The Texhoma Times (Texhoma, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, April 6, 1923 Page: 4 of 6
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■UGOTON PLANE
PLUNGES TO EAKTH
Three OcrupanU in 'the Machine. Two
Killed, and one (Severely Injured.
About 6:30 o'clock Sunday evening
an airplane circled around over Roll a, the railroad.
drawing -.lie at enunn if several pto-jaid of the flyers and found
ing a landing on account of it being
so near night. The plane flew over the
ball diamond back east over 0. M.
Shaeffers residence,- then west again
near the edge of town, when ft made
a sudden plunge to the ground in El-
ver Stout's field about 400 fee from
People rushed to the
the ma-
down in a nose dive and with a thud was caused by the fall of the alr^J ^
that was heard for several blocks. The Tucker turned the case over to under-
tail was bept up over the main part, | taker Peacock who arrived about an
doubling itself at the front seat of the hour later.
cockpit. This threw the men in a heap | After Dr. Ellis heard tJle na e
in the two seats, and the tail of the "Holman,' he suggested that the Ho -
machine had to be pulled back in order mans in Hugoton be notified, ami it
to get to the men. | was learned that A. Stuart Holman
The pilot was the firsft removed, he was a brother of Joseph and Otis Hoi-
1 e T T u. TJ r* CV>nU>at*a 1/lPn-
ft
Wml
Pie, who watched the plane "until it | chine a total wreck with three men ] Stod° MUD^a/' as th^ avlatofof
made its fatal dive. Witnesses of the pinned in the two seats of thei mach | ^ wag w,,lged in> in such the Hugoton Aircraft Association and
fall state that the engine was missing j 1 he plane was about 100 feet hig iti that it was difficult to get piece by piece the tragedy was cleared
fire, and thought the driver was mak-jwhen it t.pped to one side and cam. ^ Thye Holman brcrthers and several
in this seat, and his legs were caught Hugoton people were soon on the
in the lower part of the frame. Wood- i scene, and took charge of bodies and
work, pipes and wires had to be brok- the wounded man. They told the anx-
en and cut before he could be taken ious crowd that the men left Hugoton
out. A little breathing was noticed Sunday noon for Manter, where Dou-
a't the time I Ran was to do some fancy flying and
The three' men were rushed to town Art Fair, manager of the Hugoton oil
in autos, and the Rolla Hotel turned Station was booked to do wing walk-
into a morgue and hospital. Dr. Ellis ing. A strong wind came up from
was called and examined two of the the northeast soon after noon and the
bodies, pronounced one dead and the stunt flying was called off. Dougan
other so near gone that medical aid had carried several passengers that
would be of no use; he died a few min' morning, and his billbook contained
utes later. The doctor then turned his | some $5 bills and two checks on an
time to the first man out, the pilot, Elkhart bank, the fare being $5.
he found the lower jaw was broken in It is supposed the men started, back
three or four places, some ugly cuts to Hugoton and the wind being so
about the head and minor bruises-1 strong it carried them too far south,
Three places on his face were sewed ,3nd they were trying to maked a land
up and his head bandaged up as firft' ing to stay over night in Rolla.
aid, in order to gat him on the way to The bodies of Hainds and Holman
a hospital. About twenty mintes elap-1 were taken to Hugoton, and Dougan
sed between the time the plane fell was taken to a hospital in Liberal, lea
and when the three men were placed ving here about 9 P- M.
in the hotel. The plane was searched Dougan was in the army air ser
for identification, lettering on the bot-! vice overseas during the World war,
tom of the wings could not be made and his plane was shot down twice by
out and it was thought to be a plane the enemy, once falling from a height
from some distant place. Later the of 3000 feet landing on a building he
bodies were searched. On the wound- staying on the 2nd floor whie the en-
ed man a card was found with the gine crashed on thru to the basement,
name of Bill Dougan, notify Helen He was shot twice in one leg, and went
Dougan, Neosho, Mo. and also I. 0. O. thru a total of five airplane accidents,
F and Royal Neighbor receipts from this one of Saturday making the sixth,
that town; on another body a card was He was recently married in Missouri,
found with the name of A. Stuart it is reported; his mother and wife
Holman, notify P. Vaughn, Perry Mo. came to Liberal after learning of t e
and on the third a tie clasp was found accident.
with the initials "D. I. H." and the A sister- of Hainds, Mrs. Elizabeth
name D. I. Hainds in the coat pocket. Wilson, lives in Dodge City an opera-
Telephone connections were soon made tor for the Soo'thwestern Bell Tele-
to Missouri to above named people. 1 phone Co., came to Hugoton Mon ay
to Missouri to the above amed people, noon. Mr. Hsinds was married, his
Helen Dougan is mother of Bill Dou-j wife and children were in Missouri
gan, and Mrs. P. Vaughn is mother of. visiting while he found another loca-
A. Stuart Holman. I tion. as he had sold everything by pub
The undertaker, Ralph Peacock of lie sale in February. He had gone to
Elkhait was called to bring the hearse Manter in a car to look at a farm in
and ambulance. County Coroner Dr. I Stanton County. It is Hudthat
Tucker was notified, and he stated as he watched the plane at H"f?oto
that an inquest was not necessary if about two weeks ago, that he ma
there were plenty of witnesses who the remark, "I wouldn't ride in t
saw the accidcnt and knew that death thing for half of Hugoton. At Man
ter he was coaxed and dared to get in
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the plane and ride home; he climed in
and this was his first and last ride.
His neck was broken and death was
instantaneous while examinaton
Showed that Holman received a blow
in the forehead which caused his
death 30 minutes later. Tnese two
men were caught in the crash in the
front seat of the cockpit, and the bo-
dies were crushed, breaking Hainds
legs and bones in both bodies.
Holman was a cousin of Carl Stu-
art, of the Block Garage, and Joseph
death 30 minutes later. These two
Stuarts and their wives were in Hu-
goton Monday on account of the death
of their cousin.
It was a pitiful sight to gaze upon
these men, The incident cast a shadow
of gloom over the city, even though
they were practically strangers to Rol
| la citizens.
All day Monday, people from far
and near went to the scene of the ac-
cident to view the wrecked machine,
and a guard was placed on duty to
keep souvenir seekers from , taking
I parts of the plane as Jceepsakes. Mon
day evening the plane was taken a-
part, the engine and valuable parts
I were loaded on trucks and taken to
I Huugoton. One Hugoton machine was
heard to remark that this would end
the airplane craze for that city, as it
had cost about $5,000.00 and two lives
and another hanging on strong hopes.
The scene of the accident was 400
feet north of the railroad track. The
train crews and passengers were so
I anxious to see the wreck, that each
train pulled down opposite the place
and all train men and passengers
I went over to the demolished plane
Monday, Pilot Dougan stated that
a wing control caught as he was try-
ing to land. He pulled, g, ve it a
jeik and something snapped, then the
plane made the nose dive. He said
I they were 87 feet high at the time.
This airplane is the one Hugoton
I stockholders bought about two two
years ago at Wichita and which (Car-
ried passengers here during the Old
Settlers Reunion two years ago this
fall. Several Rolla people have taken
rides in the air craft
The bodies of Hainds ami Holman
were shipped Tuesday morning to
Missouri for burial. Funneral servi-
ces were held in Hugoton Tuesday
morning before train time.—The Rol-
la (Kans) Progress
It will be remembered here that the
above plane has visited Texhoma a
number of times.
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