Imperial Valley press., 1926-09-16
TWO OTHERS
5 T EVERElY !
| \ J j R F D.
Pilot Warren Unable to
Stop Machine; Crashes
Into Wires.
IN LOCAL HOSPITAL
Pauley and Duncan Here
On Business For Oil
Company.

Holmes Duncan, 40 years old, of
Riverside, died at the FL Centre
hospital at l2:@0 ?. IN. today from
injuries received early this morning
north Of town when an airplane in
which he was riding with two 9TH
er men, crashed INTO a ncr of high
tension wires and dove head first
into the banl, Of the Eighth street
ditch.
With Duncan in the machine were
Edwin \. Paulev of Pasadena. and
Roman "Cowbov' Warren. noted
aviator Of Riverside. Both sus-
tanned serious Injuries but it is be-
iievcd they will recover.
The three men came to FL Centre
yesterday from Los Angeles on
business trip. They left the Ore
CON Hotel whore thcv stopped. ear.
lv this morning for the roturn trr
and were driven TO til" field nr1'
Imperial by Thomas Rau, of thu
hotel management About $40 t',"r
took off from the Imperial Air
port. with Warren plotting the ma
chine.
Unable to Rise
According to accounts Of he crash
given to Undershcriff Bert Under
wood and Deputy Sheriff Tom
Sharp, the plane rose smoothly,
headed south ana made vain at
tempt to head back north. 1t swept
along in n southcaStcrly direction
flving low and apparently unable 10
rise "orc than 30 feet from the
ground.
N"rrop TIE pilot. is said to have
stated afterwards that the plane
lost 100 revolutions per minute
lust when it needed them the most.
Fer nearly Il mile and half the
plane flew low and at q point near
where the high power linc crosses
the Eighth street caual, Warren was
about to give up the attempt. lie
WAS unable to stop, however. aud
camr upon the wires suddenly. He
aft"mntcd To flv between the wires
aud the hi"h bank but one Of thc
wings caught in the wires aud the
p'an" was smashed to the ground
wi'h terrific force.
Rau, who had started beck 70
town when the plane took Off. wit
pesSed th" crash and drove to the
scene. The pilot. thouoh badly in
iH""'. had scrambled from the de-
"o'ished nlanc and he assisted
Rau in removing Duncan and Pau
'ev. All th"oo wcrc taken to the
hospital hv Rau.
Aids Comnan'ons
Duncan wqS injured about the
f7es wood ,horlero orI .hoSt. apd
was four1 10 bc suffering from in
ternal injuries. No hope was held
o"r fer lis recovery 0ul be dol
SHORTLY "ttcr "aon Popl"v is suf-
''"iJr FROM Injuries TO his back,
Of arm o col'arhoun was hraten.
- it +. holicvai he mov harc inter.
wa ioiurioS Woroa n'lcG in TAX
f." l;r oomu1nio"s into .ho hos.
ui'-l. i"yje'jr" thcr hc takon care
ot fj~" hut 'lonscJ llomcni lat-
nr Fv'"r Of his i1;urifs is not
tnlh- vlNoWn.
roo'.. IS . san of ,lc owner or
tho pau'oy Ol Compauv wj.i hao3-
ouart.r in Io, Angeles and Dun
ran roe co'r'oved hv ~. firm. Both
nre'I apo" here on 3usiNcse connect.
ed with The firm anf chartered
Wo'ron 70 bring thot lctc in the
plane.
Duncan wss narrind aud resided
at Rjy"tsiir !Tis wife WAS Notified
Of his joath .n' is on the Wav hero.
Ills oorcrt S,vho reside ip Cotton
arc also due here this evening.
Coroner r.. f. Lemons announr-
od todov thot tho inoucst in conncr.
tion with Duncan : death VIII be
l"lavod p dav or two 10 determine
If the other two participants IN -"
crosh win bc able to appear md
give their testimony.
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