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BRIEF STORY OF CRASH
All Occupants Incinerated
A HORRIFYING SCENE
Perth, This Morning.
Perth's long immunity from tragic
air crashes was broken early to-day
when the Fitzroy, a MacRobertson-
Miller plane, crashed in flames one
mile north of Guildford. The plane
was a DC3 and carried a crew of four
and fourteen passengers, all of whom
were killed. It is assumed that one
engine cut out, that the plane hurtled
down nose first and that, on striking
the ground, it burst into flames. It
missed by about ten feet one of the
huts in Camp No. 22 at South Guild-
ford, where a tragic fire occurred
some time ago.
The crash took place in pouring
rain, the plane being on a scheduled
flight to Darwin to connect with over-
seas planes. In the terrific impact of
the crash one wing was torn off and
landed about twenty feet from the  
fuselage. Other parts of the plane
were strewn about the area and all
the eighteen victims were incinerated
in the flames.
The Central and Victoria Park Fire
Brigades were quickly on the scene and
over an hour after the crash, in spite
of the rain, were still engaged in
extinguishing the flames. Acting Chief
Officer Flynn, of the Central Brigade,
took over from Acting Deputy Chief
Officer Wright, who was first at the
scene. Onlookers said that the fire-
men did a remarkable job in the ini-
tiative they displayed in fighting the
fire.
Officers of the Department of Civil
Aviation were quickly on the scene and
are making inquiries. No report on
the cause of the crash had been made
up to 4 a.m. The scene of the crash
is in an isolated area where seventy
former Army huts are now being used
as temporary homes for families.
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