Evening star., 1934-05-20
THREE D. c. MEND|E.
IN A|RPLANE CRASH
Guests at Trade Board Out.
ing See Craft Plunge
Into Bay.
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Star, who was covering" the shad
bake.
The body was pulled aboard fish
ing smack piloted by Morris Butler,
colored, and taken ashore, where it
was examined by District Coroner A.
Magruder Macdonald, guest at the
outing Powers right arm had been
cut off at the elbow.
Remson and Milor made several
dives in an effort to locate the bodies
of Bangs and Zahn. but we're sickened
by gasoline from the smashed tank of
the plane and forced to give up.
Officers of the French cruiser Jeanne
dare, anchored about three miles
away, saw the crash and dispatched
launch to the scene. Sailors on the
launch. under the direction of Capt.
LIE Nabek, attempted to tow the wreck
age ashore, but it was buried so deeply
in the mud that it could not be moved.
Plane Joins Search.
A plane and launch also were
sent from the Naval Academy, but
Powers body had been recovered and
taken ashore when they arrived
Later, R. H. Baur, proprietor of the
Bay Ridge hotel, the Baur House,
telephoned Gov. Albert c. Ritchie
and complained that no effort was
being made to remove the other
bodies from the wreckage. The
Governor, it is understood, COM
municated with Naval Academy
authorities and. short time later,
1t was announced that a Navy barge
and a derrick would be dispatched to
the scene of the crash at dawn today.
While Powers body was being
dragged from the wreckage, Guides
canoe overturned, throwing him.
Cloth and Benjamin Wood of East
port, Md. into the water. Life
preservers were thrown to them, and
they were pulled aboard the French
launch.
At the request of Clifford Bangs |
the West Annapolis Fire Department |
began dragging the bay for the bodies |
at the same time playing strong |
searchlights on the water from the
shore.
Seats from the cabin of the plane |
were washed ashore by the tide, lead !
ing to the belief the bodies of Bangs |
and zahn may have been released
from the wreckage. Fear was ex-
pressed by some members of the
searching party that the bodies might !
be swept into the Severn River and
carried out to sea, with no hope of |
recovery.
En- Route to Epping Forest.
Bangs had planned to fly to Bay
Ridge, return to Hybla valley, and
then drive to his Summer home at |
Epping Forest, Md, where his wife, |
Mrs. Myrtle H. Bangs. 25, and Miss
Isabel Hammach, friend. were stay
ing. The women had been driven to |
Epping Forest by Mrs. Bangs
brother, Beverly, 20, employed by
The Star.
H. Clifford Bangs, brother of the |
dead pilot and former president of |
the washington Real Estate Board, |
left for Bay Ridge Immediately after |
receipt of news of the crash. Before |
leaving. he telephoned friends at the !
resort and asked that every effort be |
made to recover the bodies in ad- |
vance of his arrival. A searching |
party was organized at once, and
searchlights were set up on the shore.
Recently, at an air meet at College
Park, Nd, Bangs flew his plane to |
victory in a 25-nile race In which |
more than score of crack pilots par
ticipated- Several weeks ago, how |
ever, his craft cracked up" in wind
storm, and, about week ago his auto
mobile overturned as he was returning
from Epping Forest. injuring him
slightly.
In Charge of Firm.
Educated at Mckinley High School !
snd Southern College, Bangs, ma
tive of Washington, entered the real
estate business with his brother Dur !
ing recent months, while his brother
was busy with the affairs of the Real
Estate N. R. A. Code Authority, he
vas in charge of the firm.
Bangs recently completed term as
president of the Reciprocity Club and
members of the organization had
planned a dinner in his honor at the
Columbia Country Club June Is. A
loving cup was to have been presented
to him in appreciation of his services
as president of the club.
Bangs is survived by another broth |
er, John Bangs, an employe of the |
Patent Office.
Power has no living relatives except !
his brother and sister. zahn, an or
phan, had made his home with his
aunt, the late Mrs. Power, for the last |
eight vears