12 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon. Tumriay. May in, 1919
PLANE CRASH SURVIVORS ADMIT:
'Somebody Upstairs
Was Looking After Us'
(Editor's Nate: How resourcefulness and courage siainst
tremendous odds enabled two younr 4lane crash survivors to
stay alive six days on jagged, wind-swept Ml. Hoiomeen,
Wash., is revealed in the following dispatch.)
By WILLIAM GRANT
As Told to The United Presa
Vancouver, B. C, May 10 W- I never knew why I carried
matches until now. Neither Sheila nor I smoke.
When we took off from Princeton Monday evening, we really
thought we had good weather
We headed for Coquihalla pass
but had to change our course an
hour later when we ran into a
snowstorm.
We headed south trying to
circle the storm and that's when
we really got worried for the
lirst time because we knew we
were close to some pretty high
peaks.
I climbed to 7.500 foot. Wings,
struts, and prop started to ice
badly. We started losing alti
tude and I knew we had to go
down. I remember seeing some
trees. I pulled back the stick,
kicked the rudder, shoved her
nose up and we hit.
could lake another step, we saw
two searching RCAF Canso
planes. But they were too far
south.
We bedded down again that
night and Friday morning we
saw a Canso circling about Mt.
Hozomeen. They spotted us
shortly after and dropped K
rations which made the best
breakfast I ever had. It wasn't
bad waiting Saturday and Sun
day for them to pick us up after
that.
1 thought our good luck had
just about run out Sunday,
though.
Flying back to Vancouver in
rt v.
I banged a knuckle and Sheila an RCAF Dakota, the plane sud
denly developed engine trouble
The pilot made a perfect forced
landing and we were transferred
to a Lancaster.
Sheila says "Somebody
stairs, was looking after
I'm sure she's right.
up-
had a torn fingernail.
Wa climbed out and looked
at the plane. One wheel was
broken, the propellor was
smashed and the right wing
was damaged.
The nose of the plane had left
a big ditch iii the snow when
we hit and I figured we might
as well hole up there. Mrs
Cure, Sheila's mother, had given
her daughter some drapes before
she left Cardston. We wrapped
them around us and hudrllfd in
the snow waiting for dawn. Klamath Falls, May 10
Next morning there was eight!Crash of an airplane into Odell
Inches of snow over us. We dug ,i,ke claimed the life of a San
out and began planning our Francisco pilot yesterday. Three
descent. I federal foresters escaped a si-
I took all the heavy clothing milar fate,
we had, a compass, rear view Klamath county Sheriff Jack
mirror for signalling, twoiFraney said PiIot p- David Pu"
Pilot Killed in
Plane Crash
cushions, one newspaper for
fires and fuselage fabric. We
jammed the stuff into a suit
case. I used a rope from the plane
to tie around our waists.
Halfway across a 50-foot slop
ing glacier, the avalanche start
ed. It carried us down more
than 300 feet. When I found
Sheila, only her head and one
foot was sticking out of the
snow.
By Tuesday night we had de
scended over 2,000 feet.
Wednesday, we began getting
weak from lack of food. There's
one thing I'm doggone proud of,
though. I used only one match
per fira.
We began feeling pretty low
Thursday morning. We rationed
ourselves to one square of choc
olate a day from the five bars
we had.
Thursday afternoon when
Sheila and I didn't think we
pescue failed to come up with
the others when the amphibious
craft plunged into the lake just
after taking off.
Saved were Ralph Crawford.
Bend, Deschutes national forest
supervisor; Newell Corey, Cres
cent, Ore., forester, and Allen
Boetcher, Bend, recreational di
rector of the Deschutes, forest.
None of the three was seriously
hurt.
Both ' Crawford and Corey
were unconscious after the
crash, however, and Boetcher
held them on a floating wing
until rescued by persons from
shore.
The sheriff said the plane had
Oldfime Schoolmates
Guests Dencer Home
Liberty Mrs. Emma Dencer
entertained in her home with a
surprise party honoring her sis
ter, Mrs. R. A. Lathrop of Scio.
