New Britain herald., 1922-02-22

aboard the Roma,
 Names of those positively identified follow'--captain Dale Mahry, Major John Thornell, Master Sergeant +. D, McNally, Tech, Sergeant l.. NJ. Harris, Staff Sergeant Lewis Hiliard, Staff Sergeant Marion j, Beale. Sergeant William Ryan. Sergeant Virgil Hoff- man, Corporal Irby B, Hevron, Pri- late Gus kinston, Private Vernon Blakeley, Private John Thompson, Private Marion lIill, Mir. Siryker. McCook field, O. tcivlian). Robert J, Hanson, .MeCook field O. (civilian), William O'Laughlin, Mccook field, O. (civilian) Hartman. McCook field, O, tcivilian), Major Nautsmeir. Captain Dursschmidt, Captain Watts. Lieut., W. c, Burnes Lieut., w. B. Cummings Lieut.. Riley tkilled in falD. Lieut., Smythe. Captain Mcfarland, Master Sergeant Murray Lieut. Clinton, Lieut.. II. K. Hinc. Sergeant J. M. Holmes C. N. Schuenburg. Dayton. o. (civilian). There were four bodies which the officers and men from Langley field were unable positively to identify. but close friends will be called in this morning. They are
 Sergeant Marlborough, Lieut.. Hall, Sergeant Gorby, Sergeant Schumakcr. Addresses Of the dead are now being compiled from the records at Langley field.
 Tho Survivors
 Major John D. Rcardon, wife. Mrs. Reardon, 300 Elm street, Washing ton, D. c.
 Captain Walter J. Reed. father, William J. Reed. Scarsdalc N. Y.
 Lieutenant Clarence H. Welch, father, W. V. Wclch, Papillon, Neb
 Lieutenant Broyn H. Burt Jr
 Sergeant Virdon T. Jeek, father Howard Jeek, 23o4 Lafayette avenue, Terre Haute, Ind.
 Sergeant Harry A. Chapman, moth- CT, Mrs J. H. Ward. 1926 Frederick avenue, St. Joseph, Mo.
 Sergeant Joseph M. Bicdcnbach father, John Biedenbaeh All East Market street, Akron, Ohio.
 Corporal Albert Flores.
 Civilian Walter A, McNair, Bureau of Standards, Washington. D. C.
 Civilian Charles Dworack, McCook field Ohio.
 Civilian Ray Hurley, National Ad- visory Committee on Aeronautics.
 Horribly Mutilated. | Newport News, Va, Feb. o2.--A stream Of ambuances last night poured into this city with bodies that had been taken from the ill., fatcd airship Roman, queen of the that identification of the bodies would be virtually impossible for many of them fere so mangIed and distigured as to make them unrec- ognizable. Many were lacking arms and legs, some were headless, others torn and burned so terribly that extreme care had to be taken in handling them.
 Scene of Great Horror.
 Many persons went from here 10 The army base during the afternoon to view the ruins and witness the recovery of many bodies. Describ- ing their experience, some declared the scene to have been one of the greatest horrors. Soldiers and off cers at the army base who witness ed the disaster saw several mem- bers of the crew leap from the doomed machine while she was still high in the air One of these who jumped had a parachute, but it failed to open. He landed on q concrete pavement
 Seek Their Comrades.
 Tn the local morgue bodies Gheeted on the tables attracted many, among whom were army officers and men seeking vainly to identify their com rades.
 In almost every case the features retained strange calm. One body lay on it's cot with the trappings of a parachute hanging in threads of burned rags to the shoulders.