Lister issued a telephonic statement from Olympia that said, in part: "The passing of the dark shadow of war from an anguished world fills every heart with a feeling of thankfulness. Despite his severe injuries, the pilot William Carey survived. "Mother-in-law jokes and other forms of American humor do not translate well into Chinese, and polite Seattle hosts may wish to avoid them during the Ten Hsiao-ping visit," the P-I reported. The library also has copies of the NTSB published reports for 1967 to the 1990's. The National Transportation Safety Board, Public Inquiries Branch, 490 LeEnfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC 20594, telephone 202-314-6551 or 800-877-6799, has custody of NTSB and CAB aircraft accident reports since 1965. With forty-four fatalities, this crash remains Spokane County's worst aviation incident and was the worst accident for a Boeing C-135 at the time. (Video: Newsflare via AP) Video captured by a local mining company showed the plane hurtling nose first toward the ground at an almost vertical angle. Volunteers Albert Dow and Michael Harrich were searching Odells Gully where they found tracks that might have belonged to the missing climbers. If not sold in 60 days, it would become an online-only publication with a significantly reduced staff or be closed outright. On 14 May 1965, loggers found a parachute and harness in a tall pine tree north of Shelton. The terrain was so treacherous that none of the park rangers or mountain climbing guides recalled anyone ever traversing the glaciers face. The P-I issued some front-page commentary on the strike that didn't mince words: "It is not a strike; it is a delirium-born rebellion. On June 26, the first 14,000 U.S. troops landed in France to begin combat training. Take a journey with us through the Seattle's history with a look at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's historic front pages. Plane crash in SW Washington 1/6 39528. That came from this website (there are others I believe): Thanks John, yep that's the one. Also, the family members and local Marine veterans believed the monument should stay in its original location. Escape to Long Beach, Washington before the summer crowds, 42 years ago: Mount St. Helens woke up and blew her top, Billy Graham: We're sure to recognize each other in Heaven, Police: Bill Gates estate staff member traded child porn by Gmail, Idaho ordered to execute inmate but state lacks lethal drugs. The P-I itself informed Gov. A T.W.A. During the ceremony, Butler was presented with the Distinguished Public Service Certificate and lapel pin, the Navys highest civilian award, for his determined efforts to find the lost Marines. Dense woods, snow cover, and the Cessna's green and white paint scheme made seeing the plane from the air difficult. As reported in this front-page graphic, more than 200 people were injured and the quake caused damage to major roadways, the Starbucks headquarters and the state Capitol. "He was at that time 30 miles south of the range, he estimated. Its the framed Casualties of Mount Washington poster, a list of the 161 known deaths (a total, listed below, that keeps changing) since the state park started recording them in 1849 (presumably the mountain was just as dangerous before the list began). Skirts now soaked and heavier, Lizzie faltered and they stopped for the night, sheltered behind a hastily built stone pile. It became the Daily Intelligencer in 1876 and then took over a new daily startup, The Post, in 1881, becoming the Seattle Post-Intelligener.Read more about its early history here. Washington's ravines, Wild weather and the Mt. Around 6:25 p.m. Thursday, the AFRCC called back and said they confirmed radar showed a small plane go down and provided a general area. It's important to note SeattlePI today does not condone, not would ever use, the anti-Japanese slur used in these headlines. 114 115. The husband and wife are identified as 42-year-old Brian J. Makar and 43-year-old Carrie R. Makar, both of Burien, Washington. It was supposed to be a routine trip for six Marine Corps transport planes heading to Seattle from San Diego on Dec. 10, 1946, but the mountains of western Washington were "storm-shrouded" at the time. The 32 U.S. Marines remain entombed forever on Mount Rainier. A wing from a Cessna 208B broke away before the plane crashed Friday into a field northeast of Seattle, killing the four people on board, the National Transportation Safety Board said on. But extracting a 10,000-pound boulder from a wilderness area wasnt feasible and it would require an act of Congress to allow its removal from a national park. The $41 million six-lane project linked Northeast 145th Street to the freeway, stretching north to Everett. Skiing, sports and Mt. All were lifted out by helicopter. The current theory now is that the jet crashed somewhere deep in the southern Olympic Mountains. The tragic Mount Erebus Disaster . Before making any