Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-07-15 | Page 1 | 3 Dead as Plane Falls in Street

J 3 DEAD A AS PLANE fAllS m IN STREET Tragedy Occurs When Wing Buckles During Test Flight WADENA lows Iowa July 14 AP- AP Three persons persona were killed when a monoplane crashed into the main street of Wadena tonight They were Bernard Laporte 35 of Newberg Newberg New New- berg N. N D D. D Merle Walters 32 of Wadena Waden and Otto Dirth 30 of Wa Wa- dens dena The plane failing feet crashed after atter a wing had buckled during a test teat flight Laporte had purchased the plane from Walters during th the afternoon after the two vo successfully five flights Worth a In brother law ot of Walters alters was a passenger On the fatal trip street was crowded with Saturday nl night ht shoppers but none was within Q g. hundred feet of the tho place where the tane crashed Laporte who was piloting the plane was said to have had eight years of flying experience and was regarded here as a first class aviator a. a I