New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-06
Lost Bomber
Found, Four
OF Grew Dead
Only Survivor, With Both
Legs Broken and Inter-
nal Injuries, Is ON Way
to Charleston in Auto
Little Hope for Recovery
Victims Hung Head Down
ward From Cockpit Sus-
pended by Foot Straps

CHARLESTON, w. va, Sept. b.-The
bodies Of four of the five members of
the crew Of the governments Martin
bombing plane No. 8, from Langley
Field Va. which fell in Nicholas
County Saturday. were found to-day
on the north side of Twenty-mile
Creek, 100 miles southwest of Sum
nerville. The fifth man is en- route by
automobile to Charleston in a serious
condition, according to information re-
ceived tonight by Major Davenport
johnson, in charge of the army air
forces stationed here.
The dead are:
BROWN, Sergeant Arthur R., Ken
lucky.
FITZPATRICK, Lieutenant w. S..
observer, Medford, Ore
HOWARD, Private Walter B., San
Francisco.
SPECK, Lieutenant Harry L., pilot,
Medford. Ore.
The seriously injured is:
HAZELTON, Corporal Alexander c.,
Wilmington, Del.
Little chance for the recovery of
Corporal Hazeton was expressed by
physicians tonight when it was
learned that in addition to suffering
broken legs, he was injured internally.
Not Permitted to Talk
The injured mans condition was re-
garded as So critical that physicians
would permit no one to question him
regarding the accident.
The wrecked airplane was discove red
by Ben Hughes, Nicholas County
man, after two-day search partici-
pated in by hundreds of residents Of
the vicinity in which the tragedy oc-
Cured as we'll as airplanes sent out
from Charleston and army searching
parties.
Hughes heard faint cries and groans.
Following the direction of the sounds,
he came upon the machine. The nose
of the plane had buried itself in the
ground and the tail remained high in
the air. Its position indicated that in
the final dive the airplane had been
upside down
The bodies of three of the victims,
Hughes said, were suspended, head
down, in midair, held in their cock
pits by foot straps.
The fourth body, discovered hours
later after careful search of the
charred debris, WAS caught in the
wreckage.
hmm ediately turning his attention to
the injured man who had managed to
crawl several yards from the scene of
the disaster and was found lying face
downward, Hughes partly revived
Corporal Hazleton by giving him
drink of water. He then made the
suffering flyer as comfortable as pos
sible and set out for help.
Carried Mile to Auto
After the arrival of several more
searchers Hazleton was carried more
than mile to the edge of the dense
woods, where ne was placed in an auto
mobile and taken to SummersviIle. the
to be physician.
Those who examined the wrecked ma
chine expressed the opinion that the
crash had been followed by an expIo-
sion of gasoline which enveloped the
plane and all personnel left in it in
flames.
The plane, No. 5, with two others.
Nos. % and "a, left the flying field
here Saturday for Langley Field, Va.
They ran into a storm and No. s, in
making bank, evidently to return to
Charleston, was seen by the other ma
chimes to go into a spin and fall. Nos.
" ana "A reported the accident and
search was imme diately begun. The
observers in Nos. % and "a could
give only an approximate location.
which made the search difficult. The
aviators gave the location as near Poe.
which proved to be approximately cor