decisions, Navy officials advised they would seek expert advice from the Armys famous Mountain Division about recovery efforts. . Air Force B-52 Crashes Just Before Landing in Washington | Loose Cannon (With Real Video) TheFlightChannel 1.43M subscribers Join Subscribe Save 1.9M views 1 year ago Find out why a Boeing B-52. The front page of the SeattlePost-Intelligenceron Wednesday,Dec. 11, 1946. The aircraft crashed at about 5:30 p.m. (2230 GMT) in misty and wet conditions in Montgomery Village, Maryland, on Sunday, according to the Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service. The following day, Butler flew over the area in a Navy reconnaissance plane to assist photographing the area where he saw the debris. Their analysis was bolstered by reports from persons on the ground along the supposed line of flight where the Curtis R5C disappeared, who reported hearing a plane flying overhead. There's A Hike In Washington That Leads You Straight To An Abandoned Plane Crash The Olympic National Forest's Buckhorn Wilderness is located in the northeast portion of the park. During a violent rainstorm and fearing mudslides, the Willey family fled their home to a nearby stone structure theyd built for just such an event. Park rangers thought that recent heavy snows on Mount Rainier would have covered any signs of wreckage. Pasted as rich text. Home; Map of crashes; List by . Plane crash map Locate crash sites, wreckage and more. The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, a military variant of the Boeing 367-80 (known as the Dash-80), is the only jet aircraft designed specifically for aerial refueling missions. In the cabin, the three passengers and flight attendant survived without injuries. Facts are listed in no particular order. Copyright 2022 CascadeClimbers.com A memorial has been erected at the site to honor the six servicemen who were killed in the crash. The plane's radar was last picked up in forest land near Yacolt, a small town northeast of Vancouver and south of Mount St. Helens. Added: 22 Jun 2021. Spokane. The four rodeo performers killed in Monday's plane crash on Mount Rainier were chasing the riches of ``Cowboy Christmas,'' a 10-day stretch in which a competitor may hit a dozen shows and make 20 percent of his annual earnings. Tri-Cities Airport officials said the . The accident nearly duplicates the crash of a KC-135 into Mount Kit Carson in September 1962, killing 44 airmen, the worst aviation disaster in the history of Spokane County. An earlier statement said the destination was Seattle Tacoma International Airport. You can review our Community Guidelines by clicking here. The two remaining aircraft, flying entirely by instruments (IFR), pressed onward toward Seattle. UPDATE 7:30 p.m.: Two bodies from a Buffalo Mountain plane crash were removed from the site in the Ramsey Creek section of southern Washington County on Saturday evening and were taken for autopsy . Washington. The area were the jet was presumed to have crashed has long since been logged out and populated. Details. Photo reconnaissance aircraft would continue monitoring the crash site so that if and when conditions on the glacier improved, further attempts could be made to find and recover the bodies. Mt. Needle in haystack. The wreckage was finally spotted on December 2, on Boott Spur, at the 5,500 foot level of Mt. Crews . Your link has been automatically embedded. In 1963, the P-I printed commemorative issues from the 1897 Klondike Gold Rush, during which gold-seekers funneled through Seattle to Alaska to strike it rich. Just before midnight, a Navy patrol bomber careened through the rain and smashed into the southern face of the mountain,. However south of Portland, the wind changed direction, blowing from the west at 70 m.p.h. It became the Daily Intelligencer in 1876 and then A heavy volume of rocks and boulders falling from the glaciers headwall forced the search party to withdraw, but they brought out wallets, rings, watches, and personal papers of many of the men who died. I havent been able to find a confirmed source for that. A simple monument beside the Cog Railway commemorates the spot where she died. Stories of the front page included a poem about friendship in old age, Civil War news and a harrowing story from Naples, Italy, in which a mason was kidnapped to carve a hole out of a wall, where a young woman was forced into a coffin that was then inserted into the hole and walled off by the mason. Still, authorities suspected that the aircraft had crashed on Mount Rainier or somewhere in the vicinity. The temperature was around 20 below, the wind was blowing, and visibility was terrible. In the morning, clouds lifted to reveal Tip-Top House, only a few hundred feet away. On Monday, July 21, 1947, Assistant Chief Ranger Bill Butler, 38, was hiking up Success Cleaver on his day off, monitoring snow levels and climbing conditions, when he spotted some aircraft wreckage, including a