Pan American Airways Puerto Rican
Clipper Plane Sinks At Port Of Said
(By The Associated Press)
Miami, Florida, April 11,
(delayed)The 19-ton Puer
to Rican Clipper sank after
collision with a fishing boat
in the harbor of Port of
Spain, Trinidad, causing
the death by drowning of
two passengers and the ste
ward and the injuring of
possibly 20 others, includ
ing Joe Iturby, world fam
ous pianist.
The dead are Eric Brogh,
of London; E. Roman Mar
tinez, of New York City, &
Amadeo Lopez, steward.
Others of the 18 passen
gers and seven crewmen
were rescued from the par
tially submerged plane.
The airliner overturned
as pilot Wallace Culbert
son, of Miami, tried to swer
ve in an attempt to avoid
striking the small fish-boat
directly in the path of the
clipper at the takpoff at
dawn this morning.
The left pontoon struck
the fishing boat plunging
the clipper over in the wa
ter
A crash boat from the
Pan American seadrome
immediately put out and
picked up the survivors.
The airliner left Miami 2
days ago for Rio do Janerio
and Buenos Aires.
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