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dc.creatorSmith, C. R. (Cyrus Rowlett), 1899-1990
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-08T14:42:40Z
dc.date.available2020-09-08T14:42:40Z
dc.date.issued1946-12-28
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/40811
dc.descriptionTelegram from C. R. Smith, chairman of the board of American Airlines, to Amon Carter with confidential information about an airplane crash.
dc.format.medium8x10 paper
dc.relationAmon G. Carter Papers (MS 014)
dc.rightsPrior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any document or photograph
dc.sourceBox 09, American Airlines, Inc. - Correspondence 1946 2 of 2 folder, Item 049
dc.subjectAviation
dc.subjectAir travel
dc.subjectAmerican Airlines
dc.subjectAirplane crash
dc.subjectSmith, Cyrus R.
dc.titleTelegram re: airplane crash
dc.typeDocument
dc.description.transcriptionFWB85DB52 D.WB159 83=TA WASHINGTON DC 28 458P AMON G CARTER= FORT WORTH CLUB FTWORTH TEX= AMERICAN AIRLINES PLANE MADE FORCED LANDING TODAY NEAR MICHIGAN CITY INDIANA PERIOD PILOT AND COPILOT KILLED IN LANDING PERIOD STEWARDESS AND TWO PASSENGERS SERIOUSLY INJURED PERIOD NINETEEN PASSENGERS EITHER NOT INJURED OR NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED PERIOD RADIO FROM PILOT INDICATED EMERGENCY LANDING OCCASIONED BY LOSS OF POWER ON BOTH ENGINES PERIOD NO INFORMATION YET AVAILABLE FOR REASON OF LOSS OF POWER BUT BEST ESTIMATE SEEMS TO BE ICING IN CARBURETORS PERIOD NO STATEMENT ON CAUSE SHOULD BE MADE UNTIL FULLER INFORMATION AVAILABLE= C R SMITH.


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  • Amon G. Carter, Sr. Collection [19320]
    The Amon G. Carter Papers consist of correspondence, photographs, newspapers, scrapbooks, and artifacts. The papers document the history of Fort Worth and the Southwest, as well as Carter's personal and business interests.

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