versey City, N. Jd., Maren 6 (4)—
Climbing through cold blue skies
Miss Ruth Nichols, New York soci
ety aviatrix who holds coast-to-coast
speed marks set an unofficial alti-
tude record for women today.

The altimeter on her speedy mon-
oplane showed nearly 30,054 feet.
The sealed barograph placed in the
plane by the National Aeronautic
Association, was immediately sent
to Washington for examination. If
it shows 28,974 feet, or more, Miss
Nichols will be awarded the record
now held by Elinor Smith, young
Long Island flier.

Miss Nichols was informed that to
attain recognition as the record
holder, she must beat Miss Smith's
mark of 27,418 feet by more than
600 feet,

She took off from Jersey City
Airport at 12:33 p. m. and was
aloft 90 minutes. There was a 30-
mile wind blowing when she cir-
cled the city, swung over Manhat-
tan and started the long climh.

“Everything went fine,” she said.
“The engine worked perfectly, I
did not suffer anv discomfort.”
 
 

... yphedby, NOC. Auge 28.—Kight
persons were killed, fifteen in-
jured and ajl undetermined num
.ber are missing fin the collapse. of
the First National bank building
during a rush hour ‘today.

The, death toll may jrise three
hours after the -erash ‘workmen
had been able to clear away the
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The known dead are; Miss Ora
Ethridge, seeretary to the bank.
president; Guy Green, bank clerk;
Boyd, bank clerk; Del) Blan-
ton, a farmer; Carl Blahton, his
‘son; two unidentified white men,
and an tiidentified negro,

Police .estimuted. the’ death,-toll
Would ‘mount steadily as rescue
crtws dug flecper into the debris
in the search df bedies. '

No Accurate Check. +

Nozpeenrate, check, “codild » be
jraade of the missing persons, but.
hit was known that a dozen or more
had not been, accounted , for.

! Early this afternoon the etews
‘hail searched only the edges of
the huge pile of debris, and it was
feared: many more Wodics would
be found: teward| the center.

Tt was. feared \that a crew of
‘seventern negroes|who were work-
ing incthe center\of the buildin;
all wert, killed....T. OSCUG. CLEW!
had "ngt* been ahle! as yet to pet
to thé/piaee wiere the negros: had
been jorking.

It. was. known that fifteen per-
sons were injured, several of
whom may dic. They were all
[taken to a hospital here as they
were extricated: from the Lal
structure, oa

Excavation work at aciearby
“building was gencrally! assigned
us the cause: of the collapse of
the bank buildings "It was known
that several pefsons wert: in a
i grocery store and ‘h-tailor’s shop
which were a ‘part of the build-
; (hg, but it was—expected: ‘to che
| hours befate t part of tm:
tstructure—eould—pe-searched d-ther
oughly. » at Beak 5,

   
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

  

 

 

 
 