ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES
Thursday, September 3, 1936
Crash Victims Took Many
Fishing Trips Together;
Were Enthusiastic Anglers
-------------------------
..Five enthusiastic fisherman lost their lives when Steve Mills' plane crashed in the mountains near Upper Russian Lake. Three of those in the party made frequent trips to the fishing grounds together while the other two were on their first excursion by air.
..Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Davis said today that they usually went to the fishing grounds by gas car and had joined the airplane party to Russian River last Sunday because of Mrs. Davis' desire to travel by air. Mr. Davis was said to have disapproved of flying.
FIRST TRIP SOUTH
..The other three, however, had made many flights together to Lake Creek where they caught large rainbow trout. It was their first venture for the larger fish in Russian River when they left on the ill-fated trip to the Kenai peninsula.
..Mr. and Mrs. George Markle always travelled together whenever it was possible. They both loved fishing and had made many airplane excursions on week ends and holiday. Augustus F. Teich was also enthusiastic about fishing and rarely missed an opportunity to join the Markles and others for trips.
MARRIED IN OREGON
..George E. Markle was born October 19, 1896, in Weler (Webber), Kansas. He first came to Alaska about 15 years ago and was employed by the Alaska Railroad, working in Anchorage and Nenana. He was famous as a baseball player in Alaska, playing on baseball teams of the Alaska Railroad in the early 1920's.
..Several years after coming to Alaska for the first time he moved to Medford, Ore., where he engaged in the sheet metal and plumbing business. There he married Peggy Markle. They returned to Anchorage four years ago and he was employed by the Alaska Road Commission, which position he held at the time of his death.
..Mr. Markle was manager of the Anchorage All-Stars baseball team this summer and made the recent trip to Dawson with the team.
..Mrs. Markle is survived by a daughter from a previous marriage, Lou Markle, now in a hospital in Portland. Mrs. Markle is also survived by her parents in Oregon.
..Pilot Stephen E.Mills was born November 1, 1896, in Dayton, Wyoming. He lived there for about 15 years when he moved to Oreville, Wash., and later to Seattle. He took up flying in Seattle in 1927 and flew for the Washington Aircraft and Transportation Company there for two years prior to his coming to Anchorage in 1931. He was one of the founders of the Star Air Services.
..Pilot Mills was senior pilot for the Star Air Service from point of years in the service of the firm. During that time he had made innumerable mercy flights, risking his life to aid others, and had participated in many rescues.
..Lawrence Davis was a barber in Seattle for many years before coming to Alaska with his wife last April. He came to the territory to take a position with the Alaska Road Commission but returned to his trade as a barber in the Panhandle Barber Shop, where he was working at the time of his death. He was 38 years old.
..Mrs. Davis worked in the Anchorage Laundry and Paris Dry Cleaners for three weeks prior to the crash. Her mother resides in Aberdeen, Wash. Parents of Mr. Davis reside in Bassett, Neb.
..Augustus Frederick Teich ..., was a lifelong resident of Minneapolis, Minn., where he was a barber for a score of years. He was born Sept. 21, 1896 (?), at Shakopee, Minn. He also was a barber .....(there is more but impossible to read.)
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ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES
September 3, 1936
-------------------------
CAMERA FOUND OPEN IN PLANE
MAY AID IN SOLVING CAUSE
OF ALASKA'S WORST ACCIDENT
..Bodies of six victims of the airplane crash near Upper Russian Lake were found yesterday afternoon in the wreckage of the plane and were being brought to Anchorage this afternoon.
..Planes bringing the victims were expected to arrive shortly after 5 o'clock.
..Hugh Brewster, Dr. A. S. Walkowski and Elmer Dimco returned from the scene of the crash at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
..Twenty-one men were needed to bring the bodies down from the 3,800-foot level on the mountains, Dr. Walkowski said. Nine men were brought from Seward to join the 12 who went from here.
..When the rescue workers landed on the lake yesterday afternoon they were met by the four others who were left there in the morning and then learned that the entire party had been killed.
..The four men had climbed the mountain and returned to the lake while the party was organizing with camping facilities in Anchorage.
..The 21 men started the trek into the mountains at 5 o'clock this morning and reached the wreck about 9 o'clock.
..Dr. Walkowski said he removed the bodies from the plane and found that Pilot Mills was the only one in the ship who had used his safety belt. His belt was broken.
