New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-03-18
a ARE DASHED TO
Death WHEN Plane
FALLS IN JERSEY
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OF the Central Railroad Of New Jer-
sey.
The victims included an engaged
couple and the girls brother. They
were Miss Gertrude Steeyer OF
Bloomfield, n. J., and Reginald
Woodward. q years old, law stu
dent who lived in BROOKLYN, and the
girls brother, ". Clifton Steeyer.
Two brothers. Andrew and
Stephen Hagmasi OF stamford,
Conn. also were killed.
The dead:
Bauer, Joseph, 81. of IS Sound
view avenue, Stamford, Conn.
belmont Parsons, rs years old, of
1s1 Joralemon avenue. Brooklyn, N.
Y. formerly OF Bangor Maine.
Boole, Anton, 81, West New York.
n ].
Hagmasi, Andrew, - Silver street,
Stamford, Conn.
Hagmasi. Stephen, 81, brother OF
Andrew, same address.
Helmstetter, Raymond, Is, Irving
ton. n. J,
HENDERSON, Thomas, Weehawken.
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H4ntsohel, Walter. II, %, Jersey
tilv.
Ianuzzi. Patrick, %. Jersey City.
Margarreten, William, 81, Perth
Ataboy, n. j.
: eever, Gertrude, q, Bloomfield,
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staever, W. Clifton. brother of
Miss Steever. same address.
Woodward. Reginald, "a, Brook
iyn. fiance of Miss Steever.
User. William, "a. Irvington. n.
The crash has only been exceeded
in The number Of victims by one
other accident in the history Of
heavier-than- operation. That was
the wreck Of the Dornier-Wal plane
a, Rio Janeiro last December in
which IA persons were killed .:hile
on their way to welcome Santos
Dumont. the famous aviator.
A motorcycle policeman and rail
1cdu Gill J4pHfS SC W INK l'4dltt . tAS
Cling to stay in the air. swoop down
as though to land, then crash
against the car. They summoned aid
and hurried to the scene.
Foote and Parsons were found
where they had been catapulted
through the roof Of the cockpit
Foote. had suffered several frac-
lures OF the skull and internal l.
juries. He asked his rescuers for a
cigarette and wished to know if h
was in New York. Parsons suffered
a broken leg and was severely cut
and bruised but was conscious when
picked up. The bodies OF the dead
were found tangled in the wreck
age of the cabin.
Crash Ends Last Flight
The accident happened at SOS
p. m. at desolate spot on the Jer-
sey Meadows between Newark and
ElizabethpOrt, about d mile from the
airport. The crash came only few
minutes after the plane had started
on what was TO have been the last
flight for the day.
Foote came to Newark four days
ago to join the Colonial AirWay flier..
He had been employed at the Ford
airplane factory in Detroit building
and flying ships of the type Of the
wrecked plane. He learned to fly
during the war and had $500 hours
flying time in his record. He had
200 flying hours on ford ships and
was a graduate Of the Ford training
school.
Dudley Rowland, operating man
ager OF Colonial Always, was at a
total loss" to explain the disaster.
THE pilot has had expert school
ing" he added He has been
through .he Ford school. He work
cd on the building Of the very ship
he flew"
The plane. which had carrying
capacity Of fourteen passengers and
two pilots. was one Of a fleet operat-
ed by Colonial i'll daily flights over
New York harbor and Manhattan,
1t made several trips yesterday be-
fore the crash. The owners announc-
ed it had been found in perfe, con-
dition before the fatal night.
The plane was handled safely Sat
urday in a freak wind and rain
storm by Captain Edwin Weather
don, with full load of passengers,
Mayor Jerome T. Congleton called
a conference this morning in an eff
fort to bring together governmental
and other agencies to investigate the
disaster. A group of officials went
to the scene of the accident for an
inspection before joining Mayor Con
gleton at the city hall.
Among those the mayor invited
TO eonfer with him was General
John r. Organ. president of tn"
Colonial Always Inc. owners Of the