Evening star. [volume], March 25, 1937, Page A-4, Image 4

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Only 3 Survive Crash Involv
ing Professional Roller
Skating Troupe.
Uf tta« Associated Tress.
SALEM, 111., March 25.—Three men
remained alive today, survivors of one
of the Nation's worst motor bus acci
dents, which claimed the lives of 20
members of a professional roller
akating troupe.
With two others, they were hurled
through open windows by explosions
following the crash of the privately
owned vehicle into a bridge abutment
near here yesterday.
Their clothing aflame, they stood
by helplessly as 18 others burned to
death in the inferno of blazing
wreckage.
At the Salem Community Hospital,
two of the survivors—Mrs. Emily
Thomas. Chicago, wife of the driver,
and Ted Mullen, Portland, Oreg., an
nouncer—died early today.
, Three Taken to St. Louis.
John L. “Schoolboy" Creekmore,
Miami. Fla.; Dick Thomas, Chicago,
the driver, and Don Flanery, Kansas
City, Mo., were transferred to a St.
Louis hospital today. Creekmore’s
condition was critical.
Six bodies, one that of a 4-year-old
child, had been tentatively identified
early today. The remaining 14 were
so badly burned that intimate friends
and fellow workers found it impossible
to identify them, Richard S. Kaplan,
Gary, Ind., general counsel for the
Transcontinental Roller Derby Asso
ciation, Inc., said.
The party was en route from St,
Louis to Cincinnati when the tragedy
occurred on U. S. Highway No. 50, I
Just two miles west of the city. The j
bus was going down a grade when its
right front tire blew out. The heavy
machine was hurled on Its side across
the highway and burst into flames
when the gasoline tank exploded.
Flames leaped 40 feet in the air,
turning the bus into a funeral pyre
for Its trapped victims.
“Survivors said the bus appeared to
explode and then there was fire all
over and all were caught in it,”
stated Dr. H. L. Logan of the Salem
Hospital staff.
State's Attorney Ward Holt said
today he had “conducted a partial in
vestigation" of the accident "which
Clearly indicated its cause to be the
blowout of the right front tire.” He
■aid there was little to be gained by
examination of the wreckage—a small
ugly pile of bent metal.
Coroner S. B. Carrigan of Marion
County said an inquest will not be
held for several days. “We hope by
that time some of the injured may be
able to testify,” he added.
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Bus Wreckage in Which 18 Persons Perished
In this wreckage—that of a private bus which crashed into a bridge abutment and caught fire—18 persons died late yesterday
at Salem, III. Most of them ivere members of a roller skating derby troup en route from St. Louis to Cincinnati. Two more
expired early today in a hospital. Insert: Richard Thomas of Chicago, driver of the bus. He was thrown through windshield and
injured. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto.
MRS. NIKAS DENIED NEW
TRIAL IN RELIEF DISPUTE
Mrs. Anastasia Nikas, who was con
victed last week of 10 cases of false
pretenses involving $147 In funds se
cured from the public assistance
division, was denied a new trial yes
terday by Judge Walter J. Casey.
The court agreed to defer sentence
until March 31, and the case will be
investigated by the probation office.
The defendant was arrested when
her husband notified authorities that
his wife had a bank account. He
admitted on the stand that he took
this action after his release from
jail, where he served a term for non
support.
Through an interpreter Mrs. Nikas
told the court that the money in the
bank was a dowry for her daughter,
established by Mrs. Nikas’ uncle in
1922 and added to from time to time
by the uncle, ftather than touch
this money, she said, the family had
submitted to eviction from their
rooms upon three occasions and had
suffered other privations..
The Government contended that
since the money was in her own
name she had made a false state
ment to relief authorities when she
failed to mention a bank account
when she applied for relief.
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MANILA, March 25 (/P).—The Chi
nese steamer Cheong On, rudder
gone, foundered in a stormy East
China sea today oS Shanghai await
ing response to her SOS for “imme
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Word of the Cheong On's plight
was intercepted by the steamer Tau
rus, which gave its location as near
the Chinese vessel, but did not indi
cate if It were proceeding to the help
less carrier’s aid.
The 1,483-ton vessel is owned by
the Zin Kong Stear.ship Co. of
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BRITISH AIRLINER
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Company Deaiei Report Three
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BT the Associated Press.
LYON, Prance, March 24.—A British
Imperial Airways flying boat was re
ported today to have fallen Into deep
snow on Sid Beaujolals Mountain, near
the town of Ouroux, Rhone Depart
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Reports differed on the casualties.
Advices from near the scene of the
crash said three persons were believed
killed and two Injured when the plane,
bound for Alexandria on Its maiden
trip from Southampton, fell from a
height of 2,000 feet.
Imperial Airways, however, said tn
Paris that It was Informed none was
dead, but that several of the crew of
five and one passenger were hurt.
The plane, local advices said, was
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(In London It was stated the plane’s
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Weather
(Continued From First Page.)
freezing temperatures plagued a wide
expanse of the midcontinent.
A 22-inch snowfall deluged Brook
ings, Watertown, Sisseton and the
Black Hills territory of South Dakota.
Mitchell, Huron, Pierre and Aberdeen
were cut oft when a 50-mlle-an-hour
wind and snow snapped wires.
The Aberdeen American News re
ceived Associated Press news reports
by short-wave radio. Schools were
closed In a score of communities.
Drifts In Minnesota ranged up to 10
feet. Snow plow crews rescued 20 bus
passengers marooned near Faribault.
The storm dipped into Wisconsin,
Nebraska and Illinois. Highway traf
fic In Western Nebraska was at a
standstill. Chicago got a mixture of
bad weather, Including rain, sleet and
snow.
Tornados swept parts of Alabama
and Kentucky. Two were dead at
Ozark, Ala., and at least 30 persons
were injured in a twister at Win
chester, Ky.
A dust blizzard descended on Okla
homa, Kansas, Missouri and the Texas
Panhandle, while a combination of
dust, snow and rain produced "red
snow" at Ames, Iowa. The "duster”
cut visibility to less than 100 feet at
Ouymon, Okla. Schools were closed
at Woodward and Boise City, Okla.
Forecasters reported rainfall at Los
Angeles lor the season totaled 21.86
inches, highest since 1914. Rangers
rescued 14 scouts stranded in a truck
by mud and snow.
Glass Auto Displayed.
A glass automobile revealing every
detail of the construction was shown
at this year’s Berlin motor show.
Jewish Home Plans Celebration.
Former residents of the Jewish
Foster Home, 3213 Q street, will at
tend the celebration of the Seder at
the home tomorrow night.
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Capt. Bellande to Wed Molly La
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LOS ANGELES, March 35 OP).—
Oapt. Edward A. Beillande, transport
pilot, and Molly Lamont, screen act
ress, announced yesterday they would
be married next Tuesday.
Bellande five years ago was pre
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President Roosevelt for saving the
lives of passengers by successfully
landing a burning plane at Bakers
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