..The engine and entire front of the ship had been pushed back by the terrific impact. All passengers, seats and other objects in the plane had been thrown forward.
..All occupants of the plane had broken bones. It is practically certain that they died instantly, the doctor said.
..First word that all occupants were dead was received here last night in a telephone message from Seward. Pilot Al Horning went there last night for four men to join the rescue party. He went there again this morning for five more.
..After bringing the bodies to Upper Lake Pilot Horning returned the men to Seward and the others prepared to come to Anchorage.
..It was said the plane had apparently driven head on into a shelving ridge above Upper Russian Lake. Members of the rescue party reported that if the machine had been 30 feet higher it would have cleared the ridge.
..Pilots in the rescue gave a down draft as the probable cause of the crash.
..Solution to the crash mystery may lie in a camera, found in the plane open and ready to take pictures. The camera was intact. Members expressed the opinion the party may have been flying low taking pictures of mountain sheep,which are abundant in the region at this time of year.
..The men from Seward who joined the rescue party, all experienced on the trails were: Arnie Sundby, Bill Struve, Gust Marino, Jim Mattital, Chester McCauley, Bo Volmer, Eugene Lanier, Larry Hoff and one other.
..Bringing the bodies down from the mountain was described as a most difficult task. Four men were required for each body, two carrying it with the aid of poles and two others travelling with them as relief.
..The trail was through difficult terrain and travel was slow.
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ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES
September 3, 1936
Editorial
-------------------------
A PERSONAL LOSS
TO ALL OF US
..GRIEF has pervaded the city with the news that tragedy stalked an airplane fishing party of local residents and snuffed out their lives near the fishing grounds.
..It is with a feeling of personal loss that we regard the accident, most of us knowing at least one of the party of six and many of us knowing all of them. Expressions of sympathy to families and relatives who have lost loved ones are more than a gesture from neighbors and friends.
..Fox six years Steve Mills circled Anchorage as he returned from airplane journeys to all parts of Alaska. His passengers on the ill-fated trip had every reason to leave for their outing with confidence that everything would go well.
..The circumstances of the crash may never be known. It may always remain a mystery in the history of Alaskan aviation, but to residents of Anchorage it is the most terrific blow of recent years.
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ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES
September 13, 1936
-------------------------
RITES TOMORROW
FOR FOUR VICTIMS
OF PLANE CRASH
-------------------------
Joint Services Will Be Held
at 2:30 P. M. By Elks
-------------------------
..Public funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Anchorage funeral parlors of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Markle and Mrs. and Mrs. Lawrence Davis, plane crash victims, with the local Elks lodge in charge. The lodge will be assisted by Father Warren Fenn and Rev. William A. McAdoo. Services will be held jointly.
..All will be buried in the Elks plot of the city cemetery.
..Pallbearers for Mr. and Mrs. Markle will be members of the Anchorage baseball team, in commemoration of Mr. Markle's service as manager of the team and his interest in the sport.
..Members of the Seattle Elks lodge now living in Anchorage and of the local lodge will act as pallbearers for Mr. and Mrs. Davis. Mr. Davis was a member of the Seattle lodge.
..Mrs. Harry Abercrombie will sing accompanied by Mrs. Vic Gill.
..F. E. LaRue, exalted ruler of the Elks, requests all lodge members who have cars to bring them to the services and aid in transportation.
Thursday, September 3, 1936
Crash Victims Took Many
Fishing Trips Together;
Were Enthusiastic Anglers
-------------------------
..Five enthusiastic fisherman lost their lives when Steve Mills' plane crashed in the mountains near Upper Russian Lake. Three of those in the party made frequent trips to the fishing grounds together while the other two were on their first excursion by air.
..Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Davis said today that they usually went to the fishing grounds by gas car and had joined the airplane party to Russian River last Sunday because of Mrs. Davis' desire to travel by air. Mr. Davis was said to have disapproved of flying.
FIRST TRIP SOUTH
..The other three, however, had made many flights together to Lake Creek where they caught large rainbow trout. It was their first venture for the larger fish in Russian River when they left on the ill-fated trip to the Kenai peninsula.
..Mr. and Mrs. George Markle always travelled together whenever it was possible. They both loved fishing and had made many airplane excursions on week ends and holiday. Augustus F. Teich was also enthusiastic about fishing and rarely missed an opportunity to join the Markles and others for trips.
