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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER

1988.

SEVEN PEOPLE KILLED WHEN PLANE CRASHES ON LONDON HOUSING ESTATE

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The burnt-out aeroplane in the backyard of one of the houses at Edmonton, which was also gutted,

out the victims' flames.

Twelve-year-old Robert Sorrell, of Dunholme Road, who was playing in told the News Chronicle:

Seven people, three in one family, were killed their jackets and used them to beat]

13 critically -when a R.A.F. and 24 injured plane crashed on the Edmonton, North London, the street with the other children, Housing Estate recently, burst into flames and set fire to three houses.

"I was sitting on the garden fence. Jimmy Tant and his four-year-old the sister Jean were playing on pavement close by with three-year-

old Derek Foster and several other children.

Losing height just above a crowd of playing children, the plane-a Hawker Audax Fighter-crashed into the Dunholme Road, hit a house, swooped into the roadway, killed 8-year-old Jimmy Tant, bounced into top of me." another house and caught fire.

The house burst into flames, and Mrs. Grace Saunders- and her eight-year-old son, at dinner inside, died in the flames. A 16 year-old son died late in the evening and the father was badly burned. He is in a critical condition.

The pilot, Sergt. Robert Morris, in the sheet of fame and ran with (Auxiliary Air Force). of Childs their clothes on fire into the street Neighbours ran for blankets and Hill, N.W., aged 24, an Air Ministry clerk, was found dead in the reatter-rugs, pulled them both to the ground

and smothered the Games. ed wreckage of his machine.

Two men died later in the even-i

"Suddenly I looked up and saw on aeroplane falling straight down on

"I thought it would hit me... I shouted, 'Look qut, Jiminy-runt' and I ran as fast as I could.

"When I stopped I saw the aero-

smoshed the fence on which I had appeared .. Jean was lying on the ground with her head cut.

plane had hit the roof behind me, been sitting, and Jimmy had dis-

"There was a loud explosion and] the aeroplane caught on fire and so did the houses against which acroplane was resting."

the

George Sorrel, aged 18, was play- As the windows fell in the house ing billiards with his father when was flooded by petrol fumes which they heard a crash and saw showers Six members of one family are in/burst into flame as the petrol tank of tiles and bricks flying past the!

exploded,

ing.

hospital with injuries received when the plane hit their house.

As the machine

hurtled to the ground the pilot made a desperate effort to save the children beneath

him.

Standing up in the cockpit of the erashing machine ho waved frantl- cally to the children.

CHILDREN RAN: ONE WAS KILLED

Derek Saunders, aged eight, was upstairs, and his mother ran upstairs to save him. through the flames When Chally firemen broke into the inferno both were found dead under

the bed.

CLEARING UP DINNER When the engine crashed through into the Callaghans' house next door the family was clearing up the dinner things.

window.

I

SEARCH FOR TWO

PARENTS

Parents of two victims of the air crash were at Southsca at the ilme and had to be sought by local police and Informed of the tragedy.

It was several hours before Mr. Tant and his son George, who were on a day's outing. could be found.

message

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to

A

Rashed Portsmouth police, who, knowing that Mr. Tant had arrived by motor-coach with a party of postmen, searched the district around the coach station and discovered him having tea in a cafe.

The mother of the dead pilot, Mrs. Morris, of Crewys Road, Chuds Hill, N.W., left London for Southsea to svend

A fort- night's holiday. Her husband

died a fortulght ago.

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0.37 Closing Locul Stock Quota. tions.

8.40 Glazounow-Steaks Razine. Orchestra Of The Brussels Royal "I saw them lift the remains of Conservatoire cond. by Desire De-

"We rushed out just in time to see the acroplane leaning up against the Saunders' house burst into flames. saw Roy Saunders caught in the the dead pilot out of the wreckage.uw. of the house to sen what the matter wreckage but it was burned almost games as he ran out from the back There was a second body in the was. With his clothes all burning to a cinder,"

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from

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he came dancing across the road, Mr. W. Ebbs, of Dunholme Road, March Kotelbey); Coronation Beila Songs; Intro: and we wrapped rugs round him and said: "Several people were running-March (Partridge); Selection of

about the road with their clothes on Wilfred Sanderson's

West; My dear Soul; of them was Roy Drake goes put out the fre."

fire. One

Major; Friend o'mine; up Saunders, who was crying: 'Help me, Captain Hee; The Company Sergeant help mel

"Another man, also, in flames, was Somerset: Until.