bucket seat, high on South Tahoma Glacier. The bodies of 11 men were tangled inside, according to HistoryLink. Scott Stevens, age 19, of Cucamunga, CA, Robert Ellenberg, age 19, of New York City, NY, and Charles Yoder, age 24, of Hartford, CT, were all killed January 26, 1969 from a climbing accident in Yale Gully in Huntington Ravine. In 1946, it was the worst accident, in numbers killed aboard an aircraft, in United States aviation history and remains Mount Rainiers greatest tragedy. Ask Glacier Name for Marines, The New York Times, September 15, 1947, p. 21; Robert N. Ward, Marine Transport Feared Down in Mountain Region, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 11, 1946, p. 1; Hunt Abandoned at Mount Purcell, Ibid., December 12, 1946, p. 1; Jack Jarvis, Bad Weather Halts Search of Ice Fields, Ibid., December 13, 1946, p. 1; Gene Schroeder, Storm Blocks Plane Search by Rangers, Ibid., December 14, 1946, p. 1; E. P. Chalcraft, Plane rescue Team Sweats Out Delay, Ibid., December 15, 1946, p. 1; Long Missing Plane Believed Found on Rainier, Ibid., July 23, 1947, p. 1; E. P. Chalcraft, Arduous Trek Starts to Site of Craft Wreckage, Ibid., July 24, 1947, p. 1; E. P. Chalcraft, Searching Party Risks death to Reach Tragic Scene, Ibid., July 25, 1947, p. 1; E. P. Chalcraft, Search On Foot Halted for Plane Victims in Rainier Ice, Ibid., July 27, 1947, p. 9; E. P. Chalcraft, Rainier May Hold Forever Bodies of Air Crash Victims, Ibid., July 26, 1947, p. 1; Report Eleven Bodies Found On Rainier, Ibid., August 20, 1947, p. 1; Lucille Cohen, Risk Lives to Get 11 Dead Off Rainier, Ibid., August 21, 1947, p. 1; All 32 Marine Bodies Located, Ibid., August 24, 1947, p. 9; Robert N. Ward, Taps Echoes Over Rainier for Marines, Ibid., August 25, 1947, p. 1; Lloyd Stackhouse, Marine Plane Dead to Rest On Mt. A three week search failed to find any trace of the missing jet. 107, 108 and 109. By Associated Press July 5, 2021. Evidence for it's final resting place is all over. from Mt. Colonel Alben C. Robertson, Santa Ana Heights, California, Copilot, Master Sergeant Wallace J. Slonina, Rochester, New York, Crew Chief, Master Sergeant Charles F. Criswell, San Diego, California, Private Duane R. Abbott, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Private Robert A. Anderson, Raymondville, Texas, Private Leslie R. Simmons, Jr., Kalama, Washington, Private Harry K. Skinner, Confluence, Pennsylvania, Private Lawrence E. Smith, Lincoln, Nebraska, Private Buddy E. Snelling, Columbus, Ohio, Private Bobby J. Stafford, Texarkana, Texas, Private William D. St. Clair, Los Angeles, California, Private John C. Stone, Los Angeles, California, Private Albert H. Stubblefield, Bakersfield, California, Private William R. Sullivan, Ardmore, Oklahoma, Private Chester E. Taube, Fresno, California, Private Harry L. Thompson, Jr., Kansas City, Kansas, Private Duane S. Thornton, Biola, California, Private Eldon D. Todd, Fort Collins, Colorado, Private Richard P. Trego, Denver, Colorado, Private Charles W. Truby, Anthony, Kansas, Private Ernesto R. Valdovin, Tucson, Arizona, Private Gene L. Vremsak, Calexico, California, Private William E. Wadden, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Private Donald J. Walker, Hoquiam, Washington, Private Gilbert E. Watkins, Tuscon, Arizona, Private Louis A. Whitten, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Frederick Strickland owns a grim first he was the first-recorded person to die on Mount Washington on October 19, 1849. The Weekly Intelligencer debuted Aug. 5, 1867 as a later iteration of The report was followed by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center (AFRCC) contacting dispatch and saying they had an airplane radar that disappeared over the Mount Jefferson Wilderness Area. In addition to the 11 men found in the crushed nose section, 14 more bodies, most encased in ice, and a considerable amount of the broken plane, were discovered wedged in a crevasse. A float plane carrying 10 people including three of Megan Hilty's family members crashed in Washington's Puget Sound earlier this month By Shafiq Najib Published on September 13, 2022 10:00 PM Region. The Terrifying, Deadly Plane Crash In Montana That Will Never Be Forgotten. war against Germany after its invasion of Poland, setting off World War I read on NWHikers about Jet wreckage somewhere in the upper reaches Hayes River or Godkin creek (can't remember which). Some pieces of the plane were located by an assistant chief ranger hiking up Success Cleaver, on the South Tahoma Glacier at about 9,500 feet in elevation, on July 21, 1947. This relates to past investigation I've been involved with re: a downed F-102 from 1962. traveled to Seattle to check out the World's Fair. On Wednesday, July 23, 1947, the Navy established a radio relay station and base camp at Indian Henrys Hunting Ground, altitude 5,800 feet, on the slopes of Pyramid Peak. Rule, Commandant of Naval Air Station Sand