MARRIED IN OREGON
..George E. Markle was born October 19, 1896, in Weler (Webber), Kansas. He first came to Alaska about 15 years ago and was employed by the Alaska Railroad, working in Anchorage and Nenana. He was famous as a baseball player in Alaska, playing on baseball teams of the Alaska Railroad in the early 1920's.
..Several years after coming to Alaska for the first time he moved to Medford, Ore., where he engaged in the sheet metal and plumbing business. There he married Peggy Markle. They returned to Anchorage four years ago and he was employed by the Alaska Road Commission, which position he held at the time of his death.
..Mr. Markle was manager of the Anchorage All-Stars baseball team this summer and made the recent trip to Dawson with the team.
..Mrs. Markle is survived by a daughter from a previous marriage, Lou Markle, now in a hospital in Portland. Mrs. Markle is also survived by her parents in Oregon.
..Pilot Stephen E.Mills was born November 1, 1896, in Dayton, Wyoming. He lived there for about 15 years when he moved to Oreville, Wash., and later to Seattle. He took up flying in Seattle in 1927 and flew for the Washington Aircraft and Transportation Company there for two years prior to his coming to Anchorage in 1931. He was one of the founders of the Star Air Services.
..Pilot Mills was senior pilot for the Star Air Service from point of years in the service of the firm. During that time he had made innumerable mercy flights, risking his life to aid others, and had participated in many rescues.
..Lawrence Davis was a barber in Seattle for many years before coming to Alaska with his wife last April. He came to the territory to take a position with the Alaska Road Commission but returned to his trade as a barber in the Panhandle Barber Shop, where he was working at the time of his death. He was 38 years old.
..Mrs. Davis worked in the Anchorage Laundry and Paris Dry Cleaners for three weeks prior to the crash. Her mother resides in Aberdeen, Wash. Parents of Mr. Davis reside in Bassett, Neb.
..Augustus Frederick Teich ..., was a lifelong resident of Minneapolis, Minn., where he was a barber for a score of years. He was born Sept. 21, 1896 (?), at Shakopee, Minn. He also was a barber .....(there is more but impossible to read.)
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ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES
September 3, 1936
-------------------------
CAMERA FOUND OPEN IN PLANE
MAY AID IN SOLVING CAUSE
OF ALASKA'S WORST ACCIDENT
..Bodies of six victims of the airplane crash near Upper Russian Lake were found yesterday afternoon in the wreckage of the plane and were being brought to Anchorage this afternoon.
..Planes bringing the victims were expected to arrive shortly after 5 o'clock.
..Hugh Brewster, Dr. A. S. Walkowski and Elmer Dimco returned from the scene of the crash at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
..Twenty-one men were needed to bring the bodies down from the 3,800-foot level on the mountains, Dr. Walkowski said. Nine men were brought from Seward to join the 12 who went from here.
..When the rescue workers landed on the lake yesterday afternoon they were met by the four others who were left there in the morning and then learned that the entire party had been killed.
..The four men had climbed the mountain and returned to the lake while the party was organizing with camping facilities in Anchorage.
..The 21 men started the trek into the mountains at 5 o'clock this morning and reached the wreck about 9 o'clock.
..Dr. Walkowski said he removed the bodies from the plane and found that Pilot Mills was the only one in the ship who had used his safety belt. His belt was broken.
..The engine and entire front of the ship had been pushed back by the terrific impact. All passengers, seats and other objects in the plane had been thrown forward.
..All occupants of the plane had broken bones. It is practically certain that they died instantly, the doctor said.
..First word that all occupants were dead was received here last night in a telephone message from Seward. Pilot Al Horning went there last night for four men to join the rescue party. He went there again this morning for five more.
..After bringing the bodies to Upper Lake Pilot Horning returned the men to Seward and the others prepared to come to Anchorage.
..It was said the plane had apparently driven head on into a shelving ridge above Upper Russian Lake. Members of the rescue party reported that if the machine had been 30 feet higher it would have cleared the ridge.
..Pilots in the rescue gave a down draft as the probable cause of the crash.
..Solution to the crash mystery may lie in a camera, found in the plane open and ready to take pictures. The camera was intact. Members expressed the opinion the party may have been flying low taking pictures of mountain sheep,which are abundant in the region at this time of year.
..The men from Seward who joined the rescue party, all experienced on the trails were: Arnie Sundby, Bill Struve, Gust Marino, Jim Mattital, Chester McCauley, Bo Volmer, Eugene Lanier, Larry Hoff and one other.
