THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, OCTOBER 14,
1929.
This twisted mass of fuselaga and struts is the wreckage of the plang in which Lady Mary Heath, the famous. British aviatrix, crashed and was critically injured during the National Air Races at Clevoland. Rescuers are axamining the machine after xirigating hor. The draft side-slipped from an altitude of only 60 faet and dashed trouzh the roof of a factory building. In-ot is a photo of Lady Heath, who will never fly again.
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Protus taken during experimental flights in America of the latest autogiro invented by Juan Cierva, the Spanish aviator. Success was achieve 1. though the plane landed tail-skid first. Cierva is shown at bottom with tris American backer
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The racing seaplane Mercury, which was built to recapture thy world's speed record for the United States, is shown above spurting sheets of flame and grey smoke, and taxing through the water at 110 miles an hour. Bolow, luft, the 24-cylinder motor is being started by a special compressed air dovice. Lower right is Lieut.. Alford Williams, crack navy The only thing flyer who was to have piloted the Mercury in the Schneider Cup races.
matter with the machine was that it declined to fly.
The wreckage on the deck of the oil-tankor William Rockefeller, the flagship of the Standard Oil Company's fleet, after an explosion followed by a fierce fire. Two men ware killed and seven injured.
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At a recent international sports meeting in Berlin, America finished on top. Our pictures show Reg. Bowen, who did the 30-yard dash in 304 seconds, and Richard Rockaway, who best Facelli of Italy, in the 200-yard hurdles in 24.5 seconds.
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Our photo shows Herr Mertz, a German racing-motorist, with two women" mechanics, whom he pitted against the men mechanics of other drivers in the International road ·
races at Ulater recently.
Yachts of three nations competed off Marblehead, for the coveted Corinthian Trophy recently. The Swedish yacht Bacchant, winner of the 30 square metro race, is pictured above, left, as it rounded a turn in the course and drew away from the American Tipler III, right, and the German Kickerle, contre.
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on the West Lake, Hanshow.
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