The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-02-24
filters FORCED TO
Land IN WATER AS
ships MOTOR DIES
Two Rescued from Atlantic
BY Navy Destroyer After One
Is Washed Into Sea
PASSENGER CRAFT MISSING
Search Organized for Missing
Crew and Passengers East
Of Salt Lake City

Another army mail pilot went to
his death late Friday while en- route
from New York to Langley Field. Va.
and passenger plane carrying eight
persons between Salt Lake City, Utah,
and Cold Springs, Wyo., was missing.
Five Of the eight were passengers.
While planes and vessels searched
the sea off New York Saturday for
the body Of Lieut.. George r. McDer-
mott, a. fifth army pilot to die In
connection with the army's task OF
carrying the mail, q wide search was
organized for the missing plane and
passengers east OF Salt Lake City.
McDermott and two other fliers who
were en- route to Langley Field to
pick up mail planes were forced down
off Rockaway point amid crashing
waves Friday. The other two were
saw ed. A delay of 10 minutes In the
arrival Of rescuers meant death to
MclDermott, whose home was In Pitts
burgh, Pa.
The navy destroyer, two coastguard
boats and police plane went to the
rescue. The police plane found the
stricken craft but was forced down
and had to taxi ashore when the con-
trolls froze. Five hours elapsed before
the destroyer located the plane.
Lieut.. McDermott twice lost his grip
on the ice-covered wing Of the wreck.
ed plane and slipped overheard. The
first time he managed to grab q wire
less antenna and pull himself aboard
The second time a wave struck him
and carried him away. Ten minutes
later searchlight of the destroyer
Bernadou picked up the plane and the
two remaining pilots were taken
aboard.
Destroyer to Rescue
Those rescued by the navy destroy
er. Bernadou. and taken to the Brook
lyn naval hospital are Lieuts. william
S. Pocock of Detroit, and James H.
Rothrock Of Washington. D. c. They
were reported in fair condition"
Frank Caldwell, operations man
ager Of the United Air Lines at
Cheyenne, Wyo., said Saturday the
search for the company's missing
plane, carrying eight persons, had
turned to the blizzard swept country
just east Of Salt Lake City. Five Of
Of the eight were passengers.
Caldwell said 1t had definitely been
determined the ship had not been
seen nor heard from since 1t passed
Frawley's Canyon, about 10 miles east
Of Salt Lake City, soon after 1t took
off for Cheyenne at 2 p. m. (MS.TD
Friday.
The plane, carrying five passengers
and crew Of three from Salt Lake
City toward Cheyenne. Who, failed to
reach there on schedule late Friday.
Officials said 1t must have come down
last night, probably somewhere near
Rock Springs, Wyo.
This belief hung on the report OF q
Japanese foreman who said that T. e
plane, frantically calling for direc-
tions, passed over his shack at Emery,
Utah, at 3 p. m. Friday.
Fuel for Five Hours
The huge craft had departed from
Salt Lake City for Cheyenne at 2
p. m. Friday. Officials said It would
have been impossible for 1t to remain
alOft more than five hours.
The passenger list:
r.. L. Walker. flying from Los An
geles to Rock Springs.
J. J. Sterling, Benton Harbor, Mich.
Bert Mclaughlin Of Perry, iowa;
w. B. Bergland Of Boone. Iowa, and
NJ. Zinsmaster Of Des Moines, L., fly
ing from Los Angeles to Des Moines.
The crew:
Pilot Lloyd Anderson, Cheyenne.
Co-Pilot J. Danielson, Cheyenne.