The Washington times., 1929-09-07
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away to walpi q Hopl village, a
little to the north of where the
four persons were seen.
Indians Waved
Swinging down to within so feet
ct the hut described by Tomlinson
Pilot Goldtrap, flying one Of the
rescue planes, saw the four persons.
They were four Indians. They
waved at him, too-wfth white
Sclothes-and another lead went
glimmering
still another report came that q
plane had been forced down near q.
mining camp. at Hachita, N. NJ,
with the gruesome misinformation
!. that all the occupants Of the plane
except Mrs. George Raymond, the
woman passenger, were dead, A
ehasty check disclosed that nobody
had seen a plane in that vicinity
for many days
Reports Come Fast
Report pyramided report here
yesterday and rumor piled on
2 rumor, coming from remote points
by telephone, telegraph and runner.
Occasionally a telephone message
OF ominous portend would say:
i'There are buzzards flying over q
spot can see from here"
g Each lead was investigated, but
the plyers came hack and reported
rthey had found nothing.
y Another report filtered through
from Mem Mexico, that persons at
Columbus had seen q plane circling
!. the desert about so miles south Of
there, in the Mexican desert. The
report said the plane was sighted
Tuesday-the day the City Of San
francisco was last seen.
Although hope of finding the
City OF San Francisco Is based
largely upon the efforts Of the
squadrons OF rescue planes, 1t would
be very easy for them, it was
pointed out, to overlook the wreck.
sage of a plane in the painted desert
country. Against q background OF
nnany-colored rocks and pinnacles
sthe plane might be well hidden
from searchers In the air.
80 Planes In Hunt
As a result the search today
went forward on a broader scale
with a fleet Of 80 airplanes coop.
Grating with the myriad land
..searchers. Thirteen naval planes
and II private ships roared away
afrom the base here at dawn to
cover the country between King
man, Ariz., and Winslow, including
the north rim of Grand Canyon.
= The hunt has developed into one
of the most spectacular searches
the West has ever seen. Indian
runners, scouts, prospectors and
automobilists were traversing the
rough eroded topography below
while the airplanes circled and
droned aloft watchful for any sign
OF life in the canyons and gullies
below.
Lead Indians
The various groups of Indians, in
many cases, were led by United
States agents, sheriffs from sur
rounding territory and old residents
whose knowledge Of the land here
1abouts made them valuable.
James L. Shocks, section foreman
'Of the Santa Fe railroad at Bagdad,
Ariz., deporteds last night that on
last Tuesday evening at $50 he
observed a big plane heading to.
ward the Providence mountains, ap.
parenty in distress. He said that
1t was losing altitude and that the
motor stopped and the lights went
out just before he lost sight of it.
1t is not believed. however, that it
was the missing T. A. r. plane.
Another report last night that the
swreckage Of plane had been
sighted 80 miles west of Polacca,
AriZ., and close to the Little Colorado
river, sent small band Of Indian
runners and cattlemen pushing
through the night towards the loca-
ton.
Territory Unsearched
Yesterdays search had not ex-
tended as far west Of the town as
the place of the purported wreck.
The country near the southern
edge Of the desert region at this
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