Hello Helaine, I am in Florida, so I am useless there. However, why don't you go through your library to a library in Plainfield, not the newspaper. Interlibrary Loan covers obits in my area as well as old newspaper articles. I would contact the library there in Plainfield first to see what they have, but many libraries have such information. Just an idea. There is a great online site for the city of Plainfield, but I can not find my bookmark for it. Maybe someone on the list will have the link. It might have library info. Through this ILL I got 10 obituaries from the early 1900's of my family......Free!!. My library got them from the library in the other city. Good luck to you. Sydney Cardner Florida -----Original Message----- From: Helaine Golann <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, April 28, 2000 10:19 AM Subject: [NJUNION] Plainfield-1st recreational plane crash >On September 17th, 1927, four of my family members were killed in a plane >crash on a Plainfield farm. They were Helen O'Neill, Russell and Russell JR >Campbell, and Minnie Donavan. Quite a few others were also killed or >seriously injured including two more relatives of mine who lived although >they were not initially expected to do so. It was probably not more than a >half hour flight and people were lined up to go on it. My Uncle Russell was >treating because it was my Aunt Helen's 20th birthday. > >The plane crashed when it failed to clear some trees in an Orchard on a >Plainfield farm near the airfield. I know from my mother's stories >that it was a big event at the time and people lined up all the way down >Front Street t opay their respects to my family's dead at Trinity Reformed >Church (since torn down). > >I am wondering if anyone out there has memories of this and/or suggestions >of how I could get more information. My library does not interloan >newspapers (e.g. The Plainfield Courier). >