Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-10-07 | Page 1 | Witness Tells of Wreckage

WITNESS TELLS OF oc WRECKAGE Bodies Thrown Clear ear When Plane Hit It Special to The Telegram ram CHEYENNE Wyo Oct 7 7 Wreckage on a hillside and like jetsam cast ashore on some lonely beach bodies strewn grotesquely amid the tangled twisted steel steel steel- Search Searchers rs came upon this grim picture shortly after atter dawn today after an night all-night aerial hunt for forthe the ho Salt Lake City Cheyenne United Airliner which vanished from the skyways shortly before its scheduled scheduled scheduled sched sched- arrival here early this morning William Villiam Hoare assistant manager manager manager man man- ager of the United Air Lines company company company com com- pany here and one of the first to reach each the scene of the crash gave The Tho ho Telegram a hand first-hand account of the finding of the plane and its 12 2 occupants over long-distance long telephone telephone tele- tele phone soon after his return to Cheyenne with the bodies of the victims The plane pla e must have struck with terrIfic force he said since it was demolished The bodies were thrown clear and were not badly disfigured I think all were instantly killed Mr Hoare said We Ve came came- upon bits of wreckage down the tho hillside near the Silver Crown radio beacon and followed the trail to the main wreck itself Bodies had been thrown clear and some were hidden beneath the debris Seat cushions blankets magazines magazines magazines maga maga- and other articles from the passengers' passengers cabin dotted the scene of the tho wreck There was no fire however and we were able to extricate the bodies without difficulty The crash came without warning Mr Hoare Honre believes From the tho position of the bodies examination of the terrain and condition condition condition con con- of the wreckage he explained explained explained ex ex- it appears that Pilot Collison Collison Collison Colli Colli- son had begun his descent being only five minutes out of Cheyenne The plane apparently struck a peak lost a propeller and one engine Continued on Pace Fate Two Jl WITNESS TELLS BF OF WRECKAGE One m uti C r d d' d noso first into th the t p i t film agency plucked f. f the huf mechanical bird from front the tho sky- sky 4 however r awaits an Investigation gation UOn n of f commerce officials Mr jl H Hoare are are explained The e w weather was was excellent h he pointed d' d out and nd th the plane apparently apparently waa was fun functioning as usual since ColU Collison radioed dlo d the Cheyenne airport airport air air- port pot for tor wind data when only five minutes rom port Airport ri rt r Officials tic became ame alarmed when 15 min minutes tes elapsed and the pl plane pan did n not t arrive Searching pIn were I launched We fIe flew ships flew ships all night over the therea rH reo rea Mr Hoar Hoare said laid f but ut were un unable to find the until shortly shortly short short- ly T aft after i r d dawn wn We reached the ceni J by Y automobile and began therk the therk work rk of ot i removing the bodies n B Bodies dl s w iv were ro rc taken by automobile to the Worl Wor Worland nd mortuary here and at after r-b r being checked for positive identification will wUl be held pending fn instructions from relatives An Inquest q CS undoubtedly will be beheld held Mr Hoar said sald s ld with Coroner Pa Paul l Worland the mortician conducting con con- ducting g tho the inquiry