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火 12 1 1954 - Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954)
Page 1 - C. Wilmot In Lost Comet
}Lost Comet
i LONDON, Jan. Ai. A.P.-Ches
tdr Wilmot, author and radio amnouncer,
was the only Australian on board the
1 Coinet that crashed yesterday.
The jet airliner was carry
ing 29 passengers and a'crew
of six when it crashed in
the Mediterranean off ,the
Island of Elba. All are fear
ed dead.
Two of the passengers'
Mr. Tom Moore and:Miss E.
M. Fairbrother. had :been o6'
a three months' business visit
to. Atstraliat:;"')i
Mi.. Moore wd s asrt dircec
toi, o s London d somen s
magazine ' and M0fl iss :Fairi
brother the magazine 's liaison
'editdl.
'Noel 'Monks '.awel-kniown
Australian journalist, would
have been a passenger in the
Comet' but for an appoint
ment with his wife..
He had met Mr. Wilmot at
Rome yesterday morning and
they had had coffee together.
Wilmot told Monks that
she seat next to him on the
Comet was vacant and in
vited him to accompany him
for the rest of the trip.
"Seco nd Time"
The American film pro
ducer, Mr. Victor Pahlen can
celled a seat on.the Comet at
the last moment because he
had heard it had been' delayed
at. Rome.
."My' God,; how , terrible,"
he' exclaimed when told of the
disaster.
I?ts,'.the'~:e' ond time this
ha haippene'd to 'ie. Four
years ago, in.the United States.
!:argued vrithl an airline Oe
cause ,they wanted to put me
on a .plane that was going to
be .30 minutes late. Eventually
they agreed to'put me on an
other. The first plane crash
ed-with the loss of 55
lives.".
A pretty blue-eyed air hos
tess, Miss Elaine Baker, 24, of
Southern Rhodesia, who should
have been stewardess on board
the lost Comet, was in Lon
don last nigh: when' told of
the crash.
She was flown home fromt
Karachi when she was taken
ill on the Comet's .outward
trip to Singapore.
Miss Jean Clark, 23, took
her place.
In Plane
British Overseas Airways
Corporation issued the follow
ing official list of. the crew
and passengers on board the
Comet
CREW
Captain .,Alan',. ' Gibsonli
D.F.C.
First Officci. V. J. Bury. ,:
Engineer Officer. F C Mac
Donald.
Radio Officer :LP M.
Mahon.
Steward F. L. SaunderS.
Stewardess Jean Evelyn
Clark.
PASSENGERS
Mrs. D. Baker, .joined :the
plane at Karachi.
J. M. Bun-van, A.A Buiyaiin
and Bunyan (all believed chill
dren), joined at Bahrein.,
B. Butler (Bahi'ein).;"'
3. B. Crilly (Bahrein);' and
R. Crilly (beiteved a child).
Miss E. Fairbrotlher (at Ka
Mrs. R. E. Geldari?, Miss
C. Geldard, 'and :Master 'M
Geldard, at,`' Beiuti? .F'J
Greenhouse (Bangkok) "
J. P. Hill (Singapore):
Israel (Bahrein).
Miss R. Khedouri, 13, and
Miss 'N. Khedouri, 15, (Bah
rein).
A. D. Leavet (Beirut):
Captain C . A.Livingstone
(Rome). '
S. F. Ksamin, (Beirut):? ,
.:E S. MacLaiichlan (Beirit)(
..T. Moore (Ka.rachi)
'I V -,:(or 7 ? RY.) Ramdeni
Mastei?:: R Sawyer-Snelling,
14 (Bangkok):;, :" :; '
H :. Schuimann (Kirachi)
::..Steel (Singapore)' :
A Vrisa (Beirut):
C Wilnot'. (Rangooi)..:
Captain: R V.: Wolenson
(Banekok).
: iss L. :Yateen, 17,'(Bah
rein):.
Captain Wolfenson ''as genb
Captainl ,oWalenson was: gen
eral manager. of.B.OA.C. sib
sidiaries ooverseas and a mem
ber of the B.O.A.C. mainage
ment panel.
* P3, Tribute To Wilmot
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