Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 299, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1920 — AIRPLANE CRASH FATAL TO 4 [ARTICLE]

AIRPLANE CRASH FATAL TO 4

Big Passenger Ship Hits Tree on Start to England From Paris. London. Dec. 16.—A large passenger airplane Which was leaving Paris for Cricklewood. near London, with six I passengers, fouled a tree, burst Into flames and crashed to the ground. The pilot, a mechanic and two passengers are reported to have been killed and others eff the passengers.injured. The four who lost their lives were pinned beneath the wreckage and burned to death, calling frantically for help, which it was impossible to give in time to save them. Ot th? four passengers who escaped two were slightly hurt, but the others were not injured. There were no Americans aboard the machine.