Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-02-25 | Page 1 | Pilot is Killed in Reno Crash

Escape Death 4 i I I SPRECKELS Tragedy ended party H LOIS CLINTON Bruised and cut PILOT IS KILLED IN RENO REIN CRASH Adolph Spreckels 3 in Party Injured RENO Nev Feb 25 INS INS INS- Adolph Spreckels heir to sugar millions millions mil mu lions his wife ex-wife Mrs Lois Lots Clark Clan C Cde de Spreckels Clinton of New Nei NewYork NewYork p York and two other passengers in 1 his private monoplane escapee escaped I Ideath death today when the plane crashed I at Reno airport killing the pilot Bob Hancock veteran San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco aviator Spreckels his wife ex-wife Mrs Alex Ale C CYoung Young of San Francisco and Re Rex c cLeslie Leslie Spreckels' Spreckels chauffeur escape escaped I with bruises and lacerations Mrs Youngs Young's injuries while no not notI t critical as first reports indicated I Continued on Page Pape Two Column Three PILOT IS KILLED IN RENO CRASH Continued from Page One were more serious than those suffered suffered suffered suf suf- by the other passengers Taken to Hospital All were speeded in an ambul ambulant nce e to St. St Marys Mary's hospital here fo for r emergency treatment The crash climaxed a gay midnight midnight mid mid- night pl plane ne trip to Reno from Sa San Francisco We just came up for a visit said Spreckels heavily bandaged a at t St. St Marys Mary's hospital At midnight the twin motored cabin plane landed at t the airport Spreckels and his guests told th the airport attendant they were motoring motoring motoring motor motor- ing to Reno and would be back bac k shortly They spent four hours i ithe in inthe inthe n the little big city laughing an and d celebrating their outing At 4 a. a m m. they returned to th the airport and boarded the plane fo for forthe r the trip back to San Francisco Freezing weather had caused f frost ros rosto to form on the wings of the plane which had been left on the field When Pilot Hancock reached a an n altitude of feet the right moto motor r of the plane clogged The plane plunged into a dive Both motors were ripped from th the plane as it crashed One of th the motors caught fire but it wa was was qui quickly kly extinguished