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LIKE A BATTLEFIELD Tragic Scenes After Air Crash Graphic Stories

Of Disaster

Shannon Airport, Dec. 28. Amid scenes reminiscent of a battlefield Irish Army emergency crews tonight drove away in lorries the bodies of twelve people-mostly French or American-killed when the Paris- New York Constellation airliner "Star of Calro" crashed on a lonely island in Fergus Island near this airport.

All day rescue squads toiled knee deep in trea- cherous bog mud to extricate the dead and in- jured passengers and the crew of the airliner, totalling 23, which exploded with a blinding flash before bursting into flames on the island early today.

New

Alan

Pugh,

DANGER SPOTS Moslem

New York, Dec, 28, The newspaper PM, in a world affairs prediction for 1947 69 editorialist Maz Werner, asserts there are two, danger spote in view for next year. One is in China, with the possibility of protracted civil war and large scale military operations

The other danger apot is in the settlement of the atomic energy disputes between. Russia and the United States, which may persist even after a full disarmament agree-. ment i reached.—United Prezi

The airport doctor, James, French, of Flushing, O'Boyle, who lost his shoes in York; Lucienne. Simone Clerc,.

from here while on its way from Buffalo, New York Chicago.

to the mud, treated the injured as French; Pierre

First reporta. Indicated that they lay where the explosion French, New York; and Koesel. were injured but it is not yer Dreyfus, several of the 21 persons on board had flung them before they Folish, merchant of New York known. If any were killed, could be removed to hospital. and three Americans,

Local boatmen brought from Charles Lanyon, Washington; the pilot and co-pilot of the plaus Later, however, a report issued by American Airlines said that their beds ferried the victims Clementine

Jeanne in flat bottomed vessels to the Philadelphia, and Alexander were killed and the 21 passengers mainland where they were car-Pekelis, New York,

were all detained in hospital. ried across a further stretch of Those of the crew, who were pilot had rent

The aircraft crashed after the marshland to ambulances and killed were: Navigator Robert saving that he was having trouble wireless mesenga lorries.

Osterburg: Walter McBride of Alexandria,

Flight-Engineer with both engines of the machine.

Reuter Virginia, and Radio-operator | Herbert Burmeister of Washing- ton.

One of the first on the scene, Michael Donellan, servant boy at a nearby farm, tonight told a graphic story of the early hours after the crash. "After a great explosion", he said, "I ran to the scene, scrambling zeross mud and through the river. I was horrified when I fell over a dead man who had been blown

Inquiry Ordered

Action In

Punjab

Calcutta, Dec. Ê....... The Moslem League is plan. ning to set up a "parallel Gov ernment in the Punjab, the newspaper Statesman' report- ed today.

múmiame sa

The Punjab regarded by the League as the "centre-piece- of Fakistan (separato Moslem state in India) and is governed at present by a coalition minis.

Party leader, Sir, Khizr Hyat try headed by the Unionist

Khan Tiwana,. The Congress

League, the largest single party Party is represented coalition and,

in the 'the Moslem in the Assembly, is in oppost- tion.

"

lie treasury will be set up to The Statesman said: "A pub-

finance the national building programme of this Govern- ment" and funds would be rais- ed by taxes and levies.

POWER CUTS WARNING

Among the proposed sources Hamburg, Dec. 28. of revenue" are:- direct contri- The injured are: Passen- A warning of possible power bution of one day's earnings gers; Gunther Lubinski, French, outs in Hamburg industries was

once a year by. Moslém holding engineer of Paris, Jean Claude given today by Herr Borgner, French boy, Davis Stannen- Zelazenagora,

12 year old member of the Hamburg Senate salaried jobs in the Punjab.

in

Secondly, a levy on, the sale charge of Economic Affairs. 75 yards from the wreckage. baum, American..of New York, burg power station will be exconcerns and payment of ten i

He said the supplies of Ham-of bills of Mostem commercial was making in the direction Charles Bruce Delaby and his hausted within Eve or six days: per cent of their monthly allow from which the cries of a baby had been coming, when I fell Delaby; Crew:

mother, Edith Augustine They had already had to start ance by Moslem League, meth-

Radio officer digging into their reserves.bers of the Punjab Legislative, over several injured people who Dudley Hill, Captain Herbert Addressing city officials, Herr Assembly.

༔་ Borgaer Tansey (pilot), Flight-superin-

The names of the people who tendent William Teåle of

pay these levies are to be pub Washington, Elight-officer. Clif-

lished in a "special roll of hon- ford Sparrow, Joseph Logan of

our", the report added.--Reuter. Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Air-hostess Catherine Ferguson of New York.

were moaning".

Blown Clean Out Donellan said that he found the four and a half months old baby, Charles Delaby, neatling In the rushes by the riverside. The baby had been blown clean out of the aircraft.

A report from Washington "As I got to it, an air hostess, i tonight said that the United Catherine Ferguson, herself in States Civil Aeronautical Ad- jared, took the baby in herinatration has ordered an arms. Still clutching It, she immediate investigation into attempted to attend to the in today's crash. The chief safety jured, he added.

officer at the diministration's London office has been, ordered

One of the deal was a young

woman whose mink coat was bloodstained.

An air expert said tonight: "It would appear that those who had their safety belts tied were the ones who were lacerated from the hips".

make preliminary reports:

said that households must have absolute priority and therefore it might be necessary to make a partial or total power cut in certain industries.-Reuter.

