Evening journal., 1922-02-22

The list OF the dead given out OF
ncially at Langley Field. from where
the luckless crew and passengers
came. follows;
Major John c. Thornon; Major
Walter W. Bautsmeior. Captain d. l..
Mabry. Commander OF the Roma
Captain Frederick n. purrschmidt;
Capialn George d. Watts; Captain
Allen =. Mcfarland. Lieut.. John r..
Hall: Lieut.. Wallace J. Burns. Lieut..
Wallace C. Cummings. Lieut.. Will
liam t. Riley; Lieut. clifford Il.
smythe. Lieut.. Ambrose V. Clinton'
Lieut. Harold X. Hine; Sergeants
Roger C.. McNally; and Thomas A.
Yarbarough. James Murray. Homer
Gorby. Lee NJ. Harris Louis Hllliard.
Marion j. Beal. Edward NJ Schu-
maker. James NJ Holmes. William J.
Ryan and Virgil C.. Hoffman; Cor
poral Urbey b. Hevron; Privates Gus
Kingston. Marion Hill Threen NJ.
Blakeley and John r. Thompson.
Five civilians from McCook Field.
Dayton. Ohio. whose first names are
unknown 10 Langley Field officials.
follows:
stryker. Hanson. OToughlin. Har-
iigan and schultenberg
These i've men assisted In Install
ing the six new Liberty motors with
which the Roma was equipped for
her last fatal trial flight
Several officers ventured the sug-
gestion that the accident was due TO
The increased power supplied by
these new engines over the original
power plant
The injured are:
Major John D. Reardon. Dayton.
Ohio: Captain Walter ]. Reed.
Scarsdale. ~ Y: Walter McNair.
civilian. Bureau OF Standards. Wash
ngton; Lieutenant Clarence A.
Welch. Omaha. Neb.: Harry A.
Chapman. sergeant. St Joseph. Mo;
Joseph NJ. Biedenbache. Herman.
Pa: Charles W. Dvorack. Dayton.
Ohio: Alberto Flores. Porto Rico.
Lieutenant b. T. Burt. Langley
Field. and Roy Hurley. Dayton. o..
and Vernon Peek. sergeant. Langley
Field.
The last three were slightly
burned while Dvorack Is not ex-
pected to live.
The consensus OF opinion Is that
Captain Mabry In making the turn
over the army base failed 10 allow
for the increased power The rud-
der broke under the unusual strain
iamming into the controls. This
occurred az height estimated at
ESQ feet. The Roma's nose pointed
down and Lieutenant Burt. at the
elevation lever. tugged desperately
to straighten the ship She refused
to respond and he yelled at Captain
Mabry to shut of the motors. They
were shut of one by one.
In the meantime the helpless
giant sagged rapidly. nose pointing
down at an angle Of As degrees
Two score feet from the ground the
nose passed over a half dozen high
tension wires tearing them to frag-
ments. A second later the dirig.ble
thrust her nose into a mass of steel
birets. machine parts and scrap iron
and collapsed on its living freight.
A few seconds more and fire ignited
by the. twisting serpents OF flame
from the 25OO-volt electric wires.
swept the wreckage.
A great sheet OF soaring flame
shot from the huge gas bag. leap
ing high into the air and driving
away the scores OF soldiers and ci-
villains who rushed to the rescue.
Unable to approach the pyre. the
rescuers turned in a fire alarm and
then picked up Lieutenant Riley.
who had jumped from the machine
Just before she struck the wires.
He had failed to open his parachute
and crashed into a mass Of metal
lie died on the way 10 the hospital
For a moment after the Roma
fell. Captain Woods and other army
base officers who commanded the