Walter was employed as a Small Craft Pilot. His plane went down in a storm causing his death.
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Yuma Daily Sun Friday, August 08, 1958 (Note: It was obvious to me (Jan Mess) that the articles printed in the Yuma Daily Sun were translated using Optical Character Recognition in order to archive it digitially. Therefore, there are some character irrigularities with the article. It was not always possible to know which letter was dropped, as in the case of the last name for Fred _ong.)
Topical Storm Hawaii HONOLULU: A storm which has already taken one life swept over the island of Oahu today with winds of 50 to 70 miles per hour. The disturbance struck the island of Hawaii early Thursday causing a plane crash that killed Moniz, 29, Hilo. His plane crashed on a sugar plantation larely missing a group of residences as Moniz attempted to land in strong winds. Injured in the crash was Fred (W-F-L?)ong, Honolulu, and Constantino Gofas, 26, University of Hawaii from San Francisco. Two Hilo radio stations were off the air temporarily when wind knocked down their aerials. The weather bureau issued gale warning for all Hawaiian waters today and warned there may be lowland flooding
Newspaper Content on page 3 of:
Yuma Daily Sun Friday, August 08, 1958 (Note: It was obvious to me (Jan Mess) that the articles printed in the Yuma Daily Sun were translated using Optical Character Recognition in order to archive it digitially. Therefore, there are some character irrigularities with the article. It was not always possible to know which letter was dropped, as in the case of the last name for Fred _ong.)
Topical Storm Hawaii HONOLULU: A storm which has already taken one life swept over the island of Oahu today with winds of 50 to 70 miles per hour. The disturbance struck the island of Hawaii early Thursday causing a plane crash that killed Moniz, 29, Hilo. His plane crashed on a sugar plantation larely missing a group of residences as Moniz attempted to land in strong winds. Injured in the crash was Fred (W-F-L?)ong, Honolulu, and Constantino Gofas, 26, University of Hawaii from San Francisco. Two Hilo radio stations were off the air temporarily when wind knocked down their aerials. The weather bureau issued gale warning for all Hawaiian waters today and warned there may be lowland flooding
Walter was employed as a Small Craft Pilot. His plane went down in a storm causing his death.
Newspaper Content on page 3 of:
Yuma Daily Sun Friday, August 08, 1958 (Note: It was obvious to me (Jan Mess) that the articles printed in the Yuma Daily Sun were translated using Optical Character Recognition in order to archive it digitially. Therefore, there are some character irrigularities with the article. It was not always possible to know which letter was dropped, as in the case of the last name for Fred _ong.)
Topical Storm Hawaii HONOLULU: A storm which has already taken one life swept over the island of Oahu today with winds of 50 to 70 miles per hour. The disturbance struck the island of Hawaii early Thursday causing a plane crash that killed Moniz, 29, Hilo. His plane crashed on a sugar plantation larely missing a group of residences as Moniz attempted to land in strong winds. Injured in the crash was Fred (W-F-L?)ong, Honolulu, and Constantino Gofas, 26, University of Hawaii from San Francisco. Two Hilo radio stations were off the air temporarily when wind knocked down their aerials. The weather bureau issued gale warning for all Hawaiian waters today and warned there may be lowland flooding
Newspaper Content on page 3 of:
Yuma Daily Sun Friday, August 08, 1958 (Note: It was obvious to me (Jan Mess) that the articles printed in the Yuma Daily Sun were translated using Optical Character Recognition in order to archive it digitially. Therefore, there are some character irrigularities with the article. It was not always possible to know which letter was dropped, as in the case of the last name for Fred _ong.)
Topical Storm Hawaii HONOLULU: A storm which has already taken one life swept over the island of Oahu today with winds of 50 to 70 miles per hour. The disturbance struck the island of Hawaii early Thursday causing a plane crash that killed Moniz, 29, Hilo. His plane crashed on a sugar plantation larely missing a group of residences as Moniz attempted to land in strong winds. Injured in the crash was Fred (W-F-L?)ong, Honolulu, and Constantino Gofas, 26, University of Hawaii from San Francisco. Two Hilo radio stations were off the air temporarily when wind knocked down their aerials. The weather bureau issued gale warning for all Hawaiian waters today and warned there may be lowland flooding
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