The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-07

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 Wreckage Was Strewed
 Searchers who found the wreck age could see where the huge liner had bounced three or four times as it struck, strewing wreckage over a distance of some 400 yards.
 Both motors apparently were torn loose when the plane first hit They lay almost quarter of a mile from the torn fuselage.
 The body of the plane was brok- en in two in the center, with the hose facing toward the tail
 The bodies were scattered. Some were still in the shattered cabin of the plane. Others were lying on the ground. All were badly Inangled
 Army ambulances and soldiers from Fort Francis E. Warren aided in the search. Four an1bulances from the fort and one private am- bulance accompanied the searching party to aid in rushing injured to hospitals. Instead they brought back the bodies.
 Watch Told Time
 A wrist watch on the arm of one of the women had stopped at 3:15 o'clock, an hour after collision had reported his position. Officials said this might indicate an hour elapsed between the time Collison communi- cAted with the ground and the time of the crash. but were unable to explain the lapse in time.
 It was pointed out. however, that the passenger. flying through to the east, might have set her watch ahead an hour to correspond to central standard time before going to sleep, and that thus the crash actually occurred within few min- utes of the time Collison last re- ported.
 The planes radio apparently was in good condition and had Collison remained aloft more than a few minutes he would have checked back with hte ground office, it was believed.
 Worst in History
 The accident was one of the worst in the history of commercial aviation.
 What happened between the time Collison made his routine report of the planes approach and the mo- ment the. big liner careened to earth may never be known.
 No word of the impending dis aster came over the radio. Only si- lence as the ground operator tried to raise the plane and then the realization that somewhere nearby the liner was down.
 Because the last positoin reported by Collison put the plane over Silver Grown it was in that vicinity the search started.
 The wreckage soon was found and rescuers rushed from one body to another to determine if any lived.
 There was no fire. Collison pre- gunlably turned off the ignition as the plane came down. Gas tanks were to be checked, however, to de- termine whether gasoline shortage might have caused the accident.
 Bodies Badly Battered
 The bodies were brought to Chey- eflne mortuaries, some so battered Identification was difficult. County authorities announced local investigation and inquest. De- partment of commerce investigators were en route to take charge of the Wreckage, sift reports and determine if possible the cause.
 News of the accident spread quickly and soon roads to Silver Crown were damned with curious. Reputy sheriffs roped off the area around the wreckage to ward off souvenir hunters. At the morgues other curious damned about in an effort to see the bodies.
 List of Dead The list of dead announced by khe United Airlines here follows: Fl. A. Collison, pilot. George Batty. chief pilot of the airlines. Leona Mason, stewardess. c. IT. Miner, Chicago. c. H. Matthews, Jr., Pittsburgh. l ]. Gushing, Los Angeles. Ray R. Baine, Chicago. Vincent BMtler, San Francisco. Miss Juliet Hillman, Pittsburgh.
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