| Show Ephraim People Participate In Finding I g Lost Plane lane Four Ephraim people figured prominently in locating the wreckage of a light j e which crashed about three miles north of oC Blackrock Saturday evening The plane was being piloted pilote by 1 k l 36 o nt f L T. T as Theodore eodore Gursc IU i e Vol Vegas He lie his wife Barbara 27 their year old daughter Deborah and the family's pet dog all were killed instantly when the plane apparently came cameto to pieces in the air nil Searchers Drop Note of the plane was sighted Sunday by Mr and Mrs Royce Knight Cedar City who were participating in an nn aerial search for the missing craft Mrs Knight then dropped a n note to a sheepherder telling him of the location of the wreckage only about a half mile from where he was herding his sheep This sheepherder was Cassidy Petersen Peters fi of oC Ephraim He im immediately immediately im- im mediately went for his companion compan compan- ion Lester F. F Poulson also of Ephraim and the two went to the place indicated by Mrs Knights Knight's note Wreckage Widely Videly Scattered They found the wings of the plane on a flat and then saw the tail hanging on a ledge of ofa a small mountain about three blocks north The cabin of the plane was found about three- three fourths of a mile west of the wings and tail and the motor was another feet from the cabin The body of the little girl was still in the plane and the badly mutilated bodies of Mr and Mrs Gurschke were not far from the plane cabin Directs Others To Wreck Mr Mr Poulson stayed at t the h e sight and Mr Petersen went back hack to the highway to direct i g ground r o 0 u n d searchers to t the h e wreckage In the meantime Mr and Mrs 1 Paul Thompson of Ephraim had arrived at the Poulson-Petersen Poulson camp with supplies Mr Petersen Petersen Petersen Peter- Peter sen told them the location of the wreckage also a couple of men from Milford who had ar arrived arrived arrived ar- ar rived and the four went to join Mr Poulson Later mem mem- bers bels of the Highway Patrol ar arrived arrived arrived ar- ar rived and were also directed to the sight of the tragedy Was Vas Gruesome Sight Sight Sight- Mr 11 Thompson said it was a gruesome sight to see the mutilated mutilated mutilated mu mu- and broken bodies He said they must have realized the crash was coming as all had fastened their safety belts These had been torn from their fastenings fastenings fastenings fast fast- by the terrific crash however Dog Found The body of the family dog was found about a half block east of the plane cabin and its human victims The dog had a leg in a 3 cast it apparently having having hav hav- ing been taken to an animal doctor for treatment Scratch- Scratch ings around place the dog was lying indicated it had lived for a time after the crash Trail Dry Mr and Mrs Thompson re returned returned returned re- re turned to Ephraim Sunday night and Mr Thompson said it will take a 3 long time for him to forget the gruesomeness of the I sight of the plane victims He also reported that the winter winter winter win win- ter range appears about normal with feed patchy He said the trail to the desert ranges is very dry and that storm is most ur urgently urgently urgently ur- ur gently needed Some stockmen find it necessary to haul water to their flocks but there is a abit abit abit bit of water in some reservoirs he said |
