The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 26, 1930, Page 1

al : ticle ia ed ae he Lt a a eat j fi Hie nk Provisions in Cr M, FINDEI Sleds Sent Out From Fur Ship to R . the bodies. *S Pieces / in Wide Area by Violent Crash The door of the cabin was jammed by 2 slab of bacon z fgg Gite near Hee th, GILLA plane circling on’ November 9, the day Eielson disappeared on's Berdieff and ia Krooks, left Saturday night a North Cape. Pilots Joe Crosson and Harold Gillam while making exploratory i+, The \seene of the wreck is near region before, but low visibility prevented seeing the wreckage. Eielson’s plane had been headed southwest when it struck. Crosson said he did not think Eielson was N, attempting to land on what Crosson believed was.a small island in a lagoon. &s afada i Hee team, in charge of T. trewn Victims of Arctic Tragedy; Untouched i Le “Seattle, Jun 24 (Saturday) —(AP)—Its cabin eplit wide, and wreckage strewn over a wide ares, the; flown by Carl Ben Eielson was found today 90 miles east of North Cape, the steamer Nanuk radioe# r Seattle Times today. 5 The motor was torn from the fuselage of the plane, testifying to the violence of the impact the tail was broken off. Crosson and Gillam had taken off about 9:50 s.m. today oni their flight, and had flown about an Messages added the bodies of Hielson and Mechanic Earl Borland were not found, but and-a half when they found the wrecked plane. were buried in deep drifts of snow which all but covered the wreckage. Dog teams were sent out from the Nanuk to search The wreckage was discovered by from their base at the Nanuk. earth. Provisions in the plane were untouched ., fell. c. when Crosson and Gillam explored the wreek:-... * Crosson had flown over the The Nanuk dog f been flung 100 feet from the cabin. The left wing was undamaged, but the right wing was demolished : \S) 3 ~& wed wed S CROSSO Dog BSoS eateaber’ ries b oiization