Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-06-11
TROOPERS GO TO SCENE
Must Travel 4 or Miles on Foot
Through Wilds.


DE BRUCE, N. Y. June IL CP).-
c. B. Ward, proprietor of the De
Bruce Club, which State troopers are
using as a base of operations, said to-
day that the missing Newark Chicago
transport plane had been sighted,
burned, three miles southeast Of
Mongaup Pond
Ward said the wrecked ship was
located. from an observation plane.
lying in clump Of woods just across
the Ulster County line.
The place was inaccessible. Ward
said, making it necessary for the
troopers to proceed on foot four or
five miles.
Troopers Go to Scene.
A group of troopers left for the
scene at noon. Eastern standard time,
and Ward estimated that it would
require two or three hours for the
trip to the spot where the plane was
reported sighted and return.
Debruce Is but miles from LiV-
ingston Manor and about 10 miles
from the place where the plane was
reported sighted.
The spot where the plane was re-
ported down is in one Of the least
populous counties of New York State,
some 100 miles from New York. Sui
livan County, which borders Ulster on
the west, has an area of 967 square
miles and a population of little more
than 10000.
Its country. like that Of Ulster, is
made rugged by spurs of the Western
Catskill Mountains. 1t Is in the
southeastern part of the State, Dor
dering on Pennsylvania. The crash
occurred some 20 miles from the Della
ware River and so miles from the
Hudson River.
Confirmed by Second Plane.
The first report that the missing
plane had been found was received at
Newark Airport. A canvass OF
number of places in the rugged
country brought no results for some
time.
Finally a searching plane sent out
from Newark Airport on the strength
of the first report sent back word by
wireless to the airport that the plane
had been sighted, burned.
Then Ward verified the reports
from his club, his information COM
ing from State troopers, who were
using his establishment as temporary
headquarters.
Corpl. John Fordham of Troop G,
State police, said that a volunteer
pilot of the American Airlines re-
ported to Sergt. Thomas Mangan. IN
charge of the State police detail
making the search near here, that
the plane had been sighted.
Corpl. Fordham said that Sergt.
Mangan, with a detail of troopers, had
started Immediately for the scene.
He was accompanied by Pilot Halleck,
the man who sighted the wreck.
Must Travel 4 Miles.
He said the searchers would have
to travel afoot about 4 miles through
densely wooded territory, over doubt
full trails and hazardous hills.
The airliner, a twin-motored Con-
dor plane, carrying four passengers
and a crew of three, left Newark Air
port at pm. Eastern standard time
Saturday for Chicago, with Syracuse
as the first scheduled stop.
Pilot Clyde Holbrook Of Chicago,
World War ace, radio-phoned the air.
port IS minutes later that the plane
was 20 miles northwest Of Newburgh
N. Y, and that all was well. Another
report was due an hour and a half
later, but it never came, and all efforts
to contact the plane were futile.
A search was started Saturday
night, but darkness forced the search
ers to abandon the hunt until day
break yesterday. Then an intensive
combing of the heavily wooded Cats
kills was started. More than score
Of planes flew back and forth over
the thicketed slopes of the mountains
while State police. farmers and woods
men beat through a wide area In
search Of the missing ship.
Doctors Held Ready.
The search today was concentrated
In the upper part of Sullivan County,
from where there were reports that
residents of Debruce had heard the
plane late Saturday.
As the search continued, doctors
were ready at numerous points. State
troopers expressed concern for the sur
yiyal Of any injured persons exposed