Lumberman, died in a plane crash near Zuni, NM
Zuni, NM Plane Crash Kills Eight
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, T.A.T. MACHINE DROPPED IN BLACK ROCK WASH, 26 MILES SOUTH OF GALLUP.
Had Been Missing Since Tuesday Morning When It Was Last Seen Near Grants, N. M. -- Extensive Search for Two Days Finally Results In Discovery Of Bodies Of Victims In Wrecked Plane.
The Transcontinental Air Transport corporation officials here Wednesday evening at 6:20 confirmed a report receive by the Journal from the Associated Press and its special corresponent[sic] at Winslow, Ariz., that the Los Angeles bound plane 'City of San Francisco,' which had been missing since Tuesday morning, when it was last seen near Grants, N. M., had been found wrecked, near Zuni, N. M., with all on board dead. The plane had been struck by lightning.
The dead are:
A. B. McGAFFEY, Albuquerque, lumberman.
MRS. GEORGE B. RAYMOND, Los Angeles, daughter of A. W. HORTON, field manager at Albuquerque of T. A. T.
HARRIS LIVERMORE, Boston.
WILLIAM H. BEERS, New York.
M. M. CAMPBELL, Cincinnati.
J. B. STOWE, pilot, Long Beach, Calif.
EDWIN A. DEITEL, co-pilot, New Braunfels, Texas.
C. F. CANFIELD, courier.
Transcontinental Air Transport's passenger liner City of San Francisco, with a crew of three, and five passengers aboard, which left Albuquerque, N. M., at 10:20 a. m. Tuesday, was found Wednesday near Black Rock, 26 miles south of Gallup, with all of the passengers and crew dead.
T. A. T. service planes from Winslow, Ariz., and Albuquerque and private planes patrolled east and west over the route Wednesday after the transport had failed to check in at Winslow, until one located in Wednesday.
Advices to the Journal, telephoned in at 6:05 Wednesday night from Winslow, stating that the T. A. T. officials at that point had received a message from Gallup stating that the plane had been found and that all on board were dead. It was believed, the report stated, that the plane had been struck by lightning.
A similar report from the Associated Press, through Los Angeles, said that the Santa Fe railroad received an unconfirmed report early Wednesday evening from Gallup, M. M., that the missing Transcontinental Air Transport City of San Francisco was wrecked 25 miles south of Gallup, with all eight aboard dead. The report indicated that the ship had been struck by lightning. The Santa Fe agent at Gallup said he was seeking to verify the report and obtain additional details.
Burial in California although owned a plot in Fairview Cemetery in Albuquerque
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Plot: Dahlia Terrace, Great Mausoleum, Daffodil Corridor, Wall Crypt 2868 of the Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Glendale, California.
Zuni, NM Plane Crash Kills Eight
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, T.A.T. MACHINE DROPPED IN BLACK ROCK WASH, 26 MILES SOUTH OF GALLUP.
Had Been Missing Since Tuesday Morning When It Was Last Seen Near Grants, N. M. -- Extensive Search for Two Days Finally Results In Discovery Of Bodies Of Victims In Wrecked Plane.
The Transcontinental Air Transport corporation officials here Wednesday evening at 6:20 confirmed a report receive by the Journal from the Associated Press and its special corresponent[sic] at Winslow, Ariz., that the Los Angeles bound plane 'City of San Francisco,' which had been missing since Tuesday morning, when it was last seen near Grants, N. M., had been found wrecked, near Zuni, N. M., with all on board dead. The plane had been struck by lightning.
The dead are:
A. B. McGAFFEY, Albuquerque, lumberman.
MRS. GEORGE B. RAYMOND, Los Angeles, daughter of A. W. HORTON, field manager at Albuquerque of T. A. T.
HARRIS LIVERMORE, Boston.
WILLIAM H. BEERS, New York.
M. M. CAMPBELL, Cincinnati.
J. B. STOWE, pilot, Long Beach, Calif.
EDWIN A. DEITEL, co-pilot, New Braunfels, Texas.
C. F. CANFIELD, courier.
Transcontinental Air Transport's passenger liner City of San Francisco, with a crew of three, and five passengers aboard, which left Albuquerque, N. M., at 10:20 a. m. Tuesday, was found Wednesday near Black Rock, 26 miles south of Gallup, with all of the passengers and crew dead.
T. A. T. service planes from Winslow, Ariz., and Albuquerque and private planes patrolled east and west over the route Wednesday after the transport had failed to check in at Winslow, until one located in Wednesday.
Advices to the Journal, telephoned in at 6:05 Wednesday night from Winslow, stating that the T. A. T. officials at that point had received a message from Gallup stating that the plane had been found and that all on board were dead. It was believed, the report stated, that the plane had been struck by lightning.
A similar report from the Associated Press, through Los Angeles, said that the Santa Fe railroad received an unconfirmed report early Wednesday evening from Gallup, M. M., that the missing Transcontinental Air Transport City of San Francisco was wrecked 25 miles south of Gallup, with all eight aboard dead. The report indicated that the ship had been struck by lightning. The Santa Fe agent at Gallup said he was seeking to verify the report and obtain additional details.
Burial in California although owned a plot in Fairview Cemetery in Albuquerque
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Plot: Dahlia Terrace, Great Mausoleum, Daffodil Corridor, Wall Crypt 2868 of the Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Glendale, California.