..Bringing the bodies down from the mountain was described as a most difficult task. Four men were required for each body, two carrying it with the aid of poles and two others travelling with them as relief.
..The trail was through difficult terrain and travel was slow.
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ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES
September 3, 1936
Editorial
-------------------------
A PERSONAL LOSS
TO ALL OF US
..GRIEF has pervaded the city with the news that tragedy stalked an airplane fishing party of local residents and snuffed out their lives near the fishing grounds.
..It is with a feeling of personal loss that we regard the accident, most of us knowing at least one of the party of six and many of us knowing all of them. Expressions of sympathy to families and relatives who have lost loved ones are more than a gesture from neighbors and friends.
..Fox six years Steve Mills circled Anchorage as he returned from airplane journeys to all parts of Alaska. His passengers on the ill-fated trip had every reason to leave for their outing with confidence that everything would go well.
..The circumstances of the crash may never be known. It may always remain a mystery in the history of Alaskan aviation, but to residents of Anchorage it is the most terrific blow of recent years.
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ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES
September 13, 1936
-------------------------
RITES TOMORROW
FOR FOUR VICTIMS
OF PLANE CRASH
-------------------------
Joint Services Will Be Held
at 2:30 P. M. By Elks
-------------------------
..Public funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Anchorage funeral parlors of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Markle and Mrs. and Mrs. Lawrence Davis, plane crash victims, with the local Elks lodge in charge. The lodge will be assisted by Father Warren Fenn and Rev. William A. McAdoo. Services will be held jointly.
..All will be buried in the Elks plot of the city cemetery.
..Pallbearers for Mr. and Mrs. Markle will be members of the Anchorage baseball team, in commemoration of Mr. Markle's service as manager of the team and his interest in the sport.
..Members of the Seattle Elks lodge now living in Anchorage and of the local lodge will act as pallbearers for Mr. and Mrs. Davis. Mr. Davis was a member of the Seattle lodge.
..Mrs. Harry Abercrombie will sing accompanied by Mrs. Vic Gill.
..F. E. LaRue, exalted ruler of the Elks, requests all lodge members who have cars to bring them to the services and aid in transportation.
ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES
Thursday, September 3, 1936
Crash Victims Took Many
Fishing Trips Together;
Were Enthusiastic Anglers
-------------------------
..Five enthusiastic fisherman lost their lives when Steve Mills' plane crashed in the mountains near Upper Russian Lake. Three of those in the party made frequent trips to the fishing grounds together while the other two were on their first excursion by air.
..Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Davis said today that they usually went to the fishing grounds by gas car and had joined the airplane party to Russian River last Sunday because of Mrs. Davis' desire to travel by air. Mr. Davis was said to have disapproved of flying.
FIRST TRIP SOUTH
..The other three, however, had made many flights together to Lake Creek where they caught large rainbow trout. It was their first venture for the larger fish in Russian River when they left on the ill-fated trip to the Kenai peninsula.
..Mr. and Mrs. George Markle always travelled together whenever it was possible. They both loved fishing and had made many airplane excursions on week ends and holiday. Augustus F. Teich was also enthusiastic about fishing and rarely missed an opportunity to join the Markles and others for trips.
MARRIED IN OREGON
..George E. Markle was born October 19, 1896, in Weler (Webber), Kansas. He first came to Alaska about 15 years ago and was employed by the Alaska Railroad, working in Anchorage and Nenana. He was famous as a baseball player in Alaska, playing on baseball teams of the Alaska Railroad in the early 1920's.
..Several years after coming to Alaska for the first time he moved to Medford, Ore., where he engaged in the sheet metal and plumbing business. There he married Peggy Markle. They returned to Anchorage four years ago and he was employed by the Alaska Road Commission, which position he held at the time of his death.
..Mr. Markle was manager of the Anchorage All-Stars baseball team this summer and made the recent trip to Dawson with the team.
..Mrs. Markle is survived by a daughter from a previous marriage, Lou Markle, now in a hospital in Portland. Mrs. Markle is also survived by her parents in Oregon.
..Pilot Stephen E.Mills was born November 1, 1896, in Dayton, Wyoming. He lived there for about 15 years when he moved to Oreville, Wash., and later to Seattle. He took up flying in Seattle in 1927 and flew for the Washington Aircraft and Transportation Company there for two years prior to his coming to Anchorage in 1931. He was one of the founders of the Star Air Services.
