Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-29
20 Persons Die
In AirIiner Crash
In Kentucky
Two Survivors Are
Severely Injured;
Wreck Burns
Pictures on Page Az

By the Associated Press.
BOWLING GREEN, KY, July
29.-Twenty of the % persons
aboard an American Airlines
passenger plane were killed last
night when the big transport
ran into unfavorable weather,
crashed and burned near Tram
mel, KY, about 20 miles south
east of here.
The dead included three crew
members, pilot acting as an OBJ
serving member of the crew, and Is
passengers. Among the latter was
a baby
Two severely injured persons were
in 8 hospital here.
The crash occurred about 1890
pm. in remote section of Allen
County near the Kentucky Tennes-
see border.
First word of the crash came when
First 1t. Glenn w. Fellows, attached
to Love Field, Tex, who was a
passenger On the plane, stumbled to
the door of farmhouse three
quarters of mile from the scene and
summoned help. Farmers in the
neighborhood took 1t. Fellows and
the other survivor, S. K. Hoffman,
Al, of Williamsport, Pa, to a Bowl
ing Green hospital.
Ernest Williams, State highway
patrolman, quoted 1t. Fellows as
saying that after the plane struck
the ground a man tripped and fell
across the doorway, blocking escape
of most Of the remaining live occu-
pants.
Il went the other way and kicked
a window out of the plane and got
out. l rushed around and tried to
get the door open but Is seconds
later the plane exploded" Mr., Will
Hams quoted 1t. Fellows as saying.
Dead Listed.
American Airlines said the follow
ing passengers were killed:
Mrs. Lucy Frickel Beasley. former
American Airlines stewardess and
wife of Maj. Lynn Beasley. NASH
vile, Tenn, who was accompanied
by her infant child.
The dead, as identified by Ameri-
can Airlines thus far. were:
Neelan o. Hall warrant officer
stationed at Long Beach. Calf.
1t. George w. Turrill, Love Field,
Dallas, Tex.
Tech. Sergt. William N Lightfoot,
Love Field, Dallas, Tex.
Lit Mark Rainsford, stationed at
Dayton, Ohio, of Riverdale, Ny
Roger Ingraham, Medina, Ohio.
w. K. Cooper, Williamsport. Pa.
Harold Caminez. Williamsport. Pa.
1t. Gordon D. Richter, Cleveland
Heights, Ohio
H. D. Cameron, Cuyahogs Falls,
Ohio employe of General Tire and
Rubber Co. Akron.
r. H. Anderson. Vultee Aircraft
employe, Detroit. Mich.
Eugene Lebenguth, Nashville.
Tenn. -
L. D. Ougheltree. Monrovia, Calf.
+. A. Rauf, Cleveland.
J. B. Mahoney, Santa Monica,
Calf. tool company representative.
The crew members, all killed,
were.
Capt. H. A. Stiller. Pittsburgh.
First Officer r. M. Mcclure, Nor
folk, Va.
Capt. B. A. Carpenter, observer,
Cincinnati.
Stewardess Josephine Kane.
Survivors Thrown Clear.
Mr.. Hoffman told hospital attend
ants the plane was flying through
unfavorable wea ther and there was
no indication of any trouble until
the huge ship struck the ground.
City Patrolman William A. Lyle.
who was on duty near the hospital
where the two injured men were
brought, talked with j. H. Claypool
OF Trammel, one of the farmers who
helped the two men to Bowling
Green. He quoted Mr.. Claypool az
saying that when he first heard the
plane it appeared to be flying quite
high, and then 'it suddenly started
coming down with a mighty roar
Allen County Sheriff L. A. VIII
liams said the plane hit in a field
and plowed along on the ground
for quarter of a mile. The sheriff
said 10 bodies were visible in the
wreckage, but no effort would be
made to remove them until after an
inquest this morning by the coroner,
DR.. H. o. Miller.
Wreck Swept by Fire.
The sheriff said fire swept ths
entire plane and described the
wreckage as "one of the worst
things 1 have ever seen"
Sheriff Williams said agents Of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
took charge of the wreckaxe, relieve
ing his men and State patrol officers.
The transport left Louisville for
Nashville at 9:54 pm, according to
American Airlines. The plane was
last heard from at 1890 pm. at
Smith Grove, KY.
American Airlines said Capt. Car
penter, Al, was a native of Carl
Junction, Mo. He was married and
had been employed by the line since
April 10. 1923. He received his train
ing at Brooks and Kelly Fields, San
Antonio, Tex.