New-York tribune., 1922-04-08
3 Passengers, Pilot, Me.
chanic,C Cabin Boy Killed
as S'Pullmans'' Collide
i'll France; One Survivor
N. \. Man and Bride
Among the Victims
christopher Bruce Yu1es
Homeward Bound When
Accident Occurs i'm Fog

PARIS, April 7 BY The Associated
ffess Silk persons were killed to-day
when two airplanes on the Paris Lon
don aerial express route collided over
the village of Thieulloy, seventy miles
north of Paris, and crashed to earth
The dead are:
Christopher Bruce Yule, a New York
exporter, and his wife. who were
homeward bound BY way of England
IN the French machine.
M. Bouriez, another passenger in the
French craft
Aviator Mire, pilot of the French ma.
chine.
Mire's mechanic.
Cabin boy of the English machine.
The entire personnel of both ma
chimes, except Pilot r. E. Duke, of the
English plane, met death either in the
crash or in the flames that followed it.
Inc French airpane left lie Bourdet,
IN the environs Of Paris, at noon for
London The British airpane, which
lett croydon, in the London area, this
morning, carried mail and was manned
only by pilot.
Duke, who was seriously injured, was
still unconscious late tonight. The
| cabin boy in his machine wore a suit
adorned with brass buttons.
Mr.. and Mrs Yule arrived in France
on board the steamer Empress Of Scot
land, which sailed from New York in
February on tou-. Two women
friends were to have accompanied the
Americans to London, but changed
their minds at the last moment on ac-
count of the stormy weather prevail.
ing. The friends were Mrs. Titus Berst
and her daughter, Lois, of Erie, Pa.
The British machine had onlv been
IN use three days on the express route
1t belonged to new company operat-
Ing ParisLondon service
The accident occurred during a fog,
the pilots seeing each other too late
to avoid collision.
Five persons from the machines were
dead when inhabitants of the village
OF Thieulloy arrived on the scene
shortly after the crash and the sixth
victim was dying,
Christopher Bruce Yule. who with
his wife was among those killed In tho
wreck, was New York manager for the
Boston firm of Joseph Middleby jr.,
Inc, 14o Hudson Street, dealers in
preserves and confectionery. He and
Mrs. Yulc were on their honeymoon
it was said last night at the Prince
George Hotel, where Yule lived for the
last three years. He and his bride
sailed for Europe on February and
planned to return here about May T..
LONDON. April (By The Asso
ciated Press) THE British airplane
which collided with French passen-
ger liner in France day carried only
the pilot, Duke, and the cabin boy
according to authoritative information
in London tonight.
The British machine was one of
number operated daily in the London
Paris service for passengers, mail and
goods by three British and two French
companies. The average number Of
planes making daily trips each way
is six, and the total number of pas
sengers daily usually averages about
two passengers both ways. During fine
weather there are sometimes as many
as forty
The first machine in the daily service
usually leaves London with the morn
ing newspapers about o'clock, and is
followed at intervals by others until 7
o'clock in the evening. They all leave
from and arrive at the Croydon air
drome, where. in case of fog, those
equipped with wireless apparatus are
thus guided on their course.
The crash is said here to have been
the first Of the kind on the commercial
air route between England and France
For the British machine it was its first
trip under the new management of
company which jnaugurated it's service
last Monday. An official of the com
pany said the machine had been in the
Paris service for more than two years.
but that it was loaned to the company
by the Air Ministry owing to the de-
layed delivery in the new companys
own machines. The capacity of the
machine was eight passengers and 500
pounds of baggage.
Duke had a splendid war flying
record and for long time had been en-
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