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March 19, 1929

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AIR CRASH UNSOLVED AS 14TH VICTIM DIES; Line's Representatives Assert at Newark Hearing Plane Was Fit and Pilot Able. DENY OVERLOADING CRAFT But License Is Said to Allow 14 Aboard at Most--Pilot Declares Motors Failed. Pilot Says Motors Failed. Further Hearings Deferred. AIR CRASH UNSOLVED AS 14TH VICTIM DIES Gives Figures on Load. Craft Checked Every 20 Hours. Mechanic Tells of Inspections. O'Ryan Pledges Cooperation. DENY WARNING ON LOADS. Ford Officials Scout Report That They Urged 8-Passenger Limit.

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14th victim dies; investigation continues; mechanic tells of inspections

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BYRD'S DOG TEAMS HITCH UP FOR DASH TO ISOLATED MEN; Commander Orders Run Over the Ice as Wind Blocks His Attempted Flight. 4TH DAY WITHOUT WORD Anxiety Over Silence of Radio of Three in the Mountains Speeds Rescue Preparations. HOPE OF SAFETY PERSISTS Party on Rockefeller Range Have Food and Fuel for Two Months and Camp Is on Solid Ground. Weather Balks Rescue Flight. Byrd Invites Wilkins. BYRD READY TO HUNT THREE ISOLATED MEN

By Russell Owen

Dog teams are hitched up for dash to men in Rockefeller Range; 4th day without word

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