THIRTEEN DEAD

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 154, 27 March 1937, Page 9

THIRTEEN DEAD

Aeroplane Disaster In America DIVE FROM 2100 FEET Crash Nose First in Gully Near Pittsburg SURPRISE FOR MOTORIST By Telegraph.—Press *.ssn. —Copyright. (Received March 26, 7.30 p.m.) Pittsbiti'g, March 25. A transport aeroplane with 10 passengers and a crew of three crashed near here. All are dead. Residents in the neighbourhood said they heard the motors fail. Five bodies have been removed from the wreckage. The plane crashed nose first in a gully near a highway. The wings and tail were intact, but the cabin was splintered. The plane was preparing to land when the crash occurred. It was at first attributed to heavy fog and smoke, but the president of the airline said the plane was at a ceiling at an altitude of 2100 feet before it dived. Three women were among the passengers and one in the crew. The victims are mostly sales executives of oil, insurance and publishing companies. Mr. 11. S. Griest said : “My wife and I were motoring along the road when the plane hit head first less than 50 feet in front of us. We parked the car and ran to the wreck. “The first thing I noticed was a woman’s hand sticking out ' from the wreckage. There was smoke but no fire. We lifted one side of the smashed cabin and began to remove the bodies. They were mangled and crushed.”