Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-22


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and made nll attempts at rescue work
futile.
The flames were finally brought into
submission by three fire depnrtmcn nts. .
which fought them with chemicals. Then
dcrricks bcgnn picking up the wreckagc.
which consisted Of scarcely more than
the aluminium framework and the six
Liberty motors of the once proud ship
of tho air. Within the wreckage lay the
bodies. virtually oil charred beyond rec.
ognition.
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M wv. 'nN e'sn' lnyurts; "''h"st un-
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W" p nc ,ie"I.n .'1spIta. near the hamp.
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o,;rn s"l ."'", some NOR ueau .nan
"Iei "nI 49,, n.y. =" .n',r ,p ,p Ml'h o.rneo
Same hod ,hsir eu ta"s. noUSd ,n o"n'suH, ,..;,,,
cream TO relieve them Of their intense
suhrrlnS. while others lay asleep or
tncnnsc'ouS WIN ou'S their closed eyes
Nis,olr. AZ VINO were able to talk were
snrrrlns from shock. ,
AIDert rIoras was IN the observers
pr on Top OF the bag.
let rue snip TIT up from the
na"k and start TO slide down. he said.
tired 10 s" back down inside. but
then l decided TO come out forward
again. by that time we hit the ground
ahd l was thrown ont on the ground.
floras was burned on the hands and
IS suffering from shock.
Major j; -. Reardon. who was in the
dent, said the work of the officers in
charge was remarkable.
Lieutenant Burt and Captain
Mabry were at their wheels. the maj ior
said The ship p gave duck and !
saw Lieutenant Burt pull with all his
might on the elevation lever. He
yelled out. She won't respond. and
then. Cut the motors One by one !
heard. tho motors shut off. Then we
hit. lf tho motors had not been shut
of we would have hit the ground much
harder. When asked IL he had seen anv
tame. he said that he had not.
injured on Ills FIRST Flight
Ray Hurley. civilian and engine
expert was aboard and in the fall he
suffered n slight sprain Of one arm and
burns on the hand.
at was the first time had ever
been up" he said. land when the
Roma started to swing, I didn't know
anything was wrong. I thought she
was acting AL right; didn't know diff.
icrent II was not until the machin"
hit the ground that realized she was
wrecked. She was sailing along
smoothly and she was coming straight
from the. Langley Field. We were up
only short time when we fell.
Sergeant Peek. an engineer aboard
the Roma. said he was tending his
motor IN the port rear engine boat.
The Liberty was running fine,' he de-
rlared, when we suddenly veered up
ana noscd down was too insane to
'hlnk much OF anything.
Joseph y. biedenbecR. engineer. was
purned ABOUT the lace ana hands. lie
saiu
.,, ulun see any hre. Ihe ship just
.ll'eu ahn starred 10 nose hive.. When
we h't ,he ground an explosion fol::
IoweG' J was pinned down ." that
y Lu.u noI stt ohl' INC laDrlc was
go. . "e "nu We .sfu,rH were an
".ouai. ,u.' ~ MHlteu ,1r !he taoriG 10
w" ,%rV"s. nv .;," >" Tou,u set o,i' ., A..
I,,, m @ 'me .,lne Mas airaiu that tne
oiooa =. I o.,nu us MouIu "a
'ho foh.t, hosa" ""PiLn'n H., ~, t"e n,e re"'nr1
i h,I rn. ,,I, 'ne 10y VI: eAp'oS,on. ~
,li,s 'J COW v'on "na 49, 49, nav. sa,.cn o".
inn., ,nou % ',.h VI" la "nm uos ,s JUMP,
safe ianGir" We hit ,,"h, .r,a. ~ .,""e ,ha,
Zyc wor, zoo r, f,r on,:hnd,. IVA ~" ,,,"i..
q sofe ;Imn :. ' ''"' :" ''""e
Ro,h HiedepbccL md No;,r poor.
don smoke of rho ,oIIant wow ,ho a..
ticers remained ot tbeir nosts I.niiI
the instant Of the rI.,sh ,hc ,fBrcrs
stuck of the wheels
One Of the survi,ors soid tho Ror.
,ftcn sailed with n little tilt and Thai
no paid little attention TO tho initial
lift of the tai, of the shin mill he
heard a man vel that the craft refused |
20 respond to the helm.
One of the mechanics in the crew OF
.he hiv shin hi, 81. iii ..o,'r r,,J,ler hrota m,
md tho nlanes did NOT work So for n.
could see there was M fire mrtil wc
,it rho rround -
Colonel y, N Guincv comm,ndar.
He said % be DID did not ""' see %"s any war; fire