Point, announced the official decision to cease all recovery efforts on South Tahoma Glacier. His activities included touring a Boeing 747 plant at Paine Field in Everett and dining at Canlis in Seattle. Additional air resources (the U.S. Coast Guard) also responded and were unable to locate a downed plane. The Curtis Commando (C-46/R5C) was the largest and heaviest twin-engine transport aircraft used by the U.S. military during World War II (1941-1945). The Linn County Sheriffs Office was assisted by the Deschutes County Dispatch Center, Life Flight, the US Coast Guard, Federal Aviation Administration, and National Transportation Safety Board with this investigation. the Seattle Gazette. I found many interesting artifacts along the way. But over 70 years ago, during World War II, tragedy struck in Billings when a plane fell from the sky in early December. Weather's existence remained a secret to all but top federal officials until TWA Flight 514 crashed in close proximity to the site in December 1974. Clear editor. While crews were searching, the AFRCC advised they had received a report of a missing/overdue aircraft. On the shoulder of Bald Hill, just northeast of Mount Beacon, at an elevation of about 1,100 feet, there are the remains of a Navy transport plane that crashed on Nov. 11, 1945. A couple from Washington state have died in a plane crash in western Montana. The Gazette, which ran weekly, initially cost 12 cents. And in 1959 a Piper Comanche airplane crashed in a remote area of the 45,000-acre Pemigewasset Wilderness. The following day, officials from the Army, Navy, and National Park Service met at Fort Lewis to discuss the recovery problems. It was then an avalanche swept through, killing Dow. The sheriff said Linn County Search and Rescue teams hiked into the area and set up camp near the crash location. An intensive search around and west of Nisqually Glacier by air and ground units failed to uncover a single clue to the planes whereabouts. Twenty-five Army, Navy, and Coast Guard aircraft were launched to search the slopes of Mount Rainier and as far south as Toledo in Lewis County for any sign of the missing Curtis R5C transport. The F102A left on a training flight over the Olympics when it vanished. The best times to visit this trail are May through October. The National Transportation Safety Board says the airplane crashed Thursday . While on the way down, he got lost, eventually meeting his fate in the bed of the Ammonoosuc River in the Ammonoosuc Ravine. That afternoon, the first fragments of an aircraft were found at the 9,500-foot level, strewn over a quarter-mile-wide area and partially embedded in the ice. June 6, 1917: The P-I reports on the local response to the escalating World War I. Historians, with the advantage of better perspective, may set down the part played by each nation, but for the present it is sufficient for us to contemplate that we have won together and that we must begin the work of reconstruction together. They believed the wreckage, if it could be located, would be scattered on one of the glaciers on the south or southwest side of the mountain. a cursory net search turned this up, not too specific but interesting nonetheless: - 10 Nov 1962 USAF F102A 56-1387 1 PAX Paine AFB, WA to Local. Haven't been able to find any other official or unofficial reports to that effect. After Dows death, the Legislature passed a law making Mountain Rescue Service volunteers working under New Hampshire Fish and Game covered by both life insurance and workers compensation. After two weeks, the search for the missing aircraft is suspended. A month later, rangers returned to the site and found the crushed nose of the plane at 10,500 feet in elevation. 55.- 62. They eventually retreated, but returned the next morning. More can be found in the avalanche meadow below. Roster of Marines on board the Curtis Commando R5C, No. "Its politics are Republican by 10,000 majority.". Approximately 200 persons attended the solemn service, including the families of 14 of the men. The one-year anniversary paper of The Great Fire detailed the city's rehabilitation, calling Seattle "Daughter of Phoenix. Later that week, mountaineers tried to search the area for the missing men, but bad weather cut the mission short. There are reports of aircraft pieces all over the Olympics. But poor visibility and bad weather throughout southwestern Washington kept the search planes grounded. There Navy officials positively identified the health record as belonging to a marine aboard the missing Curtis R5C transport. In his presentation address, Colonel D. A. Stafford, USMC, told the audience that Butler had declined the $5,000 reward offered by the parents for locating the missing plane, explaining that he had only been discharging his duties as a park ranger. Winds turned chill and damp, and clouds obscured the trail. I do remember the stuff up higher as well. Still, the lost Marines would not be forgotten. He crash landed in Washington County, but his plane was not found until June 24th and his body was not . 