Obituaries:  E. N. Webb, Sabine Parish       W-100
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 5, 1958
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




**********************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm
**********************************************
 

E. N. Webb

  In a plane crash a short distance from Hart Airport last
Saturday night, about 7 p.m., the pilot, E. N. Webb of Mark,
Miss., was trapped in the wreckage and burned to death. The twin
engine Cessna T50 was making its final approach to the landing
strip, when it struck the tree tops in this densely wooded
section, a mile south of town. The plane burst into flames upon
impact. Wreckage was scattered over the area.

  Bob Roe, age 23, of Memphis, Tenn., was thrown clear of the
plane when it crashed, and crawled about 75 feet to safety,
before the plane caught fire. Roe, who sustained a broken leg and
other severe injuries, told Sheriff T. M. Phillips from his
hospital bed that the plane's right engine developed trouble
about 30 miles from Many, and the pilot decided to land in Many.

  The pilot circled the town to locate the airstrip, and make his
landing approach. Thirty seconds before the crash, Roe said the
plane's left engine began to lose power. By the time citizens got
to the plane, they were unable to get close, on account of the
intense heat. The remains of Webb were removed about 10 p.m.
Early arrivals at the scene told of seeing the pilot entangled in
the wreckage. On account of the wooded area, the Many Fire
Department could not reach the wreckage.

  Roe was removed to the Fraser Sanitarium for treatment, later
taken to the Veterans Hospital at Shreveport.

  The remains of Webb was claimed by his father, and taken to
Nashville, Tenn. For burial.