12 KILLED IN CRASH
AMERICAN AIRLINER AIRCRAFT BURNED OUT CHICAGO, March 11. Twelve of the 13 occupants of a DC4 airliner were killed last night when it crashed soon after taking off for Miami. The aircraft carried nine passengers and a crew of four. The only survivor was a woman who is jn a critical condition.
The airliner took off in snow flurries and then crashed and burst into flames in a nearby prairie. The fire prevented rescue work for more than an hour-
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22585, 13 March 1948, Page 5
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