Evening star., 1925-09-04
WRECK OF SHENANDOAH IS LAID
TO GALE, LOOTERS STRIP SHIP
Cabins, Torn From Bag i'm Storm Ripped Holes i'm
Cover Letting Rush of Air i'm to Buckle Frame,
Inquiry Board Finds.
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0o1tinued from First Pagel
al Marietta aiding in the care of the
injured men, Chief Gunner Raymond
Cole. Lima, Ohio, and Rigger John +.
Mccarthy, Freehold, y. J., whose in
jnries are believed TO be not fatal.
Lotting at the scene of the disa ster
viii be prevented today by q detail Of
45 men and number of officers from
Fort Hayes. Columbus. American Le-
gion men, salvation Army workers
local eonsta hlss and the Noble County
sheriff and his deputies were on the
scene Yesterday and today, helping
wherever they could. The Salvation
Army lassies served coffee and sand
wiches today an the work OF Investigate
ing the accident progresses.
Warning Was Needed.
Better protection from the elements
must be the goal Of further dirigibls
develepnent as the result OF the Shen-
sndeah disaster, In the opinion of Gel
G.. G. Hall, u. s. A, official observer
boa rd the ship. He said he believed
the accident was no reflection on the
crew.
Better communication might have
saved u.s." he declared. Scientific
men who study the. movement OF
aided us in SVertipg the disas stsr."
/ Lieut., Comdr. Rosendahl made posi-
tive denial that the ship was hying toe
near the ground and that Its gondolas
lcausht on the tFeetops, causing the
disaster. Other officers have concur.
red in the assertion that the ship was
at an altitude OF at least 5000 feet
when it was struck by the squall.
The survivors we're unanimous Ia
asserting that the fact the gas cham
hers we're allied with helium was al
that prevented an explosion. Reports
that lightning had struck the shiT
and was partly responsible for the
crash were denied by survivors and
witnesses of the catastrophe.
Biamed on Wind.
Ofseers OF the dirigible, expla inins
the tragedy, said the ship encoun
tered severe windstorm over Cam
bridge, strong headwinds holding The
giant machine almost stationary foI
Is minutes, although the engines
were going full speed ahead
After making more than a dozen vair
attempts to efude the storm center BY
changing their course. the ship ap-
pareHtly nosed its way squarely into
the vortex of the. squail and was
abruptly shot upward for more thar
1900 feet and then dropped percipi-
lately. the ship structure cracking
and breaking into three parts under
the tremendous strain.
Attached TO the forward sectioT
was the control cabin, in which
Lieut. Comdr. Lansdowne and i other
officers and men navigating the shir
were at their posts. This sondols
broke away from it's mooring. crash
ing to the ground from an altitude o.
several thousand feet and killing al
of its occupants. Seven others whs
were in the foresection of the ship
but not in the control car, driftec
as in free balloon, landing safely
nearly IL miles away.
The main section landed almos
I Immediately after the break, only
of the % men who were In 1t hsins
killed.
Plans for the burial of the Shenan-
doah dead went forward with prog
ress today, Ceffins are expected tt
he in readiness TO ship the hodies ts
their designated final resting places
today.
Iansdowse Rites at Arlington.
The body of Cpmdr, Zachary
Lansdowne, commander of the Ill
fated ship. has been ordered sent to
Washington for burial In Arinst0'
National Cemetery alongside amer
cas- heroes who have gone before
Those of others who lost their hVes
either have been assigned for bdris
ut their homes or probably will be SC
assigned.
Before daylight the crowds o.
curious again began swarmins to thf
wreekage scenes. BY " o'clock sli
airpianes arrived over the debris
| strewn countryside in Efforts to iann
A heavy fog hung close to earth
making the landing on the hhi!
! ground more perilous than ever.
Army trucks, official Army cars and
Army motor cycles, some of then
| with side ear passengers, arriNet
| during the night to sugment th'
! there. With the khaki-elad men
were naval oficers. some Of them IL
blue uniforms. some Of them in white
Charge to See Wrecksse.
The hve survivors, including Lieut
Comdr. Rosendahl, who spent tn,
night In Caldwell, arose refreshed thi'
morning, "a wing they had spent rest
! ful night. Phey were awaiting dis
patches from Navy Department on
eials. A headquarters was fitted VI
| In Caldwell Hotel, from where th'
work of Investigation and inquiry II
| being conducted.
| Farmers Ground the Shenandosl
wreckage scenes began charging ad
mission prices 10 the grounds thii
morning. Their scale was 90 cents PEI
person or 81 for automobiles. Watel
was being sold at 10 cents a glass,
g The body of Lieut. ", e, Sheppare
of Washington, D, c.. the Ia at TO b,
recovered, was found by twos zrial
boys on" their Way to ihe wfeckage
fhey stumbled over II white climbing
lover Q hedge. Lieut.. F. z. Master
later Identified the body as that 0
Sheppard.
| Assignments of bodies of the victims
ara a. fnIln1ua. Rixear Il aIah q INf