Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-03-31 | Page 1 | Falls to Death

1 Palls to Deat i s re-s- I Iy y I c 4 Ie Mt DELBERT R. R EVERITT AIR CRASH VICTIM AVIATOR Burns With 3 Passengers as Plane Falls in M Mountain Pass BEAUMONT Cat Cal March Mach 30 The AP-The roughest mountain pass ir ri Ameri American an air lanes today took its toll toli of four lives when an air transport trans trans- port liner bound bo nd from fr m Los Angeles to El EI Paso Texas crashed in th the fog exploded and burned into an an unrecognizable mass with its pilot and three men men passengers rs In a heavy fog with disabled engine engino en- en gino gine the Standard Air Line monoplane monoplane mono mono- plane a l wIth one engine went to in inthe the heart of the pass just rec mU mites mUs s north of here The vIctims were Delbert n. n pilot of Lo Los Angeles no c. L. L Balke wealthy business business busi- busi ness man of Los Angeles George Nico wealthy Los Angeles contractor conti ac tor and T. T J. J Kell Kelly stock broker brokers s salesman l man Of f Los AnSele and San Antonio Texas he which left Los s Angeles at 8 8 a. a ni found the pass blanketed with wIlh fog which extend extended d din in cloud formation to the top of the pats pass between Mount Biddy on the north and Mount San Jacinto on the south both of whIch are over feet high Residents of Beaumont which is is' In the center r or of the tw two twenty Continued on page 9 o o ft CASH ASH ViCTIM UTAH EX-UTAH AVIATOR froth page 1 ass ass separating ng the Imperial ImperialI I eo Co elia deserts from the f er- er Bernardino valley first plane plana fling low in the a After Arter passing j D ont southward it turned th and was seen and heard missing end and pound pound- instead of th the usual steady mlles north of here ranch ranch- they heard screams fol- fol by a a. crash and n. n The cabin ship burst bursto burston o o-n o flames fhe ranchers reached it they mass of charred wreckage his is the first known fatal ISh eh the pass a number ofes ot of otes es es bai ba gone down in the liP Pl although no pas pas- er planes have been known to tot t n in this vicinity before Iel is usually windy being a from rom the heated boated des des- to the south through h its Jw mountains to the orto or- or to the north LONG DROPS l planes have known own to drop uch h as iwo 1200 feet In the bumps OW ownard OWard ard currents in the pass 1 large air transports h have ve pro pod as much as iO O feet feel in bumps