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Lonnor, April 18th. (THROUGH KSUTNK'S AGENCY.]
The death, has occurred. af Thomas Burt." AEROPLANE DISASTER.
The E. Hon. Thomas Burt, P.O., D.C.L. was born in Northumberland in 1997, the SIR ROSS SMITH KILLED,
Pson of a miner, His education comprised wo years' attendance at village schoola sud half a century of continuous reading and LONDON, April 19th. On the eve of his starting a world-fight the coal mines at ten years of age, he con intercourse with men." Starting work in from Croydon on April 5th Sir Rosetinued at various kinds of underground Smith with Lieutenant Bennett, was killed work for eighteen years. From 1565 to 1913 in a crash in a practi flight at Brook-he was Secretary of the Northumberland lands this morning.
Miners' Mutual Confident Association. He was one of the British Labour represent- atives to the Berlin, Labour Cauference convened by the Emperor of Germany in 1890. He was President of the Trados Union Congress at Newcastle in 1891, and took part in the International Miners' Conference. Member of Parliament for Morpeth from 1674 to 1918, he was Parliamentary Secretary of the Board of Trade from 1892 to 1895. Mr. Burt was the first Labour MP. and for many years the father of the House of Commons]
The machine got into a spin and emahed when approaching the aerodrome to land.
PILOT LOSES CONTROL ·
LONDON, April 13th. Prior to the accident Captain Cockerell tested the machine for thirty minutes. He then handed the machine over to Sir Ross Smith, who, accompanied by Lieut Bon Bett, sacended. They few well for fifteen minates in excellent flying conditions will westerly wind blowing fifteen miles an hour. Suddenly the machine developed a spin. Apparently the pilot lost control. The aeroplane descended at a tarrific speed and crashed on the top. of an iron fence, Sir Ross Smith was killed instantly, and Lieut. Bennett died two minutes later. Sir Kieth Smith intended accompanying his brother but arrived at the aerodrome after the machine had ascended, and be witnessed the disaster. BROTHER'S TERRIBLE AGITATION.
LONDON, April 14th.
The air disaster was witnessed by the heads of the Vickers firm and 1,500 of their employes. The machine circled abors Brooklands for twenty minutes, behaving plendidly. Sir Ross Smith shut off the angine to descend, and nose-dived to a hundred feet from the ground, when he tried to straighten out but the machina came down spirally and suddenly crashed, knocking down four trees and narrowly escaping the concrete track of Brooklands) Keith Smith was terribly agitated when he realised what had happened, and he fung himself across his brother's body. The machine is a total wreck. Although the petrol escaped it did not catch fire. The fabric was torn off the machine to cover the bodies, which were taken to Weybridg mortuary.
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At the inquest on Sir Ross Smith and Lieut. Bennett at Weybridge, Sir Keith Smith said his brother had been occupiel in organising world-trip had not flown, much recently.
Mr. Muller the Brooklands superinten- dent of Messrs. Vickers, said the machine was similar to those supplied to the British, Canadian. Japanese and Dutch Govern ments. It was in complete #ying trim and there was no defect any where. The actual 'controlling parts were absolutely intact after the accident. The preliminary fight by the Vickers pilot Capt. Cockerell, with Sir Ross, was the machino'first right?). The auchine was not examined when they descended because the engines were run- ning and Sir Rosa Smith merely replaced Capt. Cockerell at the controls.
Capt. Cockerell testified that he bad seen the construction of the machine throughout and it was perfect in every respect.
The medical evidence showed that the death of both airmen was instantaneous.
A verdict of "Denth from misadventure" was returned.
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FIRE ON THE NEW "EMPRESS" LINER.
INQUIRY INTO ALLEGED ARSON..
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A alight fire occurred in the 21,000-ton ex-German liner Empress of China, which is being prepared in a German shipyard for handing over to Britain, when she will be renamed Empress of Australia and sent to the Pacific. An inquiry is being male, there is a suspicion of arson.
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Pix18, April 13th The Chinese Minister, ILE. Tschen Glech, has written to the examining magis trate asking indulgence for the student who fired at him on April 20th, on the ground that he had a good record... Mr. Tschen Glech attributes the act to temporary aberration.
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After ten days' trial on a charge of mardering his wife by administering arosaic, Armstrong, a solicitor of Hereford, was found guilty and sentenced to death.
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