White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-24
ELY AVIATOR DEAD IN
WRECK OF AEROPLANE

CONTINUED From FACE oNE.l
neral services under the auspices of
the American Legion. at which the
parents and brothers of the deceased
| aviator We're present. Among the
many beautiful Coral remembrances
was one from Ely, sen by his former
classmates ard friends OF the White
I inc County High School Alumni As
ISOLATION.
Mrs. l.. g. Boyd of Ely has receiy.
ed a letter from her son Charles, in
which he says that while the bodies
of both men were terribly burned,
F'rost's had shown the greater eff
feets Of the flames. which had APP
~parently enyaloped the entire body,
burning it beyond recognition.
Senator ". A. kaddie. the other
victim of The tragedy. was born at
Quincy, cal, March !. 1878. and
graduated from the school of Mines
OF Nevada in 1901 lie was an ath.
lete from he early youth and held
the Pacific coast record for the two.
mile bicycle race.
He was married in 1910 to Miss
Ada Williams of F'allon and had
made his home in that city for many
years. Following his graduation
from the School of Mines he went 10
work in Fallon as an engineer in the
reclamation service and was later
employed by Senator Warren vii.
iiams doing engineering work on the
latter's large sheep and cattle ranch.
dis wife was Senator Williams old.
est daughter.
Upon the death of Senator vii.
liams Mr.. keddie became
of the estate. He was prominent in
public affairs and was elected to the
state legislature as senator from F'al.
Ion in 1914 and was "A colleague In
the upper house of the state legisla.
ture with Senator j. III. Fulmer from
White Pine county. Senator Riddle
served for a time as speaker pro TEN.
Of the senate.
He was intensely interested in the
cattle and sheep industry and was u
prominent worker in the stockmen's
association of Nevada. He was also
president OF the Nevada Agricultural
Society. He was a member OF the
Fallon Masonic lodge. Reno Consis.
tory and kerak temple. A. A. o. y.
NJ. s. OF Reno. He was also a mem
Der OF the Elks lodge.
Besides his wife Senator keddie il
survived by his father. Arthur w.
keddie Of Quincy. and a sister, Mrs
Palmer of Garfield. Utah. Mrs. Ked.
die was at their summer cottage at
Lake Tahoe when word was received
OF her husbands death. Senator
keddie was buried at Quincy, Cal,
Tuesday. the funeral being largely
attended by western Nevada people,
including prominent Masons.
Coincident with the death of Jack
Frost and w. A. Keddie from the fall
OF the ~airplane in which they were
riding is the announcement OF the
fatal accident to Howard Smith, Unit.
ed states air mail pilot. who was
killed late last Saturday at San
Francisco, near Marina. by the 900
foot fall OF his plane as he started
on his regular trip TO Reno. New. The
plane went into a nose dive and burst
into flames as IL struck the ground
Smiths body was burned beyond rec
ognitiOn. He was % years old and
had but recently transferred west
from the Chicago division of the air
mail service and had made three
rights between San Francisco and
Reno. He was formerly an aviator
In the United States army and saw
considerable service in France dur
ing the late war. lie is said to have
Joined the air mail service about o
year ago ard was looked upon as one
nj the best fiiers In the service.
Officials attribute Pilot Smith'.
death to wind conditions. saying that
the plane was caught by a gust OF
wind and overturned and struck the
ground before the pilot had opportu-
nifty to right il.