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OBIT-SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
Monday March 25, 1946
Couple Killed in Plane Crash at San Mateo---Man's Body Recovered in Bay,
Woman Still Missing
Dr. Newton Thomas
Enloe, Jr., San Mateo osteopath, and his wife were
instantly killed yesterday when their private plane crashed into the Bay
two miles north of the San Mateo-Hayward Bay Bridge. A Coast Guard crash
boat recovered the body of Dr. Enloe, but that of his wife, Mrs. Ethel
Enloe, was still the object of a wide search, in which the San Mateo
County sheriff's office has joined.
DIVE SEEN-
The accident was witnessed by a number of golfers on the San Mateo
municipal course, on Coyote Point, and within a few miles of the crash
scene. They reported the plane flew for some time in a light haze
dangerously close to the water before finally diving into the choppy Bay.
Golfing witnesses, so far unidentified, telephoned news of the crash to
the Coast Guard Air Station near San Francisco. The search was instituted
from there.
IDENTIFICATION-
Doctor Enloe's body, found floating on the surface, was identified by San
Mateo County Coroner William Crosby, a personal friend. It was taken to
the Sneider and Sullivan Funeral Home in San Mateo. Friends said the
couple left the Bay Meadows Airport, early yesterday morning on a visit to
Dr. Enloe's parents in Chico. The plane, a two-place Aeronca Trainer,
belonged to the Doctor. The victims are survived by two children, Newton
Enloe III, just released from the Navy and Mrs. William Darby, wife of an
Army Captain. Both live in San Mateo. The couple lived at 17 25th Ave, San
Mateo.
OBIT-THE
CHICO RECORD
Tuesday Morning, March 26, 1946
N.T. Enloe, Jr. Wife Killed In Plane Crash
Dr. N.T. Enloe, Jr., 47, was killed Sunday when their two place plane
plunged into San Francisco Bay a few minutes after taking off from Bay
Meadows Airport at San Mateo on a flight to Chico. The body of Dr. Enloe,
Jr., son of Dr. Newton Thomas Enloe, Sr., owner of Enloe Hospital here,
was recovered by a Coast Guard crash boat which continued to search for
the body of Mrs. Enloe. It had not been recovered last night, but Navy
patrol and Coast Guard vessels continued to sweep the bay. Dr. Enloe, it
was reported, had notified the San Mateo physicians telephone exchange
that he was going to Chico and would return Monday. Dr. Enloe, Jr.,
formely of Chico, had practiced here, maintaining offices on the ground
floor of the Anglo California National Bank Building.
FLIGHT TO CHICO-
An airport official said the couple had taken off in their two passenger,
single engined Aeronica, shortly after 10 a.m. presumably on a flight to
Chico. A fisherman reported that at 10:14 a.m. he saw a plane hit the
water levelly, about 80 mph and virtually disinegrate. Bits of wreckage
were strewn over a wide area, about two miles east of Coyote Point. Within
10 minutes, a Coast Guard crash boat, directed by a PBY place, reached the
scene. Deputies of Coroner William H. Crosby and San Mateo police also
aided in the search for the body of the second victim.
PRIVATE PLANE-
Airport officials said Dr. Enloe, Jr. obtained his private pilots license
shortly after last Christmas and had purchased the pleasure craft two
months ago. Dr. and Mrs. Enloe, Sr. and daughters, left Sunday for San
Mateo immediately after being notified of the tradgedy. The Enloe's had
married 19 years ago, each for the second time. Dr. Enloe, 17 25th Ave.,
San Mateo, is also survived by a son and daughter by his previous
marriage, Newton T. Enloe III, Chico, recently discharged from the Navy
and Mrs. Orril Darby, San Mateo; by two sisters, Ida Marie and Nancy Enloe,
Chico, and a brother Thomas Enloe, 5420 California Street, San Francisco,
medical student at Stanford Lane Hospital. Mrs. Enloe leaves a son by a
former marriage, James Putney of San Carlos. Mrs. Enloe was the former
Ethel Young of Chico. Other survivors include two brothers, Fred Young of
San Francisco and Roy Young of San Mateo and a sister Mrs. William Mills
of San Mateo.
Submitted by: Kelly Hagen
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