Evening star., 1925-09-04

inte the upper part Of the
bag. Ralph jones and e. O. Hereth
were near me.
We began climbing down the side
] didn't see them drop. ! fell about
10 feet, and I'm all twisted and sore.
Tells et I.eag Fight.
The survivors went frem nortt
Philadelphia by train TO the main sta
tion in Philadelphia. where thsy toob
a subway train TO the Delaware River
ferry. After breakfast IN Gamden
y. J.. the party Taft for Lakehursi
on a Reading Railroad train at s:1i
am, and were due In Lakehurst al
1e;33 am. The survivors attractet
little attention In the quick passs gt
through Philsdelphis.
Lieut.. Thomas o, Henaiey. who wa,
in charge Of the survivors, walkee
with noticeable limp.
Il sprsiped both legs" he said. 'ant
got some bruises and gashss. bu
they don't amount To much"
II had just come eff watch apt
rear of the keel about 80 feet from
the control cabin. when | felt the shiT
lurehing and plungiRs.
Up until that moment the west
had been fpe. The moon had beer
playing hide and seek behind tn,
clouds In the earlier part Of the nigh
and / was greatly surprised that ",
had run into a storm.
The ship struck an angle Of abeu
4a degrees. In less than three min
ates dressed and tried TO make m,
way TO my eentrol cabin.
Left Hanging TO fiirder.
BEFORE got feet frem my ham
dives and was twisted around.
hesitated q moment. Then she ascend
ed at terrific rate, travelling aln1es
vertically.
81 noticed that at the hrst nose -divs
the air was unusually hot and sticky
But after twisting and turning to q
height of about 5, 5,0ea or 5000 feet. we
struck an unusually cold current oi
air. .
II was lifted into the air with tn,
nose Of the ship. hanging on to a tag
ment of . girdsr. which stuck u, o.
the nose of the ship about 1ee -,eg.
After this girder had bunape,. tn.
tops Of several trees. ! teek cha nee
and let go.''
Fred !. Tohin, aviation pilot, Airing
ton. Mass. said:
II had Just some down TO relieve
Everett Alien. one of the dead.
judge the time was 5:45, but | guAs!
we all were mixed up on eur time be
cause of the change from eastern
sta ndard TO central-sta ndard.
Allen was running the elevators
started TO walk toward my statier
when a zip OF wind struck VS. on on,
side and another on the other side
ThA
tried to make my way along the kee
just as the ship came to an almos
vertical position and started to ris.
very quickly. Before I could climf
is feet more. there was q ripping hiss
ing sound. and the big shin brok,
in two.
Dragged by Ship.
'Yeu might realize how fast W,
came down when / say that before
could turn my head to see what has
happened, I found myself on the toy
of q tree. As j started to climb down
part OF the risginE and wires caugh
me around the waist and arms and
was dragged about 1,08o feet by tn,
free end Of the ship along the roads
and hills.
II ahally managed to free myself
and fell about SO feet. Far sevsra
minutes / couldn't move. ! felt as i
nearly every bone in my bedy wa
broken. and | surely was tickled I,
death when l got up and found
could walk around"
All Tobin wore was a pair of blu,
overalls and an undershirt. He car
ried 9. smsll black grip. which, h,
said, contained psrseasl vsiuables o
men that had been killed.
G H.. axz
Ga. an assistant engineer effaesr o,
the shens pdesh. was in No. gep
dola one OF the power cara, His wa
one of the cars that did not fall
Every msn on the ship" he said
had orders to stand by. The order,
were given about four or Ave minute
before the cras sh. We had been tight
ing through the storm for hours ans
struck into the very center of it a
that point. Aen in the after power
cars, Nos. l, q and 3, remained a
their posts, even after the collaps,
of the dirigible and the droppiu,
away of the control cars and the tw,,
forward power ears. They were still
at their engines as the broken par
of the dirigible came close to tn,
ground, touching the tops of trees n.
listing badly toward the port side.
Then she rose little and the sfte
power cars were wreHched and twists,
but net tern loeas frpm their fastsn
ings. BY that time we upAerstaod tn,
completeness of the disa ster, nd al
of the men in the power ears wer,
climbing aheYe the engines to get ,
hsna grip OF some kind on the fran;
of the dirigihls.
: As the Shens ndesh finally settle,
the three rear power ears wer,
twisted and torn away. We wer,
BOUNCED around ssyagsly for severa
minutes. We had first struck anon,
the tops Of sanas trees
''rhsas slowed mp the speed Of tn,
sirship. or ratasr that. part sf tn,
sirshlp In which we wfrs riding. an,
as she bounced down tewsrd tn,
ground some of the man were virtu
ally thrown of, ethers watched thei
chancs and lsapsd. 1t was hsif darl
at the time. We couldn't see at enc,
that the nose of the sfrship wa
missing"
Charles Solar Of Inaian napolis. ma
chinist mate. was ane of the ma,
carried away in the nose of the air
ship.
I was just gatting cut of my bun]
when we suddenly spun around In
little cyclone. The airship sank an,
then bounded upward and the par
of the ship In which l was ridinj
broke OF.
"cemdr. Rosendahl Wss with Vi
and we trse,halieeRsA Il, graduall.