Show fIRE DESTROYS PINEDO'S AIRPLANE I I f A Italian Flier arid and Crew Escape as as j Giant Ship Burns 1 Santa Maria Goes Up in inFlames Y t Flames Just Before Takeoff 1 THOUSANDS WATCH Pined Pinedo Pineo Will Try to R Raise ise Motor From Lake APACHE LODGE Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt Dam Arizona April 6 AP The AP-The The The intercontinental flight of Commander Francesco Francesco Francesco Fran Fran- cesco de Pinedo came ame to a disastrous end at t 12 1205 05 p. p m. m today when the Santa Maria caught fire as the plane was x being put ut under way preparatory preparatory tory to taking off for San Sail Diego from Roosevelt d dam m. m The Santa Maria bad Liaci arrived here at 10 1014 14 a a. a am a.m. m m. mountain time from Elephant Butte dar dam danl New ew Mexico 1 and had had- stopped on on oa Ro sevel lake to r refuel fu fuei 1 TI The Tle e Italian flier filer who flew new over ver dan dangerous dangerous erous Brazilian r jungles jungle without mishap had intended Intend Intend- intend Intend- ed ed to i a P bi Y 4 p P. P m i K I Pacific tiie t PLANE TOTAL LOSS Th The plane is a total loss Commander Com Corn mander de Pinedo Pinedo- and his crew escaped uninjured At 12 1205 05 OS p p. p m rn t the e Italian aviator announced that he was ready to ta p poff off and craft crafton on the lake had moved moed shoreward shoreward- when the Santa Maria Marla was seen to tobe tobe fo be be afire Almost Immediately the the Santa Maria Marla was aflame aflame from stem stern to stern The TIle vessels vessel's crew leaped overboard for their lives Thousands of persons gathered on n n the shore of ot the tile I huge ue Irrigation dam darn witnessed the the I disaster Among them th m were nany many Italians I who had come to tp cheer their on his fur four continent flight which was was was' to to- to todd add dd new glory to td his achievements achieve achIeve- ments Ti The Tue e co commander w was s undaunted at the tragedy th that t had befallen his tour after th the th blaze ha had burned Its itself out le e said he would remain at Lt Roosevelt dam f r a day 01 or two two ascertaining ascertaining the tha possibility of of rebuilding the sh ship l raise its to 10 the engine from testing place place on th the b bottom of th the lake already were u under DAY OF FAILURES The i followed a day o of ot failures jester yesterday day when the Santa banta Maria was as he held l 1 fast to the glassy glass 1 surface of Elephant Butte Butto reservoir at Hot Springs N N. M M. and could nO not rise until shortly afternoon Th The plane plane- finally got ot off but r returned to the lake twenty five minutes later be ause the the engine became 4 o Tod Today's Toda's ts takeoff for for Roosevelt lake was made without difficulty and the Santa Maria l made good time to this stopping Continued on page age S S. S ITALIAN FLIER AND ANI CREW ESCAPE AS GIANT SHIP BURNS Continued from page 1 place pla c covering vering oo miles in 3 hours mid and 24 minutes F First Indication that the plane W was ws s afire was vas noted by by spectators vOrt Ii the shore when a a. great volume of r. r J black l ek ck smoke was as seen pouring ir m the s motor f Pinedo announced he would Immediately n make an attempt to n se the ships ship's engine which now jests ests on the bottom of the lake at ata a tJ depth estimated at 60 GO feet The fire was believed to have originated In one of the motors r Commander de tie Pinedo was not aboard the plane when fire brol broke e out l but ut a mechanic and at least one of the crew crew Jumped overboard to save their lives An of the Roosevelt dam power house w was s burned turned in attempting to put out the fire Tire with nith a hand extinguisher Commander de tie Pinedo paused after word old had been given for the toward San Diego to say g good good- od- od hy to Glenn Still manager of Al Apache ache Lodge Before the farewell fare fare- well welI was finished th the plane PIanO was as a amass amass amass mass of flames Only the skeleton of the big airboat remains floating floatIng float- float Ing lag on tIle waters of Lake Lak Roose Roose- velt NEW YORK April 6 AP AP Corn Commander Com Com- to mander 1 Francesco de tie Pinedo whose plane burn burned d today at Apache Lodge Ariz is one is-one one of Pt the most sensational sensational sen sen- of all aU long Jong distance fliers rs His long flights have hav been noted forthe forthe for the speed with have teen keen carried out and the daring Itineraries itineraries itineraries aries chosen N The Italian aviator was engaged in making a four-continent four flight from Eur Europe Europ pe to North and ancl South America and return tou touching Africa ca en R rou route The four continent flight light started from Cagliari Sardinia February 13 Crossing the the- Atlantic by wa way of Africa and the C Cape p Verde Is Islands islands islands is- is lands Commander de tie plane the Santa Maria reached the mainland o of Brazil a February e 22 2 and ual t Buenos BuenosAires Aires March c 2 From Froni Q neos Aires he turned 1 on the North American leg of his flight |