Guests invited were all former
schoolmates of Liberty grade
school in the old one-room
school house. Many of the
guests had not met the others
there for over 30 years.
Ethel Dove Walling won a
prize for the most grandchil
dren. Three of the women never
married and each was present
ed a consolation prize.
The evening was spent play
ing games and Mrs. Emma
Dencer served refreshments at
a late hour assisted by Mrs.
Lucy Dorman Weller. Others
present were Clara Hardwick
Rees, Ellen Batt Godfrey, Rena
Willard, Dot Dove Walling, Edna
Dencer Rains, Blanche Dove
Walling. Flore Hemsley Jory.
Katie Batt Elgin. May Cleve
land, Mary Davidson Bishop,
Mabel Cleveland Elgin, Ethel
Dove Walling, Hattie Dorman
Lathrop, Minnies Willard Mac-
Lennan, Katie Lathrop Inman
Adeline Cleveland Free, Stella
Hardwick, and Mary Hayes Haskell.
Packard Unveils Fifty Years of Progress Automotive
progress over the last half-century is vividly shown in the
comparison of Packard's Model A built in 1899 and the
new Golden Anniversary Packard Super.
In the last fifty years in an industry that has seen 2,000
car names eliminated Packard has become America's old
est continuous maker of fine automobiles. Of the 42 Ameri
can makes of automobiles exhibited in 1900 at the first U.S.
auto show in New York, only Packard remains as an inde
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The new line of Golden Anniversary Packards contains 77
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window on four-door models, greater engine power in the
Eight and Super longer Super wheelbase, colorful new in
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Attorney Kills I
Wife;ShoolsSelf
The Dalles, Ore., May 10 (U.
Frank G. Dick, 64, one of Ore
gon's most prominent attorneys,
killed his wife and then drove
drunkenly toward central Ore
gon before committing suicide
12 hours later, police said today.
Authorities, piecing together
the evidence of the tragedy,
said Dick apparently shot his
wife, Beulah, 48, with a .38 cal
iber revolver in their home here
early yesterday.
A few hours later, the distin
guished lawyer was arrested at
Dufur, Ore., 20 miles south of
The Dalles, on a charge of
drunk driving. City Policeman
Del Doss said Dick was taken
into custody, booked, and re
leased on bail.
Even t u a 1 1 y , word reached
Dick's son, William, a law asso
ciate, that his father had tried
to contact the 4 police depart
ment. William became alarmed and
rushed to the Dick home. He
found his father dying of a bul
let wound in the head. In the
bedroom, he found the body of
his step-mother. She had been
dead at least 12 hours.
Vancouver Island last night, the
pilot of a light plane was trap
ped in billowing smoke and gas
from the flames and crashed in
to the edge of the fire. The crash
killed the plane's only passen
ger, Lome T. McLean, 36, a log
ging camp foreman. Pilot Wally
Lutz, 27, suffered fractures of
both legs and a dislocated arm.
Both men were thrown from the
wreckage.
Snuff, made from the leaves
of tobacco and other plants, orig
inated in the western hemi
sphere before Columbus reached
it.
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Logger Killed
Near Valsetz
Dallas, Ore., May 10 John
L. Crossman, 40, of Falls City,
head rigger for the E. T. Cone
logging company operations
near Valsetz, was killed instant
ly Monday when he was caught
between a rolling log and a
snag.
Crossman was crushed by the
log which broke loose while
'being pulled by cable and roll
ed around 50 feet, witnesses
said. 1
Crossman is a veteran of
both World wars and is sur
vived by his widow; step-daughter
and step-son. The remains
are in charge of the Henkle
and B oilman mortuary here.
One Killed In Crash
Vancouver, B.C., May 10 Ufi)
Investigating a bush fire on
taken off about 4 p.m. (PST)
from the west side of the lake,
near Summit Lodge, and lost
altitude in attempting a turn.
The plane hit the water about
300 yards from shore.
(At Bend, the forest office
reported the pilot was touring
the lakes with the foresters pri
or to starting an air trip service
for San Francisco fishermen to
Oregon lakes.)
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