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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1951
Page
1
A flaming plane crash near Decoto leaves fifty dead. The path began at a hill peak and continued for about 600 yards before plunging over a canyon rim. A small boy’s body was found near the fuselage. mainliner explosions burned a vast area. Witnesses two miles away reported hearing a second blast.
A U P newsman recalls a hill near Decoto where a midair crash left scorched ground, scattered wreckage, and a tiny boy in a red sweater among bodies buried in canyon brush. The incident followed a jumbo four engine plane bound from Boston with 41 to 50 aboard, many victims, and several rescue efforts by sheriff deputies and coroner staff.
A new disaster communications unit installed to aid civil defense was tested at a plane crash scene. Caplan Brower McMurphy led the sheriff's radio team testing five equipped cars linking to yards in Niles Livermore and Hayward for directing emergency equipment.
Leo Jorgensen, 87, of Sacramento, narrowly avoided death when he did not board a United Airlines DC-6R that crashed near Decoto, California, killing 50. His friend Howard Sulley, 42, of San Leandro, died in the disaster. Jorgensen, a West Coast rep for Letourneau, had planned to fly but stayed behind to finish business. He called himself damn lucky, noting two prior missed flights that ended in fatal crashes.
Centerville California plant superintendent Quayne Collinson reported witnessing a DC-6B United Airlines crash near Decato. He described a fire on a ridge behind a Masonic home, a loud explosion, flames shooting skyward, and the plane’s tail in the blaze. He notified authorities and requested ambulances.
A United Air Lines DC-6B passenger list from a crash near Desert California details victims and survivors. Names include Dorothy Ball from Leicester North Carolina and William Beveridge from Baton Town Nebraska along with many California residents and several military personnel. The list, partial and continued on another page, names dozens of individuals with addresses across the United States.
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