Green River people were shocked to learn of the place crash in Hatch canyon about 75 miles south of this place, Monday morning. Five people were killed. The plane, a Beechcraft Bonanza, was owned by the Rigg Flying Service, Grand Junction. The pilot and all four passengers died when the plane crashed after taking off from a small landing strip at the Simplot Mining Co. uranium camp in Hatch canyon, Garfield county. The dead are: Thomas Moore, 23, pilot; Stanley Graybeal, 31, Nucla, Colo., an employee of J.R. Simplot Co.; Mrs. Mabel Ragsdale, 46, Nucla, cook employed at the Simplot camp; John Young, 47; Fruita, a Simplot employee; and Samuel Beatty, nine-months-old son of Arthur Beatty, Nucla, and grandson of Mrs. Ragsdale. Moab Times IndependentJune 12, 1952
Green River people were shocked to learn of the place crash in Hatch canyon about 75 miles south of this place, Monday morning. Five people were killed. The plane, a Beechcraft Bonanza, was owned by the Rigg Flying Service, Grand Junction. The pilot and all four passengers died when the plane crashed after taking off from a small landing strip at the Simplot Mining Co. uranium camp in Hatch canyon, Garfield county. The dead are: Thomas Moore, 23, pilot; Stanley Graybeal, 31, Nucla, Colo., an employee of J.R. Simplot Co.; Mrs. Mabel Ragsdale, 46, Nucla, cook employed at the Simplot camp; John Young, 47; Fruita, a Simplot employee; and Samuel Beatty, nine-months-old son of Arthur Beatty, Nucla, and grandson of Mrs. Ragsdale. Moab Times IndependentJune 12, 1952
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