CRASH IN A FOG
AMERICAN AIRWOMAN KILLED
NEW YORK, 18th September
A message from San Diego (California) states that Mrs. Ruth Alexander, aged 20, a well-known American aviatrix*, was killed' a few minutes after starting on a non-stop transcontinental flight to New York, through her machine crashing into a hill in a Residential section just inside the city limits.
It is believed that Mrs. Alexander lost her bearings in a heavy fog and was travelling at high speed when her machine badly cracked up. She was the first woman to make a non-stop Canada to Mexico flight, and was the holder of the light 'plane altitude record for a woman, 20,000 feet.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 71, 20 September 1930, Page 9
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112CRASH IN A FOG Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 71, 20 September 1930, Page 9
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