Evening star., 1936-01-15

we picked up bits of plane for a dis
tance of 800 yards before We came to
the wreck itself. 1t was slow going,
in boggy ground. much of it covered
four or five feet deep with swamp
water.
Il say we reached the wreckage, but
what it amounted to was finding the
larger pieces of the plane with our
flashlights. The wings were gone,
torn to pieces. the motors were there
in the mud, but buried in the ground.
The plane and the bodies were
scattered all over the place, most Of
the bodies being near the motors.
1T looked to me as if the plane
had leveled off at the treetops, then
got into the trees and kept right on
going as long as it could through the
treeS
Il DO not believe it would be pos
sible to identify definitely more than
three or four of the dead.
Found Child's Shoes.
"I understand there was a child on
the ship. 1 found the childs shoes
near the motors. but not the body.
There was baggage and mail scat
tered all over the place. The cabin
of the plane was gone, just one side
wall standing. Two bodies near the
motors looked like they might have
been the pilots"
The Southerner was headed for
Little Rock in good weather and ap-
parently was in good mechanical con-
dition. Radio communication between
the plane and its ground stations was
maintained until four or five minutes
before the estimated time of the crash
The last report was an all WE'LL sent
from 1000 feet at 7:l8 pm.
Operation of the line began over
this particular route just a year ago
Tuesday.
Stopped at Washington.
The plane left Newark Airport yes
terday at 1890 pm. making the usual
stops at Washington and points South.
taking on and letting off passengers.
Pilot Walter Hunter brought the
ship from Newark to Memphis, said
President c. R. Smith of American
Airlines at For Worth.
AT Memphis" said Smith, pilot
Hunter reported the airplane was in
excellent flying shape and that both
motors were functioning fine At
Memphis, the airplane was taken by
Pilot Marshall. Co-pilot Freeland and
Stewardess Gasparini.
AT Nashville gasoline had been
taken aboard and the airplane left
Nashville with 4l0 gallons. an amount
sufficient to take it to Little Rock
or Dallas.
Pilot Reported Weather Good.
pilot Marshall departed from Mem
phis, westbound, at 7:03 pm. At
7:l8 he reported to Memphis by radio
that he was flying at 1000 feet. 35
miles west of Memphis. and that the
weather was good and visibility Is
miles.
After 7:18 contact no further in
formation was received from the air.
plane"
When the plane was nearly an hour
overdue at Little Rock and no further
wireless messages had been received
the company authorized searching
parties to start from both Memphis
and Little Rock.
Subsequently the airlines dispatched
five ambulances to Brinkley, near here,
announcing the action as "a precau-
tionary measure"
j. w. Fogg, farmer, one of the
searchers reported:
They're all dead. You don't need
q doctor. The plane-what's left of
its buried in feet of mud and
water"
Three Generation on Plane.
The victims included three genera
tions of one Wakefield, Mass, family
en- route to California for a months
vacation They were Mrs. Samuel
Horovitz about 38, her 62-year-old
Mrs. B. Horovitz, and her
4-year-old son Seba.
The death of Julian Calm, 26-year-
old buyer for the May Co., in Los
Angeles, was the second in his family
in the last few weeks. He was return
ing from a New York business trip
which had been interrupted by the
death of his father.
He is survived by his mother, Mrs.
Yetta Calm of Los Angeles. He was
a native of New Orleans.
Two passengers were believed to
have escaped the fate OF the others
by leaving the ill-starred ship shortly
before 1t crashed.
w. S. Howland, managing editor of
the Nashville Tennessean. flew from
to Nashville. w. M. Tay-
lor uf Washington was believed to have
left the plane at Memphis, having
bought a ticket from the Capital to
that point.
Mr.. Hart, 81, was regarded In New