NEWCASTLE, Iron County UPI)—A Newcastle man was killed instantly Friday night when an airplane propeller struck him on the head after a flight from Bakersfield, Calif. David Anthon Tullis, 40, had been flown here after learning of his 14-year-old daughter's death. She died of natural causes.
Tullis, who had been working in Bakersfield on a construction project, had returned here in his employer's craft. After removing his luggage from the plane, he returned to it. A passenger warned him to watch the propeller and the pilot quickly cut the ignition. But the slow-moving blade struck Tullis on the head and killed him instantly.
-Ogden Standard Examiner, April 15, 1061, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
NEWCASTLE, Iron County UPI)—A Newcastle man was killed instantly Friday night when an airplane propeller struck him on the head after a flight from Bakersfield, Calif. David Anthon Tullis, 40, had been flown here after learning of his 14-year-old daughter's death. She died of natural causes.
Tullis, who had been working in Bakersfield on a construction project, had returned here in his employer's craft. After removing his luggage from the plane, he returned to it. A passenger warned him to watch the propeller and the pilot quickly cut the ignition. But the slow-moving blade struck Tullis on the head and killed him instantly.
-Ogden Standard Examiner, April 15, 1061, transcribed by Rhonda Holton
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