Statewide County OR Archives Obituaries.....Crewe, Claire September 31, 1924
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Tigard     Sentinel October 3,1924
Two Die In Crash Of Plane At Salem
Salem,Or-George F.Rodgers,president of the First National Bank here,and Miss 
Claire Crewe of Portland died at a local hospital as the results of injuries 
sffered when an airplane in which they were passengers crashed to the ground a 
distnace of more than two hundred feet.
The ill fated plane was owned by W.A.Ellsworth of Portland and piloted by Dick 
Rushlight and had been engaged in commercial flying at the state fairgrounds 
here.The driver of the craft suffered the loss of two teeth and cuts on the 
face and head.The plane was almost demolishe.
Mr.Rodgers was prominent here and well known throughout the state.He was owner 
of considerable stock in the Rodgers Paper Company of this city and had many 
other financial interests.
Little was known in Salem of Miss Crewe,except that she was a resident of 
Portlnd for several years.It was ascertained by officials that Miss Crewe's 
parents were residents of New York

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