Plane crash in backyard of Fred Gerken at 3670 Flower street (Torrance), 3 dead, 1958

3 images. Plane crash in backyard of Fred Gerken at 3670 Flower street (Torrance), 3 dead, 9 February 1958. Lars Andrew Cromp -- 20 years (pilot) victim; Reverend Kelly Ray Merrit (victim) copy; Edmund Shaw Hughes -- 60 years (victim); Officer Don Hamilton (investigating); Fred Gerken (owner of house looking over wreckage in his backyard).; Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Ringquist. Date: 1958-02-09. Reporter: Ostler. Assignment: Plane crash; 3 dead. 33-34: Copy victim pilot Lars Andrew Cromp, 20. 24-12: Sergeant Don Hamilton, Torrance police looking at watch found in wreckage. 16: Fred Gerken, owner of house looking over wreckage in backyard; Copy at office -- Reverend Kelly Ray Merrit. 10-11-18-9-15-26: General views of plane crash in backyard of Fred Gerken, 3670 Flower street. 33-34: Victim (1) Pilot Lars Andrew Cromp, 20; Sergeant Don Hamilton, Torrance Police; Owner of house, Fred Gerken; victim (2) Edmund Shaw Hughes, 60; victim (3) Reverend Kelley Ray Merritt".