Shelby, N. C., Aug. 28.--Eight per-
ecns were killed, 15 injured and an
undetermined number are m
in the collapse of the First Nati
bank building during a rush hour
today,

The death toll may rise as three
hours after the crash workmen had
been able to clear away the debris
only at the edge of the building, |
The known dead: '
| Miss Ora Ehtridge, secretary to
the bank president; Guy Green,
bank clerk: Alex Boyd, bank clerk;
Deb Blanton, a farmer; Carl Blans
ton, his son; an unidentified
man and two other men,

Death Toll May Mount
Police estimated the death toll
would mount steadily as rescue
crews dug deeper into the debris in
the search of bodies. :

No accurate check up could be
made of the missing persons, butdt
was known that a dozen or more
had not been accounted for,
| Barly this afternoon the crews
‘had searched only the edges of the
‘huge pile of debris, and it was feare
ed many more bodies would be
, found toward the center,

Workmen Feared Killed
| It was feared that a crew of 17
/negroes who were working in the
center of the building were all killed.
‘The reseue crews had not been able
jas yet to get to the place where the
jnegroes were working
| It was known that 15 persons were
‘injured, several of whom may die.
They were all taken to a ~~
lhere as they were extradicated
Sage fallen structure.
: avation work at a

buil iiding = L genes uy =
the cause of the collapse of mo Ps
building. Tt was known that several
persons were in @ grocery and a
tailor shop which were a part of the
building, but it was expected to be
hours before that part of the strue-
ture could be searched thoroughly,
; dmoniessbaasil
; Shelby, N.C, Aug. 28—An un-

determined number of persons were
‘entombed, four were known to have

been killed and 15 were injured
| when the First National Bank build-
> img here collapsed today,
.| While no accurate estimate could
| be made of the number of dead a
few minutes after the crash, four
| bodies were recovered from the de-
» bris. They were unr
., Several were injured and were re.
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BAP TNA LEE OEE

JERSEY CITY. N. J.. March 6—
Climbing through cold blue skies more
‘than five and one-half miles over Jer-
sey and Manhattan, Miss Ruth Nichols.
New York society aviatrix who holds
coast-to-coast speed marks, set an an-
official altitude record for women today.

The altimeter on her speedy mono-
plane showed neariy 30.054 feet. ‘Tne
sealed barozraph placed in the plane
by the National Aeronautic associa-
‘lion was immediately shipped to Wash-
ington for examination. Uf it shows
BATS WC Of more Miss Nichols will
@ awarded the record now hald by
‘inor Smith, young Long Island flies,
Miss Nichols was informed that. to
ALAIN Tecognition as the record holder

   

 

  
 

 

   

 
 ishe must beat Miss Smith's mark of
127,418 feet by more than 600 feet,

| She took off from Jersey City airport
‘at 12:33 p.m. and was aloft 90 min-
utes. There was g 30-mile wind blow-
ng when she circled the city, swung
over Manhattan and started the long
climb. =

| vEverything Went Fine.” she said.
| “The engine warked perfectly, 1 did not
isuffer any discomfort,”

She wore a flying suit Hned with
‘reindeer skin and the cockpit of her
‘plane was heated from the motor ex-
naust. She used oxygen apparatus and
(Na HO CiMmer, brealuing even in
ithe thin, cold air of high altitudes. The
temperature at the top of her climb
wes estimated 2t 50 degrees below zero
by Clarence Chamberlain, who coached
Miss Nichols for the aztempt,

 

 

   

 
 