Evening star., 1921-08-27
SEARCH FOR BODIES
IN zR-2 CONTINUES
Hunt in Wreckage Fails to
Reveal More Dead-Raise
Additional Debris.
BY the Ass&ia ted Press,

ny lhe hSbOcld teu prtsS.
HULL. England. August 27.-Further
search among the wreckage Of the
wrecked dirigIble ZR-2 had failed to re-
veal more bodies up to the middle OF
the forenoon today. The wreckers who
have been engaged in the task are con-
effort to raise more of the debris. in
which it Is hoped some additional bodies
of the more than two-score men who
lost their lives in Wednesday evenings $
disaster will be found. Great crowds
again gathered around the quay today
!continued.
The bodies of the three Americans al
ready recovered are being prepared for
transfer to the United States. but 1t Is
possible they may be retained here Tor
a time, so that If the bodies of other
Americans are recovered. as Is hoped.
they may be all sent home together.
Ceremony mt Howden.
The American dead will not be taken
to Howden. the British air base, It was
announced today, and the big military
service there planned for "Wednesday
will take the form of a memorial cere-
mony. 1t will be elaborately carried out,
with bands and military detachments
from all branches Of British northern
command present.
4 message expressing sympathy of
the municipality and people of Hull Ia
the citizens of the United States ana
the relatives of the Americans who
lost their lives when the ZR-2 was
destroyed has been sent to George
Harvey. American ambassador to
Great Britain, by T. B. Atkinson. the
lord mayor.
Your excellency." the lord mayors
letter said, II desire on behalf of the
inhabitants of this city to express to
you their great sympathy in the ter
of the United States through the ca
tastrophe to airship ZR-2. While
mourning our own loss. we do not
forget the losses of our American al
lies. These losses, too, in many eases
are personal to many of our inhabit-
lengthy sojourn of your airmen at
Howden. learned to know them as
friends and to respect them as brave
and capable men,"
Inquest ON Esterly's BODY.
AS the salvagers were continuing
their work, an pther brief chapter in
the tragedy was written when the
coroner's inquest on the bodies OF
Lieut.. Marcus H. Esterly of Wash
-.
| of Newburyport, Mass, and Lieut. X.
| S. Montague Of the British personnel.
was opened yesterday. The session.
however. was a brief one. and after
the taking of some evidence. adjourn
ment was taken until October 4. The
formality enabled the coroner to is
sue burial certificates. so that the
bodies could be taken away. Fur
ther inquiry Is impossible at present.
owing to the lack of evidence. and
the fact that the most important wit
ness, Flight Lieut.. A. II. Wann, is
still in hospital. where he must re-
main for another fortnight.
The American air force was repre-
sented by Lieuts. John b. Lawrence.
Joseph b. Anderson and William r.
Taylor A number of British officers
were present. John H. Grout. the
American consul at Hull, was present
as an observer.
An interesting point. brought out
rather casually, was that the airship
had never been officially named ZR-2,
but was still the R-3S. The coroner,
for the purpose of record, asked Vice
Admiral A. v. Vivian of the British
air service, about this, and he re-
piled that she was the R-3S, to which
Lieut. Taylor. who was in the box.
nodded his head.
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