Lumberman, died in a plane crash near Zuni, NM
Zuni, NM Plane Crash Kills Eight
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, T.A.T. MACHINE DROPPED IN BLACK ROCK WASH, 26 MILES SOUTH OF GALLUP.
Had Been Missing Since Tuesday Morning When It Was Last Seen Near Grants, N. M. -- Extensive Search for Two Days Finally Results In Discovery Of Bodies Of Victims In Wrecked Plane.
The Transcontinental Air Transport corporation officials here Wednesday evening at 6:20 confirmed a report receive by the Journal from the Associated Press and its special corresponent[sic] at Winslow, Ariz., that the Los Angeles bound plane 'City of San Francisco,' which had been missing since Tuesday morning, when it was last seen near Grants, N. M., had been found wrecked, near Zuni, N. M., with all on board dead. The plane had been struck by lightning.
The dead are:
A. B. McGAFFEY, Albuquerque, lumberman.
MRS. GEORGE B. RAYMOND, Los Angeles, daughter of A. W. HORTON, field manager at Albuquerque of T. A. T.
HARRIS LIVERMORE, Boston.
WILLIAM H. BEERS, New York.
M. M. CAMPBELL, Cincinnati.
J. B. STOWE, pilot, Long Beach, Calif.
EDWIN A. DEITEL, co-pilot, New Braunfels, Texas.
C. F. CANFIELD, courier.
Transcontinental Air Transport's passenger liner City of San Francisco, with a crew of three, and five passengers aboard, which left Albuquerque, N. M., at 10:20 a. m. Tuesday, was found Wednesday near Black Rock, 26 miles south of Gallup, with all of the passengers and crew dead.
T. A. T. service planes from Winslow, Ariz., and Albuquerque and private planes patrolled east and west over the route Wednesday after the transport had failed to check in at Winslow, until one located in Wednesday.
Advices to the Journal, telephoned in at 6:05 Wednesday night from Winslow, stating that the T. A. T. officials at that point had received a message from Gallup stating that the plane had been found and that all on board were dead. It was believed, the report stated, that the plane had been struck by lightning.
A similar report from the Associated Press, through Los Angeles, said that the Santa Fe railroad received an unconfirmed report early Wednesday evening from Gallup, M. M., that the missing Transcontinental Air Transport City of San Francisco was wrecked 25 miles south of Gallup, with all eight aboard dead. The report indicated that the ship had been struck by lightning. The Santa Fe agent at Gallup said he was seeking to verify the report and obtain additional details.
Burial in California although owned a plot in Fairview Cemetery in Albuquerque
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Plot: Dahlia Terrace, Great Mausoleum, Daffodil Corridor, Wall Crypt 2868 of the Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Glendale, California.
Zuni, NM Plane Crash Kills Eight
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, T.A.T. MACHINE DROPPED IN BLACK ROCK WASH, 26 MILES SOUTH OF GALLUP.
Had Been Missing Since Tuesday Morning When It Was Last Seen Near Grants, N. M. -- Extensive Search for Two Days Finally Results In Discovery Of Bodies Of Victims In Wrecked Plane.
The Transcontinental Air Transport corporation officials here Wednesday evening at 6:20 confirmed a report receive by the Journal from the Associated Press and its special corresponent[sic] at Winslow, Ariz., that the Los Angeles bound plane 'City of San Francisco,' which had been missing since Tuesday morning, when it was last seen near Grants, N. M., had been found wrecked, near Zuni, N. M., with all on board dead. The plane had been struck by lightning.
The dead are:
A. B. McGAFFEY, Albuquerque, lumberman.
MRS. GEORGE B. RAYMOND, Los Angeles, daughter of A. W. HORTON, field manager at Albuquerque of T. A. T.
HARRIS LIVERMORE, Boston.
WILLIAM H. BEERS, New York.
M. M. CAMPBELL, Cincinnati.
J. B. STOWE, pilot, Long Beach, Calif.
EDWIN A. DEITEL, co-pilot, New Braunfels, Texas.
C. F. CANFIELD, courier.
Transcontinental Air Transport's passenger liner City of San Francisco, with a crew of three, and five passengers aboard, which left Albuquerque, N. M., at 10:20 a. m. Tuesday, was found Wednesday near Black Rock, 26 miles south of Gallup, with all of the passengers and crew dead.
T. A. T. service planes from Winslow, Ariz., and Albuquerque and private planes patrolled east and west over the route Wednesday after the transport had failed to check in at Winslow, until one located in Wednesday.
Advices to the Journal, telephoned in at 6:05 Wednesday night from Winslow, stating that the T. A. T. officials at that point had received a message from Gallup stating that the plane had been found and that all on board were dead. It was believed, the report stated, that the plane had been struck by lightning.
A similar report from the Associated Press, through Los Angeles, said that the Santa Fe railroad received an unconfirmed report early Wednesday evening from Gallup, M. M., that the missing Transcontinental Air Transport City of San Francisco was wrecked 25 miles south of Gallup, with all eight aboard dead. The report indicated that the ship had been struck by lightning. The Santa Fe agent at Gallup said he was seeking to verify the report and obtain additional details.
Burial in California although owned a plot in Fairview Cemetery in Albuquerque
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Plot: Dahlia Terrace, Great Mausoleum, Daffodil Corridor, Wall Crypt 2868 of the Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Glendale, California.
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