63, 64 and 65. A January 1919 edition warning of the pending Seattle General Strike also covered the lasting effects of World War I veterans. The aircraft came down in a flat area where it sheared its wings before flipping over. I have always been curious about the history of the accident. Sep 14, 2007. We invite you to find more tidbits about the Northeasts highest summit here. Although it was only another half mile up the glacier, it took another four hours to reach the wreckage of the nose section. Capt. Over the next few days, Navy and National Park Service officials discussed the feasibility of the removing bodies from the glacier for burial. The cause of most of these deaths can be summarized by the six words also tacked to the wall in a much larger font: The Worst Weather in the World.. 0. Although circumstances had changed dramatically, the decision was made to proceed with the service. The plane was estimated to be approximately 30 miles south of Toledo, the midpoint between Seattle and Portland. I know this is an old string, but was looking up some information regarding my grandfather's plane crash and ran across this thread. All of the Curtis R5Cs had sufficient fuel to fly for 10 hours, giving officials hope that Major Reilly had landed his plane safely at some remote location. In other news that day, Dr. Henry Suzzallo - the namesake for that library at UW - arrived in Olympia to assist an ailing Gov. The search for the missing plane resumed the next summer, after some of the snow had melted. The Naval Public Information Office in Seattle announced that all 32 Marine bodies had been located; 25 had been seen and there was no doubt the other seven were there also. Updated: 4:18 PM PDT July 5, 2021. After two unsuccessful attempts to restart the engine, pilot Captain Joseph W. Wildt decided to ditch the F102 and headed it north towards Lake Washington. An unscientific breakdown of the list, which includes several vague causes of death indirectly associated with Mount Washington, reveals the following reasons as the most common: Inevitably, some of the deaths in the park were avoidable. The ceremony concluded with a bugler playing taps and the traditional 21-gun salute. Something to consider. They were flying using only their instruments from an altitude of 9,000 feet when they reached stormy conditions. Anyone seen any? Public Affairs Specialist Ian Gregor said the FAA had issued an alert to pilots, airports and public safety agencies after the pilot's family reported the flight was overdue. Other incidents are more heartbreaking, involving good Samaritans dying while trying to rescue injured/missing skiers or hikers. Details. FAA records show the plane was built in 1966 and owned by Wirt and his wife. Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2733053. "In his last radio message, the pilot of the missing plane told the Toledo range station he was flying at 9,000 feet and proceeding normally," the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported on Dec. 11, 1946, the day after the plane disappeared. The NBC show "Dateline" is having a two-hour program Friday that looks at the case of a Canadian man who was accused of flying a rental plane into Montana's Little Bitterroot Lake in . Rainier, Ibid., August 28, 1947, p. 1; Fit Resting Place for Plane Victims, Ibid., August 29, 1947, p. 8; Navy Honors Finder of Plane Wreckage on Mount Rainier, Ibid., August 19, 1848, p. 1; Park Ranger Given Award, Ibid., October 4, 1948, p. 4; Candy Hatcher, Gods Monument to 32 Marines, Ibid., March 30, 2000, p. A-1; Search for Craft Moves to Randle, The Seattle Times, December 11, 1946, p. 1; Floods Slow search for Lost Marine Corps Plane, Ibid., December 12, 1946, p. 2; State Men on Missing Marine Corps Plane, Ibid., December 13, 1946, p. 13; Plane Searchers Wait on Weather, Ibid., December 14, 1946, p. 2; Weather Balks Search Parties Hunt for Plane, Ibid., December 15, 1946, p. 3; 18 Planes Hunt Lost Transport, Ibid., December 16, 1946, p. 13; Rangers Start Plane Search Tomorrow, Ibid., July 23, 1947, p. 5; Robert L. Twiss, Bad Weather delays Search for Lost Plane, Ibid., July 24, 1947, p. 1; Robert L. Twiss, Some Wreckage found in First Assault of Ice-Choked Terrain, Ibid., July 25, 1947, p. 19; Army May Seek Rainier Bodies, Ibid., August 20, 1947, p. 14;Body Removal Plans Uncertain, Ibid., August 21, 1947, p. 9; Final Climb to Crash Slated, Ibid., August 24, 1947, p. 10; Climbers Study Removing Bodies, Ibid., August 25, 1947, p. 5; Parley Set on Body Removal, Ibid., August 27, 1947, p. 2; Crash Victims Will Remain on Glacier, Ibid., August 28, 1947, p. 21; Navy Rewards Ranger Who Found Lost Plane, Ibid., August 19, 1948, p. 12; Ranger Receives Service Medal, Ibid., October 4, 1948, p. 7; "Butler, Veteran Rainier Ranger, Gets into Print, Ibid., November 9, 1949, p. 12. 