’PLANE CRASHES
WEALTHY MANUFACTURER AND PILOT KILLED.
SEVEN SEATED FALLS INTO SEA.
PASSENGERS RESCUED, BUT PILOT DROWNED.
(U.P.A. by Elec. Tel, Coqyr'tfht) / (Received May 21, 11 p.m.)
NEW YORK, May 20.
Harry Williams, 47, a wealthy aeroplane manufacturer, and the husband of Margaret Clark, star of the silent pictures, was killed when his piano crashed into a swamp near Baton. Rouge and burst into flames. His pilot, John VVortheu, was also burned to death. In manufacturing aeroplanes, Williams was associated with the late James Wedcll, who was killed In a crash in 1934. There was another aeroplane fatal-* ity to-day, when a seven passenger scapluno crashed into. Penobscot Bay (Maine). Six passengers were rescued but the. pilot was drowned. .
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12867, 22 May 1936, Page 5
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