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| Wreckage of Gulf
| Crash Indicates
! Explosion Aboard
NEW ORLEANS, Wf — Was
there an explosion aboard the
! National Airlines DC7-B liner
j that crashed in the Gulf of Mexi
i co Monday with 42 persons
aboard? If there was, did it come
before or after the crash?
Members of the party hunting
in the shark-infested waters for
bodies believe there was an ex
plosion. But they don’t agree on
when it occurred. There appar
ently were no survivors among
the 36 passengers and six crew
members to supply the answers.
Lt. James L. Sigman, execu
tive oficer of the Coast Guard
Air Detachment at New Orleans,
said the wreckage was spread
over a comparatively small area
of two to three miles. This indi
cated to him, he said, that the
explosion came after the plane
hit the water.
But two Air Force fliers who
spent four hours over the scene
said because the wreckage was
so scattered it seemed to them
the plane exploded in the air.
The bodies they saw were
floating face down and their
clothes were ripped to shreds as
if from an explosion. Nine bodies
picked up Monday night were
brought to the Keesler Air Force
Base Hospital yesterday.
UNSAFE LANDINGS
WHITTIER, Calif., UR — A
piece of ice, believed to have
fallen from an airplane, smashed
through the roof of a house here
Monday.
It left a hole the size of a
football in the roof of Mrs. Floyd
Berg’s home and loosened plaster
below. Five chunks of ice, each
the size of a fist, were found melt
ing in the attic.
Sheriff’s ofifcers, who esti
mated the chunk at 25 pounds,
said ice frequently falls from
planes when loosened by de-icing
gear.
Call BLACK 65 For I
Arctic Sanitary I
Service
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Russell Hermann, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO 1
Order of Eastern Star
Doris Wilke
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbax
Secretary
Meets first and third Mondays
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
HERB JENKS, W.M.
Norvtn W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursday
of Each Month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Ash Craft
President
Herb Jenks
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of every
month at School.
WERNER BOHRER, President
VESTA SUNDSTROM. Seely.
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