AIR LINER CAPSIZES
TWO PASSENGERS DROWNED SWERVE TO AVOID BOAT (Received April 12. 6.35 p.m.) NEW YORK, April 11 A message from Port of Spain, Trinidad, states that the flying boat PuertoRican Clipper, of the Pan-American Airways, a machine of similar design to those used in the Pacific service, capsized in the bay to-day. The pilot, in taking off for Buenos Aires, swerved sharply in an effort to avoid a small fishing boat. Two of the 16 passengers in the air liner and a steward were drowned by the water which quickly filled the cabins, and five passengers were superficially injured. The passengers killed were Mr. Roman Martinez, of New York, an exporter, and Mr. Eric Brough, of London. Senor Jose Iturbi, a Spanish pianist, who was en route to South America for a concert tour, and Mrs. Claiborne Foster Rice How, formerly a prominent actress under her maiden name, were among those injured.
The Pan-American officials could not immediately determine the extent of the damage to the craft, which grazed the fishing boat.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22392, 13 April 1936, Page 9
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