The Washington times., 1929-06-17
I DIE IN CRASH
OF BRITISH.
PLANE
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suffered injuries in the crash.
Engine trouble was encountered
when the plane, q giant twin
motored Handley Page pullman OF
the air called City of Ottawa, was
15 miles out over the Cha mel eu
route to T.e Bourget air field. out
side Of Paris.
Turned Back to Shore
The pilot sent out an sos call,
and turned back toward the English
shore. He was not able to make it.
however. and several miles off
Dungeness the plane crashed into
A trawIer near by kept the plane
nartlv out of water by means of q
rome thrown around its tail, but
seven of the passengers trapped In
the cabin could not be rescued.
The accident is one of the worst
in the history OF British CONNER
20 One of the dead has been
identified as r. r. Smith. OF
Australia. His daughter, also
passenger on the plane, was among
'the rescued.
The City of Ottawa hoped off
Calf, was also rescued, and was
detained at the hospital. The ex-
tent of his injuries was not revealed.
The accident occurred shortly be-
fore 1890 a. m. Five hours later,
only three bodies had been re-
covered.
Imprisoned In Cabin
Those who met their death were
in the forward cabin of the plane,
which was almost Immediately sub
merged. Those who escaped were
in the rear, and were able to crawl
onto the wings Of the plane, from
where they were taken by rescue
boats which hastened to the scene.
The "City of ottawa" hoped of
from Croydon aerodome. just out
side of London, at 1890 this morn
ing. 1t was due in Paris early
this afternoon
Trouble was encountered wAen
the plane was IS miles out over the
English Channel. The pilot turned
back in an effort TO reach the Eng
lish coast when he found his en-
gines were not functioning properly,
but the plane plunged into the chan
mel when about three and one-half
miles from DungeEess.
List of Dead
Besides Meister, the. others killed
were: l.. T. Mall, Hamilton, On
tario; Miss A. Gerzon, Amsterdam.
Holland: r. B. Smith, Australia;
Mrs. Ickerson, Australia; Mile. Bos-
siger, believed to be from Paris,
and Miss Roberts, of London.
The survivors included Homer
latham, of Sacramento, Calf, who
was in Europe On a business trip.
and Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Fleming,
of sydney, Australia.
r. n. Freathy, resident of the
south coast of England, who wit
messed the crash, told the follow
ing story:
''The plane went into the sea
with a terrific crash while travelling
at a good speed. The machine did
not nose.dive, but flattened out as
she hit and became partly sub
merged.
II could see q number of passen-
gers clambering out of the. cabin
onto the wings, which protruded
well above the surface of the
water"
Officials of the Imperial Always
at first refused to reveal the
names, but hours after the accident
had occurred, the company gave
out list of the IL passengers
aboard the plane when it left Croy-
don this morning. Their national
tiles were not disclosed at the
time, nor was it signified which
Of them had been rescued.
LONDON, June II Q.N.S).--Mrs.
Homer latham, wife of a promi-
nent Sacrapento, Calit., business
man, received telephone call
from her husband from Folkestone
this afternoon stating he was
Tathar1 was one of the paS en-
geNg in an imperial airways pnpe
1hich plunged into the Englh b
FChannel today.