FLYING TRAGEDY.
CRASH IN AUSTRALIA.
LOCALLY-MADE MACHINE.
TWO OCCUPANTS KILLED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received June 16, 0.55 p.m.) SYDNEY, June 16. A tragic flying accident occurred to-day at Quakers Hill, near Parramatta. The. Australian'-made "Jones" monoplane, which was built for a projected flight to New Zealand, crashed, and its two occupants, Messrs. Roy Mitchell, of Mosman, and Arthur Raines, a prominent speed motorist, were killed. Mr. Mitchell had been testing the machine for some time and took Mr. Barnes as a. passenger for a "joy-ride."
Eye-witnesses saw the machine turn sideways and then fall in a steep dive into a paddock where Mr. Mitchell had a hut for camping during the tests. The engine was buried in the earth and the fuselage was a crumpled and broken mass. Both men were killed instantly. A party, including Mr. Don Harkness and the designer of the monoplane, Mr. L. R. Jones, dashed to the spot and dragged the victims from the wreckage.
The same machine was forced down on June 5 at Stuart Town during an experimental flight to Bourke, Messrs. Mitchell and Jones then being the occupants. They were missing for nearly two days. Mr. Mitchell, who has been killed, was making plans for a trans Tasman flight in the wrecked machine, which was designed and constructed by Mr. L. R. J. Jones, lecturer at the Technical College, Ultimo. The machine, a high-wing cabin monoplane, was built at Ryde. and took 12 months to complete. It was powered with a Harkness " Hornet " engine of 110 horsepower.