U.S. PLANE DISASTER
CRASH 'IN BAD WEATHER 20 PERSONS KILLED (Reed. '■Nov. 1.-2.30 p.m.) ST. THOMAS, Ontario, Oct. 31. The casualties in the American Air Lines plane crash were 17 passengers and three ■members of the crew. There were no survivors. An • eye-witness said the plane was attempting an emergency landing with the motors sputtering amid rain and fog when the right : wing scraped the ground and plunged nose first into the earth, after which it exploded, hurling •mail and wreckage-for a quarter of a mile.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20603, 3 November 1941, Page 9
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86U.S. PLANE DISASTER Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20603, 3 November 1941, Page 9
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