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Show AIR EXPRESSES CRASH HEAD ON 8ix People Killed in First Accident of Aerial Pasaangor Route Paris. The Paris and London aerial expresses collided in midair Friday afternoon over the village of Thleul-loy, Thleul-loy, seventy miles north of Paris. The pilots of both airplanes, three passengers pas-sengers and one mechanic were killed in wreckage that fell flaming to the ground. The French airplane, piloted by Aviator Mire, aided by a mechanic, wag carrying three passengers. It left Lebourdet, in the environs of Paris, at noon for London. The British airplane, which left Croydon In. the London area Friday morning, carried mail and was manned only by a piLat. The passangers in the Paris ' were M. Bourlez, M. and Mme. Julian Brush The British machine, piloted by Aviator Dnke, had been in use only three days on the express route. It belonged be-longed to a new company operating a Paris-London service. The accident occurred during a fog, the pilots seeing each other too late to avoid a collision. |