Show DEATHS HIT 28 1 AFTER PLANE I STRIKES PLANT Fire Starts Anew Fumes Fell Five One Fatally SEATTLE Feb 19 UP UP- UP Six fire fir fighters were overcome by refrigeration gas one fatally when fire fhe burst out again in the Frye Co meat packing plant as they pro probed ed rubble for the bodies of 28 persons feared killed when a a. huge motored four-motored bomber str struck ck the plant Thurs Thurs- day clay ay Smoldering since firemen fir e men brought under control an inferno caused when the planes plane's gasoline exploded through the structure I the story five-story building again became became became be be- came wreathed in fl flames mes when fire tire broke brok out In Inthe the basement re releasing releasing re- re re-I re leasing refrigeration gas I Luther D. D Bonnar Bonnar- a fireman I died in the hospital of gas poisoning poisoning poisoning poison poison- ing after he and five other comp companions com corn p including a coast guardsman guards guards- man were taken to hospitals Within a half hour after the flames broke out the fire had again reached the status of a three- three alarm blaze and all available equipment was as mobilized 13 18 Still Missing The fire lire brought under control again after about two hours broke out ut before re any more bodies had be beene n from fron the plant T house hou e workers workers' rr 1 ul u ed fo for ah and belIeY be- be liev F l burned lo to death w when en the big sh ship p piloted d by Edmund T. T Eddie Allen well-known well test pilot struck t the building Fifteen bodies had been found in the building or near by before lefore th the fire broke out again Friday With smoke still pouring from the structure searchers entered the wreckage and brought out three more bodies raising th the toll of definitely known d dead ad to 19 Including In including in in- eluding the fireman who was gassed Flames which gutted the top and one side of the plant after the plane tore a gaping hole in ih the top floor Thursday spread rapidly through the lower floors and unburned unburned unburned un- un burned por portion of of the building Fire officials said the men had entered the basement to extinguish what was believed to be a few remaining embers Bu smoke burst from the basement where refrigeration refrigeration refrigeration equipment was located and flames flatnes followed Two Others Injured Two other firemen Henry D. D Myers and Arthur West Vest were Injured in injured injured in- in slightly and sent home Coroners Coroner's officers officers- planned to resume resume resume re re- re- re sume search for the bodies when the wreckage had cooled Thirteen of the packing packing packing pack pack- ing company were were listed as miss mis's missing ing lug by the Packing House union nion which checked the homes of all workers Firemen said their search for the bodies might take ake two days because steel girders of the plants plant's interior had been twisted b by br the Continued on Page Four Column Four r r ry 5 f Jl yh t b t r r rS Ni t. t S Y M JL y J 9 I ib r g gr c 9 z Y J 5 f fa a a rv f J yr y 5 5 55 0 5 p u y u n nv w Associated Press W BOMBER o mER CRASH CAUSES HOLOCAUST Twenty-eight Twenty persons are feared dead in this blazing Seattle packing plant which was covered With lamb flame when a a. burning bomber crashed into the roo roof and one wall throwing flaming gasoline through the plant and causing an explosion 28 Killed After Plane Hits Plant I Flames Burst Out Anew Afew Continued from Page One heat of flames and flames flames' and crumpled into 1 ruins A mass of ot debris would have to be m moved ved they said before before be be- I be-I fore the bodies could be extricated Fire destroyed pounds of pork including 80 live hogs and plant officials said the loss would aggravate seriously t the h e meat shortage in the Puget Sound area The bomber apparently exploded in flight a mile from the Boeing airport Wes M M. Larson who watched from his automobile as the plane faltered in the air said parts of the big ship fell from the plane before Deforest it crashed I r I thought he was going to try to land in Airport Way or a cow pasture south of ot the Frye e Packing Packing Pack Pack- ing ing- company Larson raid ald It It looked as as If there Was was only one motor running t.- t. the right outside outside outside out out- side motor T TIe The e left outside motor motor motor mo mo- tor appear appeared d to in the air Either the propeller flew apart or part of ot the motor There were lots of ot parts in the air Boeing officials said laid the crash resulted from a fire which developed developed developed de de- in an engine in the course of ot a regular t test st flight The fire although extinguished temporarily by automatic carbon dioxide equipment according to the planes plane's radio report resumed and apparently spread over one wing while the crew was making an approach to the Boeing field for an emergency landing the company's official statement said The crash occurred during the plants plant's lunch hour and company officials said loss of life probably would have been far greater had hadnot hadnot hadnot not many been out of the building |