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it was necessary t* chop her free*
She is in a very critical condition,
The. #ther three confined t* the
Hospital with injuries are: Dan
Sullivan, Theo. b. Ferguson, and
Robert T. ’.His on, all »f "nchorage.
The plane is considered a total
wreck. It had landed in the water
where it was about chest deep. The
cause of the crash is being investi
gated and to dhte no definite infor
mation is available. Two men from
the CAA were on the scene the same
evening and made further investi
gations tho following day. There
are possibly several contributing
factors. General opinions expressec
about town indicate that the field
is too short and was in a muddy
condition. The direction of the
w!nd was not favorable for a go*d
take-off. One passenger stated that
they hit a down draft.
j.ne .»ir service was established
two days before the crash and the
first passenger was carried to
Anchorage on Wednesday. Ralph Good
rich flow with them to appear before
the Grand Jury as a witness on that
day.
The conoany operating this plane
service consisted of C,S. Brown,Gen,
Mgr.; C.S. Bock, Assistant Mgr.
Chief Pilot,R.T. "ilson: Communica
tions Engineer,Jack Irion; and the
Secretary-Treasurer,Ethel Price.
The Service started with one plane.
This plane was said to be a six
passenger plane with 250 horse power
engine. The company planned to get
two more planes *f the two motor
type, but stated that the field was
too short for that size plane and
would have to be enlarged. This
Plane service planned to cater to
aimer trade.
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