
Article : 97 wordsOTTAWA, Oct. 13.—Canadian importers of Russian coal have informed the Government that the importations, with the exception of the cargoes now afloat, ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 15 Oct 1930, Page 13
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