From the book Literature of Journalism, by Warren C Price, p. 261 a book or pamphlet is cited "Indonesia Report: The Collected Dispatches of the American Correspondents Who Died in Bombay, India, July 12, 1949, on Their Return from a Tour of Indonesia. (Tucson, Ariz.: The Arizona Daily Star, 1949) "Of 15 correspondents who made this trip to Indonesia,13 were killed in a plane crash." Nathaniel A. Barrows, Chicago Daily News is named as one of these.
Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974 (Ancestry.com) has a page for Nathaniel A Barrows.
Place of death: Ghatkopar, Chandivly Estate, near Bombay, India
"Cremated July 13, 1949 at Bombay, India"
Cause of death: "Held by the Coroner of Bombay to have been caused by shock and haemorrhage from multiple fractures."
Disposition of the remains: "In accordance with the request of the next of kin transmitted to the American Consulate General, Bombay through the Department of State, the ashes of the deceased were shipped to Chicago Daily News, New York, N.Y. The ashes left Bombay on July 25, 1949 in a K.L.M. (Royal Dutch Airlines) aircraft to be returned to the United States via Amsterdam, Holland."
Information courtesy of Sarah Vickery
Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974 (Ancestry.com) has a page for Nathaniel A Barrows.
Place of death: Ghatkopar, Chandivly Estate, near Bombay, India
"Cremated July 13, 1949 at Bombay, India"
Cause of death: "Held by the Coroner of Bombay to have been caused by shock and haemorrhage from multiple fractures."
Disposition of the remains: "In accordance with the request of the next of kin transmitted to the American Consulate General, Bombay through the Department of State, the ashes of the deceased were shipped to Chicago Daily News, New York, N.Y. The ashes left Bombay on July 25, 1949 in a K.L.M. (Royal Dutch Airlines) aircraft to be returned to the United States via Amsterdam, Holland."
Information courtesy of Sarah Vickery
From the book Literature of Journalism, by Warren C Price, p. 261 a book or pamphlet is cited "Indonesia Report: The Collected Dispatches of the American Correspondents Who Died in Bombay, India, July 12, 1949, on Their Return from a Tour of Indonesia. (Tucson, Ariz.: The Arizona Daily Star, 1949) "Of 15 correspondents who made this trip to Indonesia,13 were killed in a plane crash." Nathaniel A. Barrows, Chicago Daily News is named as one of these.
Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974 (Ancestry.com) has a page for Nathaniel A Barrows.
Place of death: Ghatkopar, Chandivly Estate, near Bombay, India
"Cremated July 13, 1949 at Bombay, India"
Cause of death: "Held by the Coroner of Bombay to have been caused by shock and haemorrhage from multiple fractures."
Disposition of the remains: "In accordance with the request of the next of kin transmitted to the American Consulate General, Bombay through the Department of State, the ashes of the deceased were shipped to Chicago Daily News, New York, N.Y. The ashes left Bombay on July 25, 1949 in a K.L.M. (Royal Dutch Airlines) aircraft to be returned to the United States via Amsterdam, Holland."
Information courtesy of Sarah Vickery
Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974 (Ancestry.com) has a page for Nathaniel A Barrows.
Place of death: Ghatkopar, Chandivly Estate, near Bombay, India
"Cremated July 13, 1949 at Bombay, India"
Cause of death: "Held by the Coroner of Bombay to have been caused by shock and haemorrhage from multiple fractures."
Disposition of the remains: "In accordance with the request of the next of kin transmitted to the American Consulate General, Bombay through the Department of State, the ashes of the deceased were shipped to Chicago Daily News, New York, N.Y. The ashes left Bombay on July 25, 1949 in a K.L.M. (Royal Dutch Airlines) aircraft to be returned to the United States via Amsterdam, Holland."
Information courtesy of Sarah Vickery
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