Next Year May

Golden

INAL

Year

Be

London, Dec. 28.

to the scene of the crash to If Russia has decided that in the coming year she is to march in friendship and common pur- pose with Britain and America, 1947 may well take its place in history as one of the golden years, declares an editorial in today's Sunday Express.

Officials here declined to dis- cuss, the question of whether the crash might lead to further grounding of Constellations. as happened last July when a Air hostess Ferguson was the Constellation blew up in midair first survivor to reach Shannon with the less of five lives. The airport. She still had baby C.A.A. then ordered all Can Delaby in her arms. He had a stellations to be grounded-and broken thigh, his face

British Overseas Airways covered in mud, but is expected followed suit-pending an a to survive:

quiry. Two weeks later certi sane," the editorial says............

Was

has seemed to the Western De will grow as the New Yene "Soviet Russia, after what, that these signs and portents mocracies long hesitation and ahead of us moves to maturity." often inexplicable obduracy, is-Reuter. moving into step with us down the long road to peace and, a

world restored, re-energised and Food Riots

Iferself covered in mud and cates of airworthiness wore Recalling that a month ago In Italy

suffering from shock and issued and the planes took to the New York Foreign Minis abrasions, Ferguson said: "We the air again after several tera meeting was deadlocked,

Narrow Miss

Shannen, Dec. 28:

Rome, Dec. 28 Food riots spread to the

and

had just told the passengers to major modifications had been the editorial says: "Suddenly, small town of Falmi, in the toe fasten their safety belts and made. --Reuter.⤠prepare for landing when the

in a matter of hours, the Rus crash occurred. That is the

sian attitude changed. A spirit of the Italian boot, as reports last I remember until I got out An immediate Inquiry is un- was born. Within days, the con strikes called in Cosenza

tf friendliness and co-operation reached Rome-crippled by a sellers' strike-of renéral of the aircraft. The last thing derway to determine the cause ference that seemed doomed to Paola. Bari, the scene of yes- the baby's mother asked while of the crash.

failure was able to conclude the I was there was how the baby

It was learned that the plane five peace treaties with Ger was quiet tonight but a group terday's violent demonstrations. Was

developed difficulties shortly many a former satellite states Blinding Flash

after leaving the airfleldin and to fix Moscow as the place

of veterans was reported to Parla but the nature was not for its next meeting in March have, seized - an electric power Mrs. Delaby, wh received immediately known. The fact to tackle the all important pro: plant at Naples demanding to burns and injuries to her lover that the stewardess seeing the blem of Germany's future. limbs, was flying to join her danger ordered the passengers

be employed. BEA

Today a mob of, 2,000' carry- "Who made that tremendous United States. soldier husband to fasten, their safety belts change possible? M. Vyshinsky ing red flags stormed, the rail-

in New York.

probably had ...Night workers at the airport higher death toll.

prevented a har revealed that it was, Mar-way station at Palmi, overcame nald that the explosion "shook

shal Stall who directed the Police and railroad personnel, the very foundations of the airing the plane, was believed to change of policy which means freight cars laden with food for Capt. Herbert Tansey, pilot delegation's every move. The blocked off the tracks with large “Boulders and seized" a dozen port bulidings and occurred bave tried to bring the plane se much for the future of men other towns. Three cars loaded aimultaneously with a great down on the flat fields adjoin- was his. ́ ́ blinding flash, which rose in ing the river. The plane broke "And what follows it? An with flour were taken to the red flames to a height of several apart and exploded when it hit invitation to Field Marshal Palmi communal granaries for hundred feet". ⠀-

the mud island as it raissed Montgomery to visit Russia equal distribution the popu- The Injured were taken to St. reaching the field by little more and study the Red Army,

iner.—United Press John's Hospital and Barrington than 100 yards. Hospital in Limerick and to Clare County Hospital, Ennis, shook Shannon airport, three "Further there are also clear Trans-world Airways at Shan-miles distant. The passengers sighs that Stalin does not, in- non gave the following details and crew scattered over a tend the Moscow conference to UNRRA

around-which so much mis- The blast, following the crash, chievous mystery has developed. Medal For

radius of 50 yards. Emergency end in fallufe. Closer es-opera-

of the nine passengers who were stretchers were rigged to carry tion in Germany is already de- The United Nation Rellet and killed: Francois Salabert, survivors from the wreckage to veloping Aussie is now show- Rehabilitation Mission 10 Greece

Arens, Dec 28. French, muste publisher and boats-United Press. cumposer, 21 Avenue D'Lena, Paris; Marie Zelaznagora, French, of New York, mother of a 12-year-old boy who sur: vived; Maurice Simon, Picard,

Another Crash

Michigan City, Indians,

ing an inclination to meet the

was today awarded

Asilver views of the Western Allies who medal of honour by the Athens, shared victory with her and Academy at a ceremony attended Dec. 28, with her must also shape the by King crash-landed, today three milesIt is the hope of all of us

An American Airlines, plane; future,

Crown Prince the Hellenes, Paul and some Cabinet Ministere

diploma, written in ancient Greek, expresses: "Greece's gratitude to the United Nations who after liberation", saved the Greek people, wore threaten-

COLONY COURIERS?

Colonel UNRRA's

chief of

∙the 270-1 Greece, was awarded

medal for his success- ful anti-malaria Activity Inte

UNERA's programme in this direction has already achieved this, year, an 80 per cent reduc Lion in malaria, Restor

Paris Dec. 20.

The Ile de France - left Chers. bourg yesterday with 2,000 troops. and their milles bound for Morocco, afte

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