New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-03
FIVE KILLED WHEN
D|R|G|BLE BURSTS

man and commander. PLAYED such 2
dramatic part.
A. T. Bell, the secretary ~ the com
panv. and Walter Grail. the Naniman
expedition photographer, who vas lett
behind on the trial trip to-day, got IN
the boat Just as Mrs Naniman and III"
wives Of the members If the crew rushed
down to the pier Through field glasses
they had seen all, and begged 10 he
| taken out 10 the wreck. Mrs Naniman
twas white-faced but strong and brave.
Friends restrained her. fearing the shock
she would encounter.
Cooks boat and half n hundred others
sp,I for the place where tn" Akron s
wreckagc foated, and even as they
dashed through the water tho shore
grew thick with people, for the news had
spread like a lightning flash. Business
was practically suspended in this city by
$50 O'Clock. for the tragedy had gripped
the town.
The Ellen Cooks boat, came back
first bringing with It Calvin Naniman's
DOON, Will NdS ibhlp 'lph'iliS ~ NV
water. The head was cut, the eyes
blown out, both legs and arms were
broken and most Of the ribs crushed in.
Mrs Vaniman Swoons.
Mrs. Vanman flew 10 Cook as he
stepped ashore lie shook his head. Sha
looked at him CROPPED in the air with her
L., ttft a
scream that could have been heard u
block she fell in = heap. Four other
wives Of the crew stood with her and
three Of these tainted, too.
Crall. the photographer told the story
lie and the wireless operator had not
gone out this morning because It WAS
thought their Instruments would take W
too much room. Usually there was boat
slung from the car. in which they sat,
but 1t was left behind to-day.
They're all gone" he said; "all killed
lust like Calvin was. Look at his body.
He had charge of the orientable engine
that worked the altitude propellers ana
was probably right underneath tho OK
pIosion. Wreckage Is all around the
Akron, and we couldn't get the motor
boats in close. Men got into the water
and swan around, and some of them
found body about eighteen feet down
They think it's Melvin. hut he's inside
the cage and they couldn't get him out
The others are i'm there, too. oh, | can't
talk any more about it," he said, as ne
reeled away.
The body was thought to be Melvin Want
mans because he was in front Of the cage
1T the helm. but shifting sand and water
made complete identification impossible.
Tangled cloth and wire about the cage bid
the rest of the bodies, but astern leg and
an arm protruded through the mesh into the
water. where Bourillion usually stood To op
crate the engine. Afterward this proved TO
be his body, for divers under Captain Georgs
Boehm worked all day and finally removed
u. He had been terribly mangled and
must have been very close to the seat Of
the explosion.
Throne Watches Divers.
Tho car. so the divers found. was buckled
In the centre and about thirty feet from the
how had broken almost in two. Twisted
steel and scraps OF the tank made the work
dangerous for the men. and parts OF the gas
bag heavy with water, impeded their al
ready slow footsteps below the surface
crowd Of fifty thousand people. extend
ing six blocks, sHarmed 10 watch the Divers
a, work. and had TO be kept back 10y IN"
noIIce reserves. while hundreds of motor
boats circled the wreck all day Some of
the boats had gone out IN the morning To
watch tbs flight, and even as bubbles rose