Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-09-06
BUT ONE SURVIVES
FALL OF A|RPLANE
IN WEST VIRGINIA
Bodies of Four Dead Are
Recovered in Mich
olas County.
LITTLE HOPE FOR LIFE
OF INJURED AVIATOR
All Is Quiet Throughout Re.
Gently Disturbed Coal
Mine Area.
>oT SINGLE SHOT IS rInED
search In Hiiis Falls to Locate
torpsrs Of Wen Ucpnrtcd
II <i1Ird I'm I"Irhtinu
LITTLE HOPE FOR LIFE
OF INJURED AVIATOR
'"r SINGLE SHOT IS FIRED
Search In HiIis Falls to Ioc,t.
torpsrs Of Mrn Hcp"rtcd
Killed IN Fighting.
Eny AssocIa,ed rrcs.l

cl!ARI.ESTON. ". VA. sept 3
The bodies ~ four OF the nvc mem
hcrs OF the crew of the government
Martin bombing Ilanc. 40. ,. from
Langley Field, Va were found today
on the north side OF Twenty-M.le
Creek. ten miles southwest Of sum
mervillc, Nicholas County. and III.
NTH is On route by automobile To
Charleston Ia serious condition. ac-
cordinS TO Information received to-
night by Major Davenport johnson.
in charge OF the army air forces sta
toned here
The dead arc:
Lieutenant, H. T.. Speck. pIo,. Med
ford Greg.
Lieutenant W. :. Fl,zpatrtck. OBJ
server. Mcdtord. Greg.
sergeant Arthur H. Brown. Ken
>y9ncky
r Private Walter b. Howard. San
Francisco.
Seriously injured:
Corporal Alexander C Iia1citon.
Wilmington. Del
Litt. hope for tho recovery OF
Corporal lIazclton was expressed by
physicians tonight when 1t was
learned that. In addition to suffer
ing broken legs. he was injured in
terrally.
Found After Two Days.
The wrecked airplanc was found by
Ben Hughes. a Nicholas County man.
after two-day search participated
in by hundreds Of residents OF the
vicinity in which the tragedy oc-
Cured as well as airplancs sent out
from Charleston and army searching
parties.
Hughes reported to Ma ior Johnson
by telephone that he heard fain: cries
and Sroans while searching in a
heavily wooded and particularly
rugged section. Following the di-
rcction OF the sounds. he said lie
came upon the wrecked machine. the
nose of which had buried itself In
the ground in such way that the
tail remained high In the air Its
position indicated that In nnal dive
to the ground the airplane had been
upside down.
The bodies OF three OF the victims
Hughes said. were suspended. head
uoN H. III Utiu III tHtt NOCh
pits by tootstraps. The fourth body
found hours later after careful
search Of the charrcd debris. was
caught In the wreckagc.
Immediately turning his attention
30 the injured man. who had man
aged TO crawl several yards from tn.
scene of the disaster and was found
lying face downward. Hughes par.
TALLY revived Corporal Hazleton by
giving him drink Of water. He
then made the suffering flyer as
comfortable as possible and set ou,
for help. After the arrival OF sew
cral more scarchers. HaZleton wak
carried more than mile TO the edge
OF the dense woods. where he was
placed in an automobile and taken tC
Summersville. the nearest town n
which there was known to be n phy-
sican.
The injured mans condition was
regarded as so critical that physi-
clans would allow no one to ques-
ton him regarding the accident
Those who examined the wrecked
machine expressed the opinion that
the crash had been followed by an
explosion OF gasoline, which en-
veloped the plane and all personnel
left in II in flames.