7.10 Variety Programme which he was hanging on to for sup

The crawling along beside some railings paal Robeson, New Mayfair Orches

Dance Orchestra:-Follow pert. We tripped him up and start-tra, Kitty Masters, etc.

One-Step; Toot, Toot, ed to tear off his clothing until

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New Mayfair Dance Orchestra cond. by Ronnie Munro with vocal refrain somebody

PILOT'S HEROISM

Ada Letch, who lives a few doors Mrs. Mary Callaghan is believed to way, anw the aeroplane falling on Jimmy Tant and dashed forward to The children ran, and all escaped except little Jimmy Tant, who was have been knocked unconscious by try and save him, but as she did to except by a wheel of the machine the aeroplane engine when she was struck by a piece of flying

of Dunholme, and killed instantly, and his three- through the wall of her house. Her metal and knocked over.

Mr. R. Harrison, but was badly burned Terence, year-old sister, Jean, who was struck three-and-a-half-year-old baby son, by á plece of flying debris.

rescued. Mr. Collaghan was terribly Road, sakl: "As far as I could see One of them (18), plane's wreckage. children-Doris The machine struck Mr. and Mrs. burned trying to rescue his wife and there were at least two people in the

olher Tant's house at the corner of Dun-the

Edward (17) and Dennis-who all appeared to be a woman."

Mr. H. J. Seal, of Chalfont Road,

A description of the pilot's effort by Leslie Sarony; Vocal-A Melody holme Road a glancing blow and

to warn the playing children was From The Sky (fim The Trail of the Orchestra; Plano Sweet wing of the machine was torn away. escaped through the back door,

Would-be rescuers who rushed up said: "Mr. Saunders met the The plane shot off the roof at a

and staggered out into the front garden Briar Grove: "He might have jump-with

won't tangent and hit the pavement with towards the wrecked plane were blast of the name In his face and given by Mr. W. J. Sanders, of Sweet Lonesome Fino)....Kitty Masters with his clothes all alight. Five ored and perhaps liave saved himself, Adeline Piano Medley; Intro: Lonely

feet; We were so young: and he said. such force that it drove a hole two sent staggering back, singed

rushed forward and gasping for breath.

dance. Rensen; Vocal Swing Along feet deep into the pavement and Others were struct by pieces of six people then rebounded into the air

cockpit waving frantically to the paul Robeson (Bass) with across the road into the home of metal fung Into the air to fall in dragged him out of the range of the showers over an area of 100 yards, names and then started to pull his

children in the street as if telling Dance Orchestra:-Sorrento By The Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Saunders.

them to run for their lives.

Sen-Tango Fox-Tro; When You're Hitting the ground, the massive Many were badly cut about face and clothes off.

broken head, and several of the rescuers" was Rolls-Royce engine

flung 40ft, were burned an they tried to save from the fuselage and across the road to crash into the those in the burning houses.

As refugees broke screaming from their front of the home of Mr. and Mrs, William Callaghan and their six the burning houses, with

clothes on fire, neighbours tore off children.

For a few moments wings and fuselage remained propped against the Saunders's house, petrol spray- Ing over the brickwork and fumes filing their house and the Callag- han's home next door.

There was a deafening explosion and a great flash as the petrol ex- And house ploded and aeroplane

was

still

were enveloped in flures. The Saunders family sitting round the dinner-table when the plane hit the house,

Roy Saunders, aged 10; leaped to his feet and rushed through the side door to the front of the house, and his father jumped up and opened the front door.

CAUGHT IN SHEET OF FLAME

Father and son met benenih, wreckage at the very moment the »Detrol- ekploded. Both were datight i

fult

"But he was standing up in the (Cook); Blue Prelude (Borchestras.

"I saw one mah clinging to some Oply Seventeen (from Tulip Time') clothes on Are New Mayfair Dance Orchestra railings with his Two men tore off their Jackets and with Vocal Refrain: Humorous

flames. Fourth Form At St. Michaels (WILL helped to beat out.

Another man was lying on the

Kround, pointing to bis mouth as though asking for a drink."

Derek Sanders Bud Dead,

(Continued on Page 4.)

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