Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-06
Sergeant Hess Only Bruised
When Colonel Dodd Was
Killed at Bustleton
ATTEMPT TO FLY PLANE
THROUGH FOG WAS FATAL
Tragedy Stopped Flight to New
York to Enter Transcon-
tinental Race

VI WHICH iOlOnel lOWnsenu r. bOui
was killed, is still in a serious condition
today at the Frankford Hospital. He
is Lieutenant Charles r. Colt and ply
sicians say that he will probably re
cover
The accidents occurred within half
an hour. In the first Colonel Dodd. one
of Americas most famous army avia
tors, was killed. In the second, five
fiers were injured. The two airplancs
were passing over the city on their way
TO New York to take part in the trans
continental race.
Lieutenant Colts condition improved
rapidly today and he was able to tell
the story of the accident.
1T was due to bursting tires he
said. when we came down the tires
exploded and the rims of the wheels dug
into the ground. They went in deep,
because the ground had been made soft
N by the rains.
This sudden checking of the mo-
Y mentum of the plane caused il to turn
over.
THE field is a difficult one on which
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the way Of aviators who arrive there. -
Since the accidents there has been
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which befell the machine in which
Major Davis and his party were in
lurea'
The dead was:
Colonel Townsend f. Dodd. United
States air service choked to death when
ms airplane was wrecked IN striKing
tn ;n;,'r.d ava
N1a;,r NJ u D.v;s I,ri+od stotos
.;r scryice broLan arm, brokcn nose.
aad hr,;.os ,,no, tbo Lood .rd hodv His
hon,a ;s IN Nan,no Idabo
I;.,,t.n.nt Ch.r,ss p CoIt Irnitad
Statas o;r serrina riobt LOO broken in
49,, ,,l.cos ord irtorpal ;n;ur;as His
hnr,a ;s IN wosb;,ctor n G
C.nta;n Harold Dou,l.s United
states ai,. service crts and bruises
Sergeant Harry r. Kashe. United
states air service bruises.
Sergeant Vernon Ieary, United
States air service. bruises.
Sergeant George r.. Hess. United
states air service; bruises. His home
is in San Antonio, Tex.
Only three of the ayiators were seri-
ously enough hurt to remain in the
Frankford Hospital today These are
Lieutenant Colt, Major Davis and Ser
geant Hess. The condition of Major
Davis and Sergeant Hess is not seri-
Gus.
The other flyers hurt in the accidents
were able to leave the hospital, after
" Hhuihs vi honnahce
Colonel Dodd's machine was the first
to meet disaster. His death gave
tragic ending to one of the wars pret-
tiest romances. He had been married
! only since last April and his bride like
himself, had won distinction during the
war. She was Miss ST. Clair Living
stone Stone, a cousin of Ensign Jack
Livingstone, one of the test pilots at
the navy yard. With Miss Ingelborg
Steen Hansen, she went to Europe as a
Red Gross nurse and served in Belgium.
Serbia and the Balkans. She was deco
rated several times for her courage and
unfagging services to the wounded and
suffering.
During this time Colonel Dodd was
making his great reputation as fier.
The two met in Europe and when they
returned to this country at the end of
the war they were married in Wash
inrton at the home of General and Mrs
Griffin.
Mrs Dodd is sxnectod 70 amino =,
Philadelphia today to accompany the
oouy Oh her huspahd pacK 10 wash
inston'
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.r;at;o, 6old he H.. lie,
arainst n tree The engine was shaLan