EIELSON’S TRAGIC DEATH
EXPLANATION OF HIS CRASH. ALTIMETER FOUND TO BE FROZEN. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. . i Rec. 10.30 p.m. Rome, Jan, 80. An examination of Lieut. Eidson’s demolished plane, which had been missing for two months and which was found almost buried in snow, explains how such an expert flyer, with half a million miles of Arctic flying behind him, could have met with an accident in the element he had so often conquered. His altimeter registered 1000 feet and stuck there. Eielson naturally believed himself to be flying at a safe altitude. Apparently he struck the side of a little snow hummock. Eskimos are still digging in the drifts trying to find the bodies of Eielson and Borland. Both must have been killed instantly. It is possible that their remains were dragged away by bears and some time may elapse before they are found.
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Taranaki Daily News, 31 January 1930, Page 11
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