Evening star., 1946-12-28
II Are HospitoIized
In Puris-New York
Planes Accident
BY the Associoted Press

RINEANNA, Fire, Dec. 28.-The
explosion and crash of a Trans
World Airline Constellation plane
killed IL persons today and left
IL injured, 7 critically.
The TWA airliner, en- route from
Paris to New York, exploded with a
binding flash apparently at the
moment it smashed into the mud
of boggy, grass-covered island
about 2 miles from the Shannon
airport.
The pilot, Capt. Herbert Tansey
of Falls Church, Va, was injured
so seriously that investigators could
not talk with him Immediately to
learn what might have forced down
the giant four-engine plane, named
the Star of Cairo.
Nine of those killed outright were
passengers and three were crew
members. All but two of the IL
were Americans.
The surviving hostess, Miss Vina
K. Ferguson of jackson Heights,
N. Y, said the crash occurred with
out warning. She and the passen-
gers had no impression that any,
thing was wrong as the plane started
down for a landing in fog and
drizzle at 2 am. 70 pm, Friday,
EST.
Dead Are Listed.
The dead passengers were listed
as:
Clerc, Simone Lucienne, Paris.
Drayfus, Pierre, New York.
Koegel, Herman, New York.
Lanyon, Alan Charles, Of Pine
crest, Va.
Picard, Maurice Simon, Flushing,
N. Y.
Pugh, Clementine Jeanne, Phila-
delphia.
Pekelis, Alexander H., Larchmont.
N. Y.
Salabert, Francis Joseph, Paris.
Zelaznagora, Marie, New York.
The dead crewmen were listed as:
Burmeister, Herbert R. flight engl-
neer, Washington.
Mcbride, Walton R., fight en-
gineer, Alexandria, Va.
Osterburg, Robert A., navigator,
Alexandria, Va.
Child Critically Injured.
Among those critically injured
we're 4-month-old Charles Bruce
Delaby Waterbury and his 20-year-
old mother, Mrs. Edith Augustine
Delaby Waterbury, who was on the
vav to ioin her excl husband at
Newark, N. j.
The baby suffered a fracture of
a leg and burns about the face.
The blast which shattered the
plane threw him clear from the
wreckage and he landed in soft mud.
Mrs. Waterbury was severely
burned and an ankle was fractured.
Others injured:
Gunther Lubszynski, Neuilly,
France, fractures of both legs and
arm; condition serious.
David Tannenbaum, New York,
injuries about the face, shoulders
and chest; condition favorable.
Jean Zelaznagora, IL, of New York,
extensive burns; condition serious.
Capt. Tansey, 33, fractures of both
legs; condition critical.
Both Legs Broken.
Flight Officer Clifford Sparrow,
26, Washington, both legs fractured;
condition critical.
Flight Service Officer Joseph Lo-
gan, 81, Atlantic City, N. j.
Miss Ferguson, Is, a wrenched
knee.
Dudley Hill, "a, crew member, OF
Alexandria, Va.
William Teele, %, TWA employe,
of Santa Monica, Calf. ,-burns, frac-
lures forearm; condition critical.
The injured, brought from the
island in little boats, were taken to
st, Johns and Darlington Hospitals
at Limerick and the Community
Hospital at Ennis.
Investigators of the Fire Depart
ment of Industry and Commerce
were on the scene but could get
little conclusive information as to
the cause of the crash.
From the observation tower at
the airport the flash of the explo-
sion was seen at the spot where the
wreckage later was found. The i'm
preston of several persons near the
spot was that the explosion took
place at just about the moment OF
the impact.
1--WE have not been able so far to
(See CRASH, Page A-3)