..Pilot Mills was senior pilot for the Star Air Service from point of years in the service of the firm. During that time he had made innumerable mercy flights, risking his life to aid others, and had participated in many rescues.
..Lawrence Davis was a barber in Seattle for many years before coming to Alaska with his wife last April. He came to the territory to take a position with the Alaska Road Commission but returned to his trade as a barber in the Panhandle Barber Shop, where he was working at the time of his death. He was 38 years old.
..Mrs. Davis worked in the Anchorage Laundry and Paris Dry Cleaners for three weeks prior to the crash. Her mother resides in Aberdeen, Wash. Parents of Mr. Davis reside in Bassett, Neb.
..Augustus Frederick Teich ..., was a lifelong resident of Minneapolis, Minn., where he was a barber for a score of years. He was born Sept. 21, 1896 (?), at Shakopee, Minn. He also was a barber .....(there is more but impossible to read.)
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ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES
September 3, 1936
-------------------------
CAMERA FOUND OPEN IN PLANE
MAY AID IN SOLVING CAUSE
OF ALASKA'S WORST ACCIDENT
..Bodies of six victims of the airplane crash near Upper Russian Lake were found yesterday afternoon in the wreckage of the plane and were being brought to Anchorage this afternoon.
..Planes bringing the victims were expected to arrive shortly after 5 o'clock.
..Hugh Brewster, Dr. A. S. Walkowski and Elmer Dimco returned from the scene of the crash at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
..Twenty-one men were needed to bring the bodies down from the 3,800-foot level on the mountains, Dr. Walkowski said. Nine men were brought from Seward to join the 12 who went from here.
..When the rescue workers landed on the lake yesterday afternoon they were met by the four others who were left there in the morning and then learned that the entire party had been killed.
..The four men had climbed the mountain and returned to the lake while the party was organizing with camping facilities in Anchorage.
..The 21 men started the trek into the mountains at 5 o'clock this morning and reached the wreck about 9 o'clock.
..Dr. Walkowski said he removed the bodies from the plane and found that Pilot Mills was the only one in the ship who had used his safety belt. His belt was broken.
..The engine and entire front of the ship had been pushed back by the terrific impact. All passengers, seats and other objects in the plane had been thrown forward.
..All occupants of the plane had broken bones. It is practically certain that they died instantly, the doctor said.
..First word that all occupants were dead was received here last night in a telephone message from Seward. Pilot Al Horning went there last night for four men to join the rescue party. He went there again this morning for five more.
..After bringing the bodies to Upper Lake Pilot Horning returned the men to Seward and the others prepared to come to Anchorage.
..It was said the plane had apparently driven head on into a shelving ridge above Upper Russian Lake. Members of the rescue party reported that if the machine had been 30 feet higher it would have cleared the ridge.
..Pilots in the rescue gave a down draft as the probable cause of the crash.
..Solution to the crash mystery may lie in a camera, found in the plane open and ready to take pictures. The camera was intact. Members expressed the opinion the party may have been flying low taking pictures of mountain sheep,which are abundant in the region at this time of year.
..The men from Seward who joined the rescue party, all experienced on the trails were: Arnie Sundby, Bill Struve, Gust Marino, Jim Mattital, Chester McCauley, Bo Volmer, Eugene Lanier, Larry Hoff and one other.
..Bringing the bodies down from the mountain was described as a most difficult task. Four men were required for each body, two carrying it with the aid of poles and two others travelling with them as relief.
..The trail was through difficult terrain and travel was slow.
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ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES
September 3, 1936
Editorial
-------------------------
A PERSONAL LOSS
TO ALL OF US
..GRIEF has pervaded the city with the news that tragedy stalked an airplane fishing party of local residents and snuffed out their lives near the fishing grounds.
..It is with a feeling of personal loss that we regard the accident, most of us knowing at least one of the party of six and many of us knowing all of them. Expressions of sympathy to families and relatives who have lost loved ones are more than a gesture from neighbors and friends.
..Fox six years Steve Mills circled Anchorage as he returned from airplane journeys to all parts of Alaska. His passengers on the ill-fated trip had every reason to leave for their outing with confidence that everything would go well.
..The circumstances of the crash may never be known. It may always remain a mystery in the history of Alaskan aviation, but to residents of Anchorage it is the most terrific blow of recent years.
