The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-04
Fragments OfPlane
 Floating On Waters
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(Contmued of Pan-American Airways bound for Miami, Fla.
 The plane plunged Into the choppy waters of the Caribbean almost within sight of Its destination, off the Atlantic entrance to the Pana- ma Canal Veteran Pilot stephen s. Dunn's last radio message indi" cated that he had been maneuver- ing to get under low-lying, heavy clouds.
 No Sign of Life Lieutenant Crutchfield Adair, Navy pilot, sighted the wreckage yesterday. He reported no sign of life, but the Navy, in the faint hope that some had survived, sent sub' marines, destroyers and e mine. sweeper to the scene. They picked up section of the planes cabin, containing Q seat, several life pre- servers, Q footrest, Q section of the cabin wall containing Q porthole, and 52 scattered pieces of mall. Naval officers examined other bits of wreckage, and estimated that the plane had been travelling at approx imately IS 0miles an hour when it crashed. They believed 1t would have been impossible for anyone to survive.
 Those On Board
 Those aboard the plane were: Passengers
 Rex Martin, aeronautical adviser of the Bureau of Air Commerce, U. s. Department of Commerce.
 o. J. Caldwell, also of the Bureau of Air Commerce.
 Thomas Wakely, of New York, an employe of the National City Banks Santiago, Chile, branch.
 Oscar Miller, Sam Oliver and 1si- dro Sousa, employees of the Ford Mo- tor Export Company in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
 Ernest Wood, employees of the Pan American- Grace Airways.
 Mrs. Amy Levering, wife Of q company employe.
 Jimmie and Jessie Levering, her children.
 P. Wallace Kumle, Sacramento, Cal.
 | Crew
 Stephen Dunn, pilot. Lawrence A. Hickford, co-pilot.
 Herman Diaz Cancego, steward.
 To Land Monday Night
 The plane had been scheduled to land in the Canal Zone Monday night on Q flight from Call. Colum- bia, e stop on It's route from San- tiago. Word that 1t had been forced down was sent to the navy depart- ment in Washington by the com. mandant of the 18th Naval district in Balboa, o. 2.
 The minesweeper Teal, the survey vessel Nokomis and two squadrons of planes from the Coco Solo naval air base were ordered to start the search at daybreak yesterday. After Lieut.. Adair had reported sighting the partially submerged wreckage, more planes and submarines were sent to the area.
 There had been no message from Pilot Dunn since 7:30 p. rn., Mon- day, when he radioed that he was coming down on the Atlantic side of the canal. The intensity of the radio signals received here indi- cated that the plane was near Cris- tobal.
 Good Visibility
 A rain squall had reduced visi- bility to the north to approximately 500 feet, but visibility to the south and east--the direction in which the plane should have been ap- preaching the Cristol breakwater-- was approximately 5000 feet.
 The hours of silence that followed Dunn's final message indicated that the plane had crashed. Had Dunn made @ forced landing, 1t was said, his radio was equipped so that 1t could continue to function.
 Lieut.. Adair reported the 18th naval district headquarters yester- day morning that he had sighted the wreekage. Flying low, he circled 1t several times. There were no signs of survivors. This message was radioed to the navy department:
 "A fleet air base plane sighted an engine section, minus the en- zine, of the missing plane at about 20S degrees--20 miles from the Colon breakwater light. No personnel or additional wreckage was sighted. Search is being continued for all survivors"
 Search to Go On
 Naval officers said the search-by air and water--would be continued for at least two more days. Frg- mentary messages from the surface craft reported the discovery of ad- ditionai pieces of wreckage and mail postmarked ct Buenos Aires and La Paz.
 Three submarines were in the area. one reported that 1t was towing c section of the plane'E wing, another that 1t had picked up a pillow. A deflated rubber lifebOat also was found, indicating that those aboard the plane had no opportunity to use such hfe-preseFv' ing apparatus.
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