136 137. Another concern was the missing aircraft's color, black, making the wreckage extremely difficult to spot from the air. En route from Chico, California, to Billings, Montana, the DC-3 crashed during a storm. The airplane crashed Thursday . . "And only a quarter hour or so later, the plane should have been picked up by the powerful CAA station at Everett, to which it had been cleared by traffic control.". Snow bridges, which were there previously, had collapsed and new crevasses had opened up all through the ice. WELCOME TO THE CASCADECLIMBERS.COM FORUMS. This wind shift, unknown to the pilot, pushed the plane approximately 25 degrees to the east, directly on a path into Mount Rainier. Like other 19th-century women, she wore full skirts, petticoats and pantaloons yards of heavy fabric. The FAA also identifies the non-profit Valley Fliers as the owner of the plane. See map. There was no indication of any problems during communications with the pilot. Paste as plain text instead, Although there have been more than 325 fatalities in Mount Rainier National Park since it was established by Congress in 1899, the plane crash on December 10, 1946, remains the greatest tragedy in the mountains history. Additional unions voted in favor of a greater strike that led to 65,000 walking off the job in February and grinding the city to a halt for five days. "Under normal circumstances, the pilot would have called Toledo again when he was over the station, approximately eight minutes later. The Weekly Intelligencer debuted Aug. 5, 1867 as a later iteration of the Seattle Gazette. In the Sept. 3, 1939 edition, the front page shows Britain declaring But conditions on the mountain and glacier were intense. Radar tracked the aircraft to a point NW of Shelton in Grays County. Has anybody found reliable facts? Air rescue units remained on alert, waiting for a break in the weather. Clinching the decision was a letter written after the memorial service by parents of six of the Marines aboard the ill-fated plane, stating that sufficient effort had been made to recover their sons remains: Parents who had left Mount Rainier before the letter was written also expressed the desire that no more lives be risked in recovery efforts. Search and Rescue was able to locate the plane, a single-engine Cirrus SR22. In effect, the 32 Marines would stay where they died, among the wreckage of the Curtis R5C. Finally, at 9 a.m. on Thursday, July 24, 1947, the search party started the arduous three-and-a-half mile climb toward South Tahoma Glacier. A Boy Scout Troop Leader died from a sudden cardiac arrest on July 22, 2002, 200 feet up from the start of the Crawford Path. Its lead: "In the most deadly terrorist onslaught ever waged in the United States, knife-wielding hijackers crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center yesterday, toppling its twin 110-story towers. The rangers reported hearing the roar of avalanches on the glacier, which could have easily buried any wreckage forever. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer alerted readers to the strike on Feb. 6, 1919. The "Curtis Commando" R5C planes departed San Diego at 10:36 a.m. Instead, the National Park Service affixed a bronze plaque, bearing the names of the Marines, on a large granite boulder at Round Pass, overlooking South Tahoma Glacier. Aug. 9, 1974: The P-I splashes President Richard Nixon's resignation across the front page, reporting that he would step down at 9 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. Did you ever think of Washington as a "parallelogram?" Phoebe Loomes. On Monday, August 25, 1947, 13 climbers, led again by Butler, returned to South Tahoma Glacier to assess the feasibility of removing the bodies for burial without undue hazard. Friend of mine just informed me that a Navy PV-1 Ventura crashed on NE side of the mountain on May 14th, 1943 with the loss of the entire crew of five. It names five crew members. Many of the rangers thought the aircraft might have crashed into the Nisqually Glacier on the south slope of the mountain. On October 3, 1948, he was awarded the Department of the Interiors highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, and given a promotion that netted him a salary increase of $126 per year. The single-engine Textron 208B went down at 9:35 . When Major Reilly failed to contact Toledo, establishing his new altitude, air traffic controllers became concerned. "Our sincerest condolences go out to the friends and family of the individual during this difficult time," the Coast Guard said. The aircraft experienced severe weather including heavy rain, high wind and lightning. AIRPLANE CRASHES. On May 14, 1943 a Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, Bureau Number (BuNo) 33142, which operated out of NAS Seattle, crashed into Mount Rose, in the Olympic National Forest in Washington State, roughly 40 miles west of Seattle. 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