Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-05
OFFICIALSSAY
8 PASSENGERS
Died IN CRASH
Railway Agents Deny
Circulating Report;
Wreckagc Of Plane
Not Found

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The chief dispatcher Of the Santa
Fe railroad at six-thirty this
morning told The Associated Press
he had Just talke. via telegraph
with the Santa Re agents a. Perea
and Gallup. N. NJ. and that both
denied having circulated a report
the L. A. rs liner City Of Cali
fornia had been wrecked In the
Black Wash country of New Mexi-
co.
H. w. Beck. western traffic man
ager OF Transcontinental Air
Transport. informed OF the agents
denials. told The Associated Press
that yesterdays reports. upon
which official statements had been
issued. had been given II. "A. II. by
the Santa Fe and received by the
Transport company as authenti-
Gated by Santa Fe and Western
Union.
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 5.-All the
flying resources of the western lines
Of the TranScontinental Air Trans
port were marshalled today in an
effort to locate It's air liner City of
San Francisco. whose loss. together
with the lives Of its five passengers
and htree crew members. some
where on the treacherous wastes of
the Arizona-New Mexico border. was
announced by company officials.
With communication lines dis
abled by the same storm which
caught the air liner III its grip. and
with roads made more than ordi-
narily impossible by rain. searchers
had been unable TO find the wreck.
Reports Confusing
Official reports. saying the five
passengers and three crew members
hfal died in the wreckage. issued in
Washington, ID. c.. by Colonel Paul
Henderson, executive vice president
Of the T. A. T., and made public
here by Fl. w. Beck. western mana
ger Of the concern. indicated the
liner had fallen about 23 miles
south Of Gallup. N. M.
Just before midnight last night.
however. Beck announced men from
Winslow. Ariz.. had not been able
to locate the wreckage and that
there war doubt as to its exact To-
cation.
Advices from Albuquerque said an
undertaken, sent from Gallup to-
ward the reported location Of the
wreck, had been unable to reach 1t
because of waShoutS. The under
taker reported the location given
waS so difficult to reach burros
probably would have to be used
Last Seen Tuesday
The plane was last seen Tuesday
morning while OH its way over New
Mexico and Arizona to Los Angeles.
Aboard the city Of San Francisco
when ii left Albuquerque were.
Mrs. Corina Raymond. wife of
George B. Raymond. Glendale, Cal.
Raymond is a clerk IN the T. a. Z.
offices here.
A. S. McGaffey. 7i2 Cooper ave-
nue.. Albuquerque.
William Henry Beers, 40 FiItn
avenue. New York City.
Harris Livermore, n Beaner
Place, Boston.
M. M. Campbell. 1888 Herschel
avenue, Cinclnnatl.
Members OF the crew.
J. B. stowe. chief pilot.
Y. "A. Dietel. co-pilot.
G. r. Garfield. courier.
Reports that anOthre plane car
rvinr two men from Albuquerque 70
Los Angeles had crashed IN the
rame general vicinity as that where
the CITY OF San Francisco was lost
complicated the situation Whether
Indians who had reported flnuing
airplane wreckage in that area yes
terday had referred to the air liner
or the plane carrying the two men
could not be determined here.
No Wreckage Found
Beck's announcement no wreck
age had been bound followed an Of
firial T. A. T. statement made by
him earlier in the night with au-
thority from the St. Louis general
offices. which said:
The II. A. T. plane lost Sept.
between Albuquerque and Winslov
destination Of the linerl was JUS
reported found by mail carrier 2;
miles south of Gallup I'm the Black
Rock wash country. The mail car
rier's report. delivered to O Santa Fe
agent. and authenticated by the
Santa Fe and Western Union. state!
that apparently the plane was
struck by lightnin gand all passen-
gers killed T. A. T. men from
Winslow are Proceeding immediate
ly to the scene Of the accident K
make q thorough investigation. r
is impossible TO rake a more de-
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