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1936 Goodwin, Arkansas airplane crash....
1936 Goodwin, Arkansas airplane crash....
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January 16, 1936
THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 16, 1936
* American Airlines Flight 1 disaster
* Douglas DC-2 airliner - airplane crash
* Goodwin, St. Francis County, Arkansas
The front page has a one column heading: "CRASH OF AIRLINER BAFFLES EXPERTS; 17 BODIES REMOVED" with subheads. (see) Lengthy coverage continues inside with a few related photos. Loads of text.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 44 pages, this is the rare rag edition that was produced on very high quality newsprint, with a high percentage of cotton & linen content, allowing the issues to remain very white & sturdy into the present. Given the subscription cost, libraries & institutions rather than individuals were the primary subscribers of these high-quality editions. A little light creasing on the front page, light residue along the spine from disbinding, otherwise in great condition.
wikipedia notes: American Airlines Flight 1 was a Douglas DC-2 airliner on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Memphis to Little Rock. On Tuesday, January 14, 1936, the flight crashed into a swamp near Goodwin, Arkansas, disintegrating on impact and killing all 17 people on board. "With great difficulty the bodies of the victims were brought out of the marsh where their bodies were found scattered among fragments of the shattered plane." At the time, it was the worst civil plane crash on U.S. soil. As of 2016, it remains the deadliest crash in Arkansas state history.
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