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ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES
September 13, 1936
-------------------------
RITES TOMORROW
FOR FOUR VICTIMS
OF PLANE CRASH
-------------------------
Joint Services Will Be Held
at 2:30 P. M. By Elks
-------------------------
..Public funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Anchorage funeral parlors of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Markle and Mrs. and Mrs. Lawrence Davis, plane crash victims, with the local Elks lodge in charge. The lodge will be assisted by Father Warren Fenn and Rev. William A. McAdoo. Services will be held jointly.
..All will be buried in the Elks plot of the city cemetery.
..Pallbearers for Mr. and Mrs. Markle will be members of the Anchorage baseball team, in commemoration of Mr. Markle's service as manager of the team and his interest in the sport.
..Members of the Seattle Elks lodge now living in Anchorage and of the local lodge will act as pallbearers for Mr. and Mrs. Davis. Mr. Davis was a member of the Seattle lodge.
..Mrs. Harry Abercrombie will sing accompanied by Mrs. Vic Gill.
..F. E. LaRue, exalted ruler of the Elks, requests all lodge members who have cars to bring them to the services and aid in transportation.
Thursday, September 3, 1936
Crash Victims Took Many
Fishing Trips Together;
Were Enthusiastic Anglers
-------------------------
..Five enthusiastic fisherman lost their lives when Steve Mills' plane crashed in the mountains near Upper Russian Lake. Three of those in the party made frequent trips to the fishing grounds together while the other two were on their first excursion by air.
..Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Davis said today that they usually went to the fishing grounds by gas car and had joined the airplane party to Russian River last Sunday because of Mrs. Davis' desire to travel by air. Mr. Davis was said to have disapproved of flying.
FIRST TRIP SOUTH
..The other three, however, had made many flights together to Lake Creek where they caught large rainbow trout. It was their first venture for the larger fish in Russian River when they left on the ill-fated trip to the Kenai peninsula.
..Mr. and Mrs. George Markle always travelled together whenever it was possible. They both loved fishing and had made many airplane excursions on week ends and holiday. Augustus F. Teich was also enthusiastic about fishing and rarely missed an opportunity to join the Markles and others for trips.
MARRIED IN OREGON
..George E. Markle was born October 19, 1896, in Weler (Webber), Kansas. He first came to Alaska about 15 years ago and was employed by the Alaska Railroad, working in Anchorage and Nenana. He was famous as a baseball player in Alaska, playing on baseball teams of the Alaska Railroad in the early 1920's.
..Several years after coming to Alaska for the first time he moved to Medford, Ore., where he engaged in the sheet metal and plumbing business. There he married Peggy Markle. They returned to Anchorage four years ago and he was employed by the Alaska Road Commission, which position he held at the time of his death.
..Mr. Markle was manager of the Anchorage All-Stars baseball team this summer and made the recent trip to Dawson with the team.
..Mrs. Markle is survived by a daughter from a previous marriage, Lou Markle, now in a hospital in Portland. Mrs. Markle is also survived by her parents in Oregon.
..Pilot Stephen E.Mills was born November 1, 1896, in Dayton, Wyoming. He lived there for about 15 years when he moved to Oreville, Wash., and later to Seattle. He took up flying in Seattle in 1927 and flew for the Washington Aircraft and Transportation Company there for two years prior to his coming to Anchorage in 1931. He was one of the founders of the Star Air Services.
..Pilot Mills was senior pilot for the Star Air Service from point of years in the service of the firm. During that time he had made innumerable mercy flights, risking his life to aid others, and had participated in many rescues.
..Lawrence Davis was a barber in Seattle for many years before coming to Alaska with his wife last April. He came to the territory to take a position with the Alaska Road Commission but returned to his trade as a barber in the Panhandle Barber Shop, where he was working at the time of his death. He was 38 years old.
..Mrs. Davis worked in the Anchorage Laundry and Paris Dry Cleaners for three weeks prior to the crash. Her mother resides in Aberdeen, Wash. Parents of Mr. Davis reside in Bassett, Neb.
..Augustus Frederick Teich ..., was a lifelong resident of Minneapolis, Minn., where he was a barber for a score of years. He was born Sept. 21, 1896 (?), at Shakopee, Minn. He also was a barber .....(there is more but impossible to read.)
