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An Aeroplane (15)

MAY 31ST. - CLOVELLY, DEVON. About 1.30 in the afternoon a message was received from the Hartland Point coastguard that an aeroplane had dived into the sea three miles north of Sharp Nose Point. A moderate gale was blowing, with a rough sea. At two o’clock the motor life-boat City of Nottingham was launched. It was done with difficulty owing to a bank of stones on the beach. She searched and found one body. About six o’clock she was directed to return to her station, and arrived at 7.15. - Rewards, £15 16s. 3d..