The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-12-16
HE DIED LIKE A HERO
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too evidently dead, and when at last
he was pulled out he was unrecogniz-
able
Mrs. D. L. Adams, who lives in the
little cottage where Lieut.. Feast
went for help, saw most of the acct
dent, and her statement tallies with
that of Miss Davis.
Most of the girls at the school were
! away on picnic at Silver Springs,
but four of them were out under the
big tree in front of the building, and
were nearer the place where the plane
struck than anyone else. They dis
tinctly heard the last words of Rem
ington as he told Lieut.. Feast to
stand back from the fire.
| 1t is two and half miles over
bad road from the center of town to
the scene of the accident, but in ten
minutes there were a hundred people
on the ground, and the number rapid
| ly increased. Several doctors wer,
among them, but no one could do any
more than look sadly at the disfigured
remains.
| The other aviators were of course
in great trouble and dismay over the
awful fate of their comrade, but they
rallied themselves and set about dis
posing of his body and reporting the
accident. McIver & MacKay took
charge of the remains. Lieut. Feast
declared that he would take the other.
plane and fly back to Arcadia, but
was persuaded to instead take the
train. He left on the southbound
limited, but first reporting by tele-
graph to his superior officer at Dorr
Field. Guards were put over both the
remaining plane and the wreck and
Lieut.. Carter and Sergeant Means
came to town and to the home of Mr..
w. w. Harriss, where they were en-
tertained during the remainder of
their stay.
Both lieutenants and the surviving
sergeant were very reticent and re-
fused to give out any information.
Before leaving, Lieut.. Feast called at
the Star office and asked that moth
ing be printed about the affair in
that issue of the paper. Altho we had
the story, and it was partly in type,
we could not refuse the request of
the young officer, who in spite of his
hurts and the shock of his awful ex-
perience was bravely trying to carry
out his duties
Lieut.. Feast was burned about his
hands and sustained some bruises, but
these injuries he did not seem to no.
tice
There are many conflicting stories
about the accident, but the most relia
BILE reports confirm what Miss Davis
said. A number of people, none of
whom saw the occurrence, said that
Feast saved himself by jumping, and
the correspondent of the Tampa Tri-
bune telegraphed that report to his
paper. Miss Davis. however, says
that nobody jumped from the ma
chine-that no one would have had
time to jump after it began to fall.
1t was also reported that the plane
turned over and Remington was
caught under the engine. 1t would
have been better for him if this had
been the case, as the shock would
have killed him instantly. But the
machine did not turn over. Reming-
ton was evidently thrown out and
caught in the tangle of one of the
smashed wings. Had half a dozen
strong men been on the spot, they
could hardly have pulled him free be-
fore the fire drove them back.
There is much speculation about the
cause of the accident. Several have
said wing of the plane hit branch
of one of the trees as it tried to pass
over. We have heard that Lieut..
Feast was heard to say to one of the
other officers that the machine did not
have sufficient speed in rising, and
when a short distance above the
ground it ran into a current of air
| that it did not have the momentum
to overcome, and that caused it to tip
and fall. If this was not the reason,
the public may never know, as the
army keeps it's own council.
Sergeant Remington was from Cat
teraugus, N. Y. He was undoubtedly
a fine young man and favorably i'm
pressed those who met him here. Only
few minutes before the accident, he
was kindly and courteously answering
the questions of some ladies who
were out at the landing field and who
were naturally interested in the ma
chine he was preparing for fight. He
was evidently one of those represen-
tative young Americans, of good
breeding and education which in our
army are found everywhere from
buck private up. His death cast
gloom over our city and many
mothers heart ached for him and for
his family and friends, who saw him
go with sadness mingled with pride
and joy for his manliness and cour-
age and must now receive him with
grief that even patriotism cannot as
suage. His nearest of kin is Mrs. Ruth
Lawson, 1913 Franklin street, Buffalo,
N. Y.
| Lieut.. Hillary D. Lyons and Mocha
nician Sergeant E. H. R. Bassett of
Dorr Field came in Sunday night to
give final instructions as to the dis
| poSition of the remains which were