The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-04-05
ABANDON HOPE that
ANY IN CREW Will
Be RESCUED ALIVE
Coast Guard Boats Continue
Search in Hope Of Finding
More Bodies
SURVIVORS Recovering
whey Tells Thrilling Tale o.
last Minutes Of Sky
Queens Voyage


IaSt MsnuteS q SNy
Queens Voyage
New York, April 5.-(ReThe search
for the II lost officers and men Of
the airship Akron went forward
swiftly and thoroughly wednesday,
but hope that any had survived the
catastrophe was gone.
The sullen seas, whipped BY viciou&
thunderstorms early Tuesday morn
ing when the navy's silvered cir mis-
tress crashed down. had quoted.
making the task OF searching ships
less difficult than on Tuesday.
Coast guard boats. one Of which
recovered the body Of Lieutenant
Commander Harold Z. Mcclellan
Tuesday, were ordered to extend their
search southwark, but to patrol closer
to shore.
MacIellan's body was found -
miles off shore-a considerable dis
lance from the spot of Barnegat
light on the New jersey coast line
where the Akron crashed. The coast
guard boat crew said that only for
the fact that their boat passed with
in = few yards Of 1t the body would
not have been seen. Only the tap Of
the head could Be seen. The arms
were rigid and outst0tched. -
though they had chung to . timber.
Considerable debris and bits q
fabric were noted In tho water In
which the body waS found.
SuFvtvogD 10oovexing
The three known survivors 81 The
tragedy-LAeut. Commander II. ".
wiley, Moody Z Erwin, machiniae1
mate, and r. Z. Deal, boatsWA1nS
mate-were making fast recovery
from shock and suhmersion Wednes-
day. They are at the Brooklyn uAU
yard. -. =,
The tanker rhoehn, Ef75ch fssousa
these three men and Z fourth-Rob.
ert w. Copeland, radio operator, who
subsequently, died-Was preceding oui
her journey 70 Tampico, having slrt
rendered tho task Of searching The:
coastal waters 70 tho swift 0eet q!
coast guard ships.
A though still hungry Ioe nve6.
the elements claimed two more Tlle9l
day afternoon when tho naval blimp
Us went down IN the surf on the
Jersey coast Whilo participating ~
the search for Akron survivors, Iieu~
tenant Commander David = Cums
minis and Chief Nachinist'e MAJ
Pasquale Bettio were drowned Wlae0
| the non-rigid blimp Lost hee 1lGho
with the wind that tore % hee . ~
fluttered over the sea. -
A small plane Of the New York
police department saved tho ftve
others who were aboard the blimp.
WreckAge Of the blinp WaS carried
out to sea. No efforts were made 1t
! salvage.
Col. Henry Latrobe Roosevelt. ~
sistant secretary OF the navy, Who
WAS designated at the request Of
President Roosevelt to inquire into
the circumstances Of the craShs spent
some time ct Lakehurst, N. J.. base
Of the Akron, late Tuesday. He an
nounced later that q board Of 1nves-
tigation would be named.
Knew Fight Was Lot
| Even before the great atr1hip
smashed down upon the waves, those
in command knew that she had lost
her battle with the elements. This
was disclosed by the story told BY
Lieut.. Commander Wiley, second In
command Of the Akron. He gave m
account Of what happened shortly
after his arrival at the Brooklyn navy
yard.
stand by for the crashl" w1s thu
last order shouted. The ship had been
losing altitude steadily and waS with
out the use Of its main rudder, whose
The proud lady Of the skies. caught
In the very heart Of the suaxling.
flashing thunderstorm. dropped until
1t WAS only 800 feet above the water.
It was then the officers knew cetas-
trophe was imminent and Lieut.. 0o0-
mander Wiley called out:
stand BY for the crash"
The airship, largest In the world.
smashed into the sea . few seconds
later.
I'VE had, q I remember. . lit to
starboArd." said the commander. "A
List to my side Of the control car.
Lieutenant Commander Frank Nc
Cord, who WAS In command on the
flight, was on the opposite side Of
the car.
water rushed In the windows on
my aide, carried me out the Window
On the other Side Of the control car.
| II tried to swim away aS rapidly
- could to get from under the
ship. and finally came 70 the sur
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