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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1928.

WRECKED PLANE This plana carrying Commander Join H. Rodgers, Hawaiian flight hero, side-slipped and crashed into the Delaware river at Philadelphia, killing. Rodgers and injuring his mechanician. A navy board of inquiry is examining it. Com- mander Rodgers was rescued after being lost nino days at sea last year, while attempting to fly from San Francisco, to Hawaii-

LAST RITES.-Commander John Rodgers, who was killed when his plane crashed in tho Delaware River, was buried with full military honours in Arlington Cometery. The flag- draped casket is shown here on a caisson as it entered the cemetery. Two clergymen on foot head the cortege which is accompanied by former flying mates of the famous pilot."

EARTHQUAKE IN AZORES.—Only a mass of ruins remains of this once-beautiful. little city of Horta in the Azores. The entire island of Fayal was devastated by an earth- quake, but the city suffered most. Troops to maintain order, engineer corps to aid in reconstruction and medical detachments have been sent by the Portuguese government....

on three warships. All of the islands felt the shock.

Times

COMMANDER'S FUNERAL-The body of the lator Commander dohn Rodgere, killed in a recent aeroplanoli crash, is shown horo boing started for his home at Havre "de Grace, where the funeral services were held. Three officers, former flying mates of Rodgers, four enlisted men, two marines and two sailors accompanied the body.

HAPPY MEETING. The happiest girl in all Now, York was Gertrude Ederle as she stepped from the liner into the arms of her mother, while thousands of admirers massed at the tip of Manhattan roared a tremendous" welcome.

COAL CRISIS-Police protection is being afforded the colliers who have returned to work in the Mansfield ares. Our photograph shows some of the colliers leaving the pit under polico, profection.

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THE GREEK COUP One of the first photographs of scenos in Athens on the day of the successful coup by which General Kondylia overthrew the Greek dictator, General Fangalos. Our picture shows a section of the crowd. Hatoning to General Kondyliss speech at the crowd demonstration in Con Petitution Square,. (Times copyright)) {

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