Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-10-16 | Page 8 | Throws Light on Air Crash

THROWS LIGHT LIGHTON LIGHTON ON AIR CRASH Farmer Says There Was Explosion Explosion Ex Ex- Ex- Ex Before Plane Fell CHICAGO Oct Ocl 16 A R-A P A new I witness ss appeared d on the scene today to add his version to the crash of the I United Air Lines' Lines New York to Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago go plane with t the c death of seven sevenpersons sevenpersons sevenpersons persons as federal agents yvere vere conducting con ducting a cross country hunt for tar clues to the cause of the disaster Francis Wiseman a farmer living near the scene of the crash near Chesterton Chesterton Ches Ches- Ind mistook Henry R R. R Corbell Corbett Cor- Cor belt bell Chicago insurance actuary foran foran for fori forian an official investigator yesterday as Corbett was viewing the scene and told him his story I I was walking near my house when I heard the roar of the planes plane's motor and looked up and saw it flyIng fly fly- Ing toward Chicago he he said While I was watching it there was a terrific blast and then flashes of fire The tail of f the plane floated away and the Front part shot up in the air several hundred feet teet like a skyrocket Yesterday a a report that a mysterious mysterious mysterious mysterious' rious rious' parcel carried by one of the pas passengers may have cont contained lin d powerful explosives was run down and the pas pas- passenger passenger cleared by officials of the line Ine Ineat at Newark N. N J. J Another theory that was being In Investigated investigated in- in was that escaping gas fumes had bad collected in a pocket in the baggage bag gage compartment and exploded