The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-05
ScOur TreacherOus
Desert Wastes for
Trace of Wreckage

Trace OF Wreckage
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fishes whether there is any basis for
It,"
Beck declared, however, that "wc
are beginning to doubt the anthem
ITCHY of the report given u.s." He
reiterated that company officials here
had no definite information from its
own search for the facts.
IL Planes In Search
Perea consists chiefly of a railroad
station and two or three houses. 1t
had no telephone connections and nc
means Of communication except
Santa Fc lines. Two T. A. T. planes
two army planes and ten commercial
ships left Winslow this morning to
fly v tho terrain In which 1t was
believed the big plane might be hid
den.
A telephone call from a banker In
Gallup. to the T. A. I. in Winslow,
brought information that an Indian
runner had reported at Gallup this
morning that he had seen a plane GO
down in Carbon Wash which the
banker said was south Of Gallup
Whether this was a repetition of ar
Indian runner report received from
the Zuni reservation last night. and
believed to involve a plano flown by
Early Gordon, with Lindsay ellis. OF
Los Angeles. a q passenger, the
banker did not know.
With communication lines disabled
by the same storm which caught the
air liner in It's grip. and with roads
made more than ordinarily impass-
able by rain, scarchers had been an
able to find the wreck.
Cant Locate Wrcckagc
I'VE haven't the least idea where
the plane Is now" Beck continued,
VIC haven't found it. and we still arc
trying to. We r going to start again
with airplanes in the morning in an
attempt to locate 1t.
Adviccs from Albuquerque said an
undertaken. sent from Gallup toward
the reported location of the wreck,
had been unable to reach 1t because
Of washouts. The undertaken report
ed the location given was sc difficult
to reach that burros probably would
have to be used.
Last Seen Tuesday
The plane was last seen Tuesday
morning while ON its way over New
Mexico and Arizona to Los Angeles.
Aboard tho City of San Francisco
when It left Albuquerque were:
Mrs. Corina Raymond. wife Of
George b. Raymond. Glendale.
Calf. Raymond Is a clerk in the
T. A. 7. offices here.
A. s. McGaffcy. Albuquerque.
william Henry Beers, New York
City.
Harris Livermorc. Boston.
M. M. Campbell, Cincinnati.
Members Of the crew:
J. b. Stowe. chief pilot.
r. A. Dictcl. co-pilot.
G. r. Garfield, courier.
Reports that another plane carrying
two men from albuquerque to Los
Angeles had crashed in the same
general vicinity as that where the
City Of San Francisco vas lost COM
plicated the situation. Whether In
dians who had reported finding air.
plane wreckage In that area ycster-
day had referred to the air liner or
the plane carrying the two men could
not be determined.
Struck by Lightning
Beckis announcement that no
wreckage had been found followed an
official r. A. r. statement made by
him earlier in the night with author.
ity from the st. Louis general offices
which said:
THE r. A. r. plane lost Sept. :
between Albuquerque and WinSlow
destination Of the liner) was Just re-
ported found BY = mail carrier q
miles south Of Gallup In the Black
Rock Wash country. The mail car
rier's report, delivered to . Santa Re
agent, and authenticated by the
santa 70 and Western Union. states
that apparently the plano was struck
BY lightning, and Ill passengers
killed. T. A. T. men from Winslow
arc proceeding immediately to the
scene of the accident TO make = thor
ough investigation. Il Is impossible
70 make . more detailed statement
until their report IS received."
Colonel Henderson's statement was
one Of regret over the unfortunate
accident to one Of our transconti-
rental passenger planes. which caused
the loss Of eight lives III New Mexico
Searchers Comb Country
Although w have no definite In
formation" he said. early reports are
that the accident was caused BY Z
bolt Of lightning striking the ship"
TWO hundred searchers from Gal
lup, N. NJ, combed the Black Rock
wash country but did not find The
plane.
Whils this search xas under ~,