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AIR DISASTER
DUTCH LINER CRASHES AND BURNS
Baghdad, Dee. 20.
The Dutch airmen and passen- gera aboard the plane which Par-) mentier and Moll piloted in the England-Australia marathon have! now been missing about twenty- four hours.
Twenty-four British aeroplanes are joining in the search for the missing ship.
Oncial quarters here have grave fears for the fate of the machine. Last heard of over Gaza, after she had left Cairo, the Dutchmen flashed an "All Well" message ot midnight.
They were attempting a 15,000 mile flight, from Amsterdam ta the Dutch East Indies and return, carrying Christmas maile, and expected to complete the journey. in five days.--Reuter.
Desert Search
London, Dec. 20. British neroplanes and armoured cars are searching the desert for the Dutch Douglas air finer carry- ing the Christmas mails from Holland to Batavia, of which nothing has been heard since it passed Gaza, Palestine, on its way to Baghand last night.
A terrific thunderstorm occurred during the night in this area, and It Is feared the liner was forced down. Bad visibility and the state of the ground make the search difficult both for aircraft and lond vehicles.
The liner carried three passen. gers and a crew of four, includ ing the pilots, Messrs. Beckman and Van Steenbergen. She is the machine which arrived second in the Melbourne race, when she be came known as the "ying hotel." -British Wiretera.
Burnt Out Plane Found
Cairo, Dec. 21. It is learned here that the Butch air ner, Uiver, has been discovered, burnt out,
The Royal Air Force senrching planes are unable to land any- where in the neighbourhood.
The fate of the air liner's oc- cupants has not yet been deter- mined,
Later.
The R.A.F. planes located the missing air liner at a position just; west of the Rutbah Wells.- Reitter.
Cnsunity Lis!”
Baghdad, Dec. 21,
It is now confirmed that the Butch air liner was found, burnt to einders; on the desert 10 miles south of Ruthah,
Three Dutch passengers, includ ing M. Boretty, a director of the Dutch East Indies News Agency: Professor Walch, of Batavia; the Chief Pilor, M-Beekman, and the three other members of the plane's crew were killed,
K.L.M. and Imperial Airways re- presentatives are leaving by air for the scene of the disaster, which is 40 miles distant from here-leiter.
Later.
It is now conßrmed that four passengera and the four members of the crew were killed.
The plane's crew were: M. Beekman, Chief Pilot:
M. Steenbergen, Second Officer; M.'Waslewyn, Mechanic; M. Van Zadelhoff, Wireless Operator.
It is surmised that the air liner was struck by lightning shortly after emitting a signal at 230 a.m. yesterday asking for her position. When near Rutbah Wells, the plane crashed in country full of narrow gorges and sharp rocky ridges. Reuter.
Later,
It is now learned that three, not four, passengers were killed in the disaster. The third man is ሰ businessman, named Kort,—Router
Holland Mourns
"Amsterdam, Dec, 21. The air disaster, especially in view of the almost venerable place the plane has taken in the minda of Dutchmen since the England- Melbourne Air Race, has caused the most profound regret and con- aternation over the whole of Hol land.
It is pointed out that this is the Arst serious accident the Royal Dutch Lino has had in many years. However, this does not hide the fact that the national pride has been wounded.
The country finds some solace in the fact that their heroes, Par montier and Moll (who came second in the England Australia marathon) were not aboard the muching when it crashed.-Reuter.
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