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ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES
September 3, 1936
-------------------------
CAMERA FOUND OPEN IN PLANE
MAY AID IN SOLVING CAUSE
OF ALASKA'S WORST ACCIDENT
..Bodies of six victims of the airplane crash near Upper Russian Lake were found yesterday afternoon in the wreckage of the plane and were being brought to Anchorage this afternoon.
..Planes bringing the victims were expected to arrive shortly after 5 o'clock.
..Hugh Brewster, Dr. A. S. Walkowski and Elmer Dimco returned from the scene of the crash at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
..Twenty-one men were needed to bring the bodies down from the 3,800-foot level on the mountains, Dr. Walkowski said. Nine men were brought from Seward to join the 12 who went from here.
..When the rescue workers landed on the lake yesterday afternoon they were met by the four others who were left there in the morning and then learned that the entire party had been killed.
..The four men had climbed the mountain and returned to the lake while the party was organizing with camping facilities in Anchorage.
..The 21 men started the trek into the mountains at 5 o'clock this morning and reached the wreck about 9 o'clock.
..Dr. Walkowski said he removed the bodies from the plane and found that Pilot Mills was the only one in the ship who had used his safety belt. His belt was broken.
..The engine and entire front of the ship had been pushed back by the terrific impact. All passengers, seats and other objects in the plane had been thrown forward.
..All occupants of the plane had broken bones. It is practically certain that they died instantly, the doctor said.
..First word that all occupants were dead was received here last night in a telephone message from Seward. Pilot Al Horning went there last night for four men to join the rescue party. He went there again this morning for five more.
..After bringing the bodies to Upper Lake Pilot Horning returned the men to Seward and the others prepared to come to Anchorage.
..It was said the plane had apparently driven head on into a shelving ridge above Upper Russian Lake. Members of the rescue party reported that if the machine had been 30 feet higher it would have cleared the ridge.
..Pilots in the rescue gave a down draft as the probable cause of the crash.
..Solution to the crash mystery may lie in a camera, found in the plane open and ready to take pictures. The camera was intact. Members expressed the opinion the party may have been flying low taking pictures of mountain sheep,which are abundant in the region at this time of year.
..The men from Seward who joined the rescue party, all experienced on the trails were: Arnie Sundby, Bill Struve, Gust Marino, Jim Mattital, Chester McCauley, Bo Volmer, Eugene Lanier, Larry Hoff and one other.
..Bringing the bodies down from the mountain was described as a most difficult task. Four men were required for each body, two carrying it with the aid of poles and two others travelling with them as relief.
..The trail was through difficult terrain and travel was slow.
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ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES
September 3, 1936
Editorial
-------------------------
A PERSONAL LOSS
TO ALL OF US
..GRIEF has pervaded the city with the news that tragedy stalked an airplane fishing party of local residents and snuffed out their lives near the fishing grounds.
..It is with a feeling of personal loss that we regard the accident, most of us knowing at least one of the party of six and many of us knowing all of them. Expressions of sympathy to families and relatives who have lost loved ones are more than a gesture from neighbors and friends.
..Fox six years Steve Mills circled Anchorage as he returned from airplane journeys to all parts of Alaska. His passengers on the ill-fated trip had every reason to leave for their outing with confidence that everything would go well.
..The circumstances of the crash may never be known. It may always remain a mystery in the history of Alaskan aviation, but to residents of Anchorage it is the most terrific blow of recent years.
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ANCHORAGE DAILY TIMES
September 13, 1936
-------------------------
RITES TOMORROW
FOR FOUR VICTIMS
OF PLANE CRASH
-------------------------
Joint Services Will Be Held
at 2:30 P. M. By Elks
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..Public funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Anchorage funeral parlors of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Markle and Mrs. and Mrs. Lawrence Davis, plane crash victims, with the local Elks lodge in charge. The lodge will be assisted by Father Warren Fenn and Rev. William A. McAdoo. Services will be held jointly.
..All will be buried in the Elks plot of the city cemetery.
..Pallbearers for Mr. and Mrs. Markle will be members of the Anchorage baseball team, in commemoration of Mr. Markle's service as manager of the team and his interest in the sport.
..Members of the Seattle Elks lodge now living in Anchorage and of the local lodge will act as pallbearers for Mr. and Mrs. Davis. Mr. Davis was a member of the Seattle lodge.
..Mrs. Harry Abercrombie will sing accompanied by Mrs. Vic Gill.
..F. E. LaRue, exalted ruler of the Elks, requests all lodge members who have cars to bring them to the services and aid in transportation.
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