Evening star., 1953-02-16
Fourth Raft Found,
Ending Hope for B
On Crashed AirIiner
CONTINUED From First Page.)

VII ~ OOuuOO b1uubAtuOu
Continued From First Page.)
DC-6 fell at Elizabeth. N. j., on
February IL. 1852.
May Have Run Into Tornado.
At Miami. Fla. Nationals vice
president in charge Of operations,
Capt. E. ]. Kershaw. said the
deg in Saturdays crash may
have met tornado conditions"
Capt. Kershaw. q veteran pilot,
said in a statement that pre-
liminary examinations Of condi-
tions during the flight and Of
SOME debris recovered had not
revealed any malfunctions in
the plane.
Capt. Kershaw noted that
Capt. E. A. Springer. pilot of
the DC-6. met turbulent weather
conditions about the time of his
last report, causing him to de-
scend from $4,000 feet to $500
feet.
An investigation was started
by H. B. Shehat of College Park,
Ca, and T. G. Packham Of Mi
ami, Civil Aeronautics authori-
ties.
Mail Bag Is Found.
Besides plane debris, rescue
workers found such items as a
mail bag containing valentines,
clothing and personal items.
Billy Lavendar, photographer
for the Mobile PreSS-Register,
said after a flight to the scene
of the crash that the plane went
down about IL miles short Of
Fort Morgan, site Of a small
airfleld.
ITS possible that the pilot Of
the airliner was attempting to
make it there or somewhere
along this coast of an emergency
landing" he said. Land was
less than five minutes flying time
from the spot where the plane
crashed"
The plane came down in water
30 feet Deep. Heavy seas caused
1t to break up and allow bodies
of the victims to float to the
surface.
Bodies Floating on Water.
Ensign Frank Polk, aboard a
patrol boat, said the bodies were
floating around when his craft
arrived on the scene yesterday
afternoon.
Judging from the appearance
of the bodies" Ensign Polk ad-
ded. II would say they were all
killed instantly. None had life
jackets on"
Most Of the bodies recovered
were put on the Coast Guard
cutter. Blackthorn for transfer
to the mainland.
Names on the passenger list
were difficult to identify at first.
Some, were Florida vacationers.
Some had transferred to the
plane from other airlines for the
flight to New Orleans.
: Among the passengers was End
1t. Richard Harrison Shaddick,
jr., %, whose brother, End 1t.
John Phillip Shaddick, 25-year-
old bomber pilot. is reported
missing in action in Korea.
Richard Shaddick Of Coral
Gables. Fla. their father, said
he and his wife were "all cut to
pieces. I just don't know how
we'll survive if Richard is miss
ing, too."
PremOnitiOn of Death.
Mrs. Alfred Bergman was en-
route to join her husband in
Houston, Tex. Friends said that
before she boarded the plane she
told them that II don't think
I'll ever make It," Mrs. Berg
mans first husband was the late
Billy de Beck. creator Of the
Barney Google comic strip.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Schnorub,
also of Houston, cut short their
Florida vacation to return to
their 8-year-old daughter Vicky,
who was lonesome.
Other Florida vacationers on
the flight included Mrs. Rodmi
Osman of the Polish Consulate
in New York.
Among businessmen on the
plane were Albert c. Martin. 81,
of Ottawa, Kans., owner Of the
goth Century, Shows, a truck
carnival; Leroy Robertson, IL,
Dallas, Tex. oil operator, and
H. G. Lewis, cattleman from
HattieSburg. Miss.
Seventeen year = old Sherrod
Seagraves was returning from a
Florida vacation to his home at
OSceola, Ark, where he was pres
ident Of the high school student
council.
In addition to Capt. Springer,
the crew members, all Of Miami,
included Co-Pilot G. T. Steiner,
Flight Engineer E. B. Campion
and Stewardess Lillian Blameuser
and Betty Baucom, who was
miss Miami Beach" of 1850.