Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-01-04 | Page 4 | Trawlers Grappling for Wrecked Planes

Y V. Trawlers Grappling For Wrecked reeked W Planes Hooks Rip Landing Gear From Ship 7 Bodies Still Submerged SANTA MONICA Cal Jan 4 United Press Press Press-A A new attempt to raise to the tho surface of the Pacific ocean the two airplanes believed to hold the bodies bodice of seven even of the tho ten men mop who perished when the movie craft collided in midair was started at dawn today Sweepers Sweeper equipped with special grappling hooks headed the tho salvagIng salvaging ing InS operations off ocr Point Vicente where time the tragedy occurred late Thursday They found tho the planes yesterday when a a. hook pulled ot off part ot of the landing handing gear of or one whip ship but al allowed allowed allowed al- al lowed the craft to sink back to its resting place Tho landing handing portion showed no sign of ot fire Ire Those rhose thought ht to bo h held ld in the tIme planes fe feet t under water Included ed Kenneth Hawks director of or the Fox film mm which was in production and husband of Mary ary Astor screen scree actress The others were George Eastman cameraman Otto Olto Jordan assistant ass stant cameraman Tom Harris property man Halloc Hallock Rouse anti and Ross Cook pilots Tho The bodies bodle of ot Max Gold assistant assistant assistant assist assist- ant director and Conrad Wells an and Ben Frankel assistant cameraman cam were recovered just after aftel th tIme the wreckage was located by the tho boats boat Daisy M. M and Diana after hours o ot of Search boarch The Tho volunteer fleet included ed the na navy mine sweepers U. U S. S S S. S Brant and U. U S. S S. S Tern aided b by planes from the tIme navy y and two coas coast coastguard guard cutters cutlers Tho The Brant and Tern took over th the tho grappling after tho the ships were lo lo- lo c. They were do doing In the same sam work today Inquiries into the time accI accident ent have hav been started by tho department o 0 od of oC commerce Captain Bill BIJl Bright the sheriffs sheriff's office and Coroner Frank Nace nce Naco said there would be bo no for fOt at least a a. week weel