- Title: The fatal crash of Parry-Thomas
- Date: 3rd March 1927
- Summary: SLATE INFORMATION: The Death Drive - The Wizard of the Wheel -- Mr. Parry Thomas -- Speeding in his Famous 'Babs' at Pendine Crashes with Fatal Results WALES: Pendine Sands: Carmarthen Bay: EXT PENDINE SANDS, WALES MLV THOMAS IN CAR LABELLED 'BABS', OTHERS AROUND CAR INCLUDING 2 MEN IN JERSEYS INSCRIBED 'DUNLOP' (6ft) MV THOMAS IN COCKPIT (14ft) MLV MEN PUSHING CAR (20ft) LV PAN CAR MOVES ONTO BEACH (24ft) LVS AND GV PANS, CAR SPEEDING ON SANDS (48ft) MLV CRASHED AND BURNT CAR (56ft) BLANK AND NOSE OF CAR APPEARING OUT OF SHED (59ft) MLV CRASHED CAR (61ft) LVS CAR SPEEDING, IN SECOND SHOT TRAIL OF SAND IS THROWN UP, CAR SKIDDING?, TOO FAR IN DISTANCE TO BE SURE (74ft) MLV PAN FROM BODY COVERED WITH COAT TO CAR (79ft) UNCLEAR SHOT CAR SPEEDING IN DISTANCE (85ft) LV MAN ON BEACH, PRIVATE CAR DRIVES PAST HIM (93ft) John Godfrey Parry-Thomas, drive chain, sever, snap, decapitate, speed, fast, competitor, Malcolm Campbell, Bluebird
- Embargoed: 18th March 1927 12:00
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- Location: PENDINE SANDS, WALES
- Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
- Reuters ID: LVAB2Y75T6LU1MDW2ZF1QKB54T0H
- Story Text: John Parry-Thomas (noted driver) is killed when his famous car, Babs, breaks down on the Pendine Sands during his attempt to break the land speed record
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