Show 52 killed in I 1 ta worst airplane crash A united air lines four engine airplane a douglas DC 6 crashed at the head of tropic canyon friday october 21 2 1 killing fifty two persons in the worst disaster ever eer to strike in garfield county it was the greatest air tragedy to occur in the state of utah or any national park and the second worst in the history of commercial aviation in fit the united states tile the accident occurred shortly afternoon approximately ono one mile from tile the emergency landing strip called bryce can canyon on airport making snaking a total of three aircraft accidents occurring in garfield county in tile the past six months the other comparatively compi minor crashes were tile the slick cargo 0 plane which was wrecked n near e ir boulder august 21 and the small flying school plane which spun in near escalante last april fhe of tile the total fatalities in fix tills this latest crash were crew members bers several prominent businessmen were included in the forty seven seen other fatalities C A A crew members from bryce canyon airport 11 II P graham ham it II A sutton and glen shop pird pard were vere the first to reach the scene however beer oe er there was nothing they could do because there tj bere iere was no sign of life the plane had exploded either just prior to or just after the crash from investigation of the area it appeared to the news reporter that the plane struck first and then exploded the concussion of the explosion was felt at least three miles away in bryce canyon where john J 0 I 1 in G lewis was in charge of oc a group of tourists near the bottom of the canyon james R peyton of the civil aeronautics board has been named to head the investigation committee the committee has haa been at work since saturday the numerous theories which hae been advanced as to the possible cause of the accident have hae had no verification az aa yet from mr peytons peyton a group it may be several weeks before anything is officially released the corn com luit cittee tee Is primarily concerned with the collection of facts which vatch will be forwarded to washington D C tor for study by the C A B newsmen from the three salt lake city papers were flown to the scene tor for coverage members ot of the united press associated press international news service reported the tragedy to the nation los angles paper men were flown to garfield county for news coverage and photographers from several periodicals were present to obtain picture for their next publications bud evans publicity manager tor for united air unes lines was on hand band to handle press releases rele atea mr evans brans was named by tho th investigation vesti gation committee as the source of all pictures released by the tha ommittee committee C the remains of the passengers pas Bener and crewmen were taken by truck to the magleby mortuary in richfield where identification of the bodies was conducted it waa reported in fit at least one dally daily that the bodies were flow to richfield but several disc cles cies came into the dailies by trying to score a scoop on the rival papers the only description of the accident which seems adequate Is the one which said it is IB really too horrible for any description |