Tokio, Aug. 2.
Mr. Kilby, a British aviator, emed by Messrs. Sale & Frazar, was killed this afternoon at a civilian aviation meeting here.
The falling machine also killed a man and two children.—Reuter. Tokio, Aug. 3.
The seaplane smash,—which occurred here yesterday "evening, resulted in the death of both occupants of the machine, Flight-Lieutenant Kilby and Mr. A. Sun-man, his mechanic. They were both killed instantaneously.
The accident occurred during a demonstration flight with a Norman Thompson machine, owned by Messrs. Sale & Frazar, the agents of the Handley-Page Company. There were 10,000 spectators on the ground. When the aviators were attempting to bank low at an altitude of 300 feet, the crowd were horrified to see the machine crash nose downward to. the ground. Eyewitnesses state that Mr. Sun-man waved a warning to the crowd as the machine shot downward and thereby doubtless. saved many lives.—Reute:.
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