Evening star., 1946-12-29
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wrong as the plane prepared to land
in fog and drizzle.
Il had just told the passengers to
fasten their safety belts for the
landing" she sai d. Then we
crashed, without a moments warn
ing"
Still Strapped in Seats.
Flight Service Officer Joseph
Logan Of Atlantic City, N. j., who
also played a conspicuous role in the
rescue work, said tonight from his
bed in st. Johns Hospital in Lime
rick:
Miss Ferguson and and one pas
senger were still strapped in our
seats when I recovered conscious
ness. We crawled out of the broken
end of the fuselage and could hear
some of the passengers moaning and
screaming as we started to give first
aid by the light of the blazing gaso-
line fire.
1T seemed like hours before we
saw the first 1ashlight of those COM
ing to our help across the bog"
The rescuers had to founder waist
deep in mud to reach flat-bottomed
swamp boats, on which the victims
were placed and ferried across the
river to waiting ambulances a half
mile away. The injured were taken
to st. Johns and harrington Hos
pitals in Limerick and the Com
munity Hospital at Ennis.
o~I
The dead passengers:
Allen Charles Lanyon, Washing
ton, D. c.
Mrs. Clementine Jeanne Pugh, 40,
Philadelphia.
Prof. Alexander Hahn Pekelis. 40.
Larchmont, N. Y, editor in chief
of the Columbia Law Review, pro-
fessor in the new School for Social
Research in New York City and
delegate of American Labor Party
at World Zionist Conference.
Pierre DreyfuS, New York.
Francis Joseph Salabert, 81, Paris.
Simone Lucienne Clerc, Paris.
Marie Zelaznagora, New York
Maurice Simon Picard, Flushing,
N. Y.
Herman Koegel, New York.
The dead crewmen:
Radio Officer Herbert Burmeister,
Washington.
Flight Engineer Walter Mcbride,
Alexandria, Va.
Navigator Robert A. Osterburg,
Alexandria, Va.
Injured Persons.
injured passengers:
Charles Bruce Waterbury, 4
months old, Newark, N. j.. leg
fracture and facial burns.
Mrs. Edith Delaby Waterbury, 10,
his mother, shock severe burns and
fractured ankle, condition critical,
Gunther Lubszynski, AZ, Neuilly,
France, fractures Of both legs and
arm, condition critical
David N. Tannenbaum, New York,
director of the Economic Bureau Of
the Palestine Foundation Fund, in
iuries about the face, shoulder and
chest. condition favorable.
Jean Claude Zelaznagara, II, New
York, extensive burns, condition cri-
tical,
Injured crew members:
Capt. Herbert Tansey, 33, Falls
Church, Va, fractures of both legs,
condition critical.
Flight Officer Clifford Sparrow,
2e, Washington, D. c., both legs
fractured, condition critical.
Flight Service Officer Joseph Lo-
gan. 81, Atlantic City, N. J.
Miss Vina Ferguson, Is, Jackson
Heights, N. Y, Wrenched knee and
shock.
Dudley Hill, "a, Alexandria, Va,
cuts and bruises, critical.
William Teele, %, Santa Monica,
Calf, fractures of forearms, burns.
In New York, a spokesman at the
TWA international division head
quarters said in a statement that
there was mo indication from the
reports received from our operations
people at Shannon that there was
any aircraft or engine failure. The
accident apparently was due to
weather"
The TWA statement also said
that the plane was proceeding into
the airport at about 500 feet when
the pilot was informed the ceiling
had dropped to 400 feet.
1t added that the pilot, Capt.
Tansey. "circled the field to wait
for the ceiling to lift AS he banked
on the northwest corner about one
mill and quarter from the field
the plane passed through scudding
clouds. He told those who came
to the scene Immediately after the
crash that he was Temporarily on
Instruments
He said that the plane was at
times in contact with the ground