Continuing the cross-country contest, a DH-4B hits the side of a mountain W of Cheyenne, Wyoming, in a snow storm, killing 1st Lt. Edwin V. Vales and badly injuring 2nd Lt. William C. Goldsborough. A wire service report lists the crash site as near Saratoga. Wales' mother lives in Los Angeles. Wales is said to have been connected with a Southern California moving picture company before entering the service. Word reached Rawlins that Wales died from his injuries and the cold a few hours after his plane struck Elk Mountain. Lt. Goldsborough walked several hours in search of aid. He finally stumbled into the Paulson ranch and a rescuing party was sent out. The party found Wales dead. The body of Lt. Wales, accompanied by Lt. Goldsborough, arrived at Cheyenne on 11 October. Goldsborough stated that the blizzard was so bad that they could not see 20 feet ahead when they struck the granite side of the mountain. By a weird fate the mountain was the only elevation of more than 100 feet in an area of over 200 square miles and the unlucky Wales also missed by only a few feet the Covet Pass, which splits the mountain and through which he might have passed safely. Lt. A. M. Roberts and his observer survive a close call when, in an effort to make up for lost time, Roberts chooses the direct route, over Lake Erie, between Buffalo and Cleveland. His engine fails, and he has to ditch in the lake. Luckily, a passing freighter sees the crash and picks up the two men. An International News Service report identifies the crew of this aircraft as pilot Lieutenant H. T. Hynes, and his observer, and gives the location as several miles out of Ashtabula Harbor.