Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-02-22

and frren we're uninIUred or only slightly |
bruised when the giant army alrship |
B~--a. with her crew and a number Of
civilians totsufn- IS in all aboard. plunz- |
rd t7lay from q thousand feet OF more in |
Pho si- % the ground at the HAMPTON
r-ads naval 1ase
Tire accident NreV1wahlv w7s cquse1 hv |
O. broken rudder and as the large dirigible
H-tl fI cA.fl o. cfps.zel across "a
r-r tension electric line hurs ing into a
-os~.n- furnace ~ blazing hydrogen gas.
I~r- after dark tonight, many hours ait
a- her feN. the ship was still a mass Of
fswes from end to end Of her 40 foot
mass The FIRE fed on the million cubic
-erf NJ gas which diste1ded the great bag
f0r tho fl-ht and Tade all attempts al
-eecut work i,-le.
rs~ely a dozen Of those aboard were
r'rkeSi "a, alive and one of these died on
he wsv 70 the hospital All Of those who
airvVed the fire escaped ny jumping as
.aa sfi1 struck The others. penned in
20 hrn ~ The fallen bag. were burned
.o death
The flames were finally brought into
submission by three fire dd artments
which fought them with chemcs's s. And
.er derTic1z began picking up the wreck
1-e wich consisted of scarcely more than
Do aluminium frame work and the six
liberty motors ~ the once proud ship Of
DO sir. Within the wrecSage lay the
'odiee. --srticsllv al charred beyond re
--fir- r-t h-Fore the night had
PASSED 55 bodies had been removed. ac-
-r1nrin- for The last of those Who we're
Known 10 have taken flight on the fatal
soysEe-
Rudder slipped TO One side
Accounts n Survivors and Of eye wit
'ev-s as 10 what had happened reared
-r ser,e orirht that the huge kite-like
r-ucture oT the stern rldder, itself as large
B. a bombing plane, had slipped to one
fle as the Rora drove along a thousand
.e-- 7hovs the army base
she was making a trial fight with
saw battery Of Liberty motors. They were
-as-1-e1 % replace Italian eDgir=s
tc---h- with her In Italy. but which have
TO- rrCred satisfactory. Installation was
completed A. langley Field two weeks ago.
u was just before p. m. when those
below az tho army base at HanDton
Eazfs hsse. their attention caught by the
q. -'roacnirr f1under Of the six motors
Iro-eG up 70 sea the Roma dip down from
fr- v.rai-lr- blight. They agreed that the
r'iiier semed 20 have slipped bodily down
and % one side
Tie shin nose1 sieeply down. As she
Same closer it was seen that her crow
were hurisnE ont sand ballast from the
,r-ts in the fragile fabric that formed
.Hr- covering n the SPACE between her
,er' and hack. the living and operating
quarters ~ -he shiT. The dip1ing blunt
n1s. ~ tie hs- 9id not resnond. ON the
chin came .ir-be,l,ed IN bar oIida earth
r ..-4 60 rte ,,-.,,l.,,5,-- ,,.,,t5
r.- ro--. te- ,bs fa,- b,,75re5 fes+ mt
...fa t.,-. 5r,-,-,..l her i-+o ti,o ---a+e-s of
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,-f rrs+ .e ~. ro-7s ,,es,.a4 tn. wires
MO- rncr were seen 20 leap from high up
her slarting tuli As the stricken
fsrir- monster writhed IN her death az
rnv. rsn more drrrped from doors or paris
,- rrrrr-h holes they tore In the fahri-
Ufe7 that enclosed them. Some lefl cd
.rs- -re r--frr--- where the en~ines e+ood
ar o1t IRON The hult
Ft,,,.s D-,,, p.... NJ,
i vas me hare ot the gas h7ne
80 nIA'en 'aeN netore us
~ ""lcneU lpisssIy
''-A.' If'l nag snrlN'len IN tne
'aa- ~ me HherSted gas. The
NsH oi name city MOCK
'' 'e i0ons8ndS ot gallons o.
ana water nad cnecked the no "a
'- iTpossinie TO reach the
"a'-s'ea ana oeaa IN that merry
t1e
leit No passenger list oehinc
n -He So out for a orfat trlal rur
i'-leL. Sne Is known 10 nave ar
many oliioHFs ana men as passengers
" e'-i-'on TO nsf t'z-'--,'- no
Sc Ioss H0h the nel1' Ha
iesnea out 20 slgnSl thst ~
Ersons so'aIU u 5,, ~ - De
~, olIe t'iiien nan. VI
~ anu lns1 she sruu4iiy CART lie'
Victims Virtually Cooked to Death
Officers who knew uersonaI1v many q.
nItcrs and ennsted men, were un
80 one u lL-s e,I -.