Evening star., 1951-04-09

what I could; I didn't think about
what I did: I just did it,"
Mr.. Bookhultz also aided in the
rescue and said they took Mrs.
Snyder and Mrs. Guyer out the
bathroom window. They searched
desperately and futilely for the
children, for whom the Snyders
continued to cry.
after we got them out (Sergt.
and Mrs. Snyder several Of the
neighbors helped me pull almost
the whole back of the house out
-. we did it with manpower; it
was burning, and just came out. !"
he said.
r Effort to Save Man Fails.
In all. seven fire department
and four rescue squads arrived.
But they were helpless against
the inferno, since Morningside has
no water mains, nor fire plugs.
They lost a dramatic struggle to
save the life of Mr.. Guyer, who
owned an oil filter business in
Crawford.
Mr.. Guyer was pinned under a
part of the wrecked plane. Fire.
men battling to save him lost the
fight when the water supply gave
out on the only truck at the time,
a 500-gallon pumper of the
Morningside Volunteer Fire De-
|partment.
Gerald Glaubitz, 507 Naples
road, assistant chief of the de-
lpartment, was one of the early
arrivals.
about four Of us went in
through a rear window" he said.
When we got in the house we
saw man-Mr. Guyer. guess
PINNED beneath some wreckage.
just his legs were pinned. He was
conscious and crying, Help, help. 2"
Il kept telling him, Well get
you out, hang on. I grabbed his
arms and shoulder and tried to
pull him out, but he wouldn't t
move.
Get to Work With Axes.
'Then we set to work on the
wreckage with axes, while the
other boys played two hoses on
the fire, keeping it way from the
man. You feel so helpless at a
time like that.
Wed worked about 10 min
utes, I guess >. it's hard to fig
ure time and remember details
at a time like that when
we'd used up the water in the
|pumper and the pressure ran out.
"The smoke and flames, which
had been pretty bad. drove us out
then. But I'm positive we could
have. got that man out If we'd
had more water. There wasn't
that much wreckage on him.
AS news of the tragedy spread,
fire departments arrived from
District Heights, Forestville, Clin-
ton. Hillside, Silver Hill and Bou-
levard Heights. Rescue squads
came from Forestville, District
Heights, Oxon Hill and Marlboro.
Area Blacked Out.
The wires knocked down by the
plane blacked out the area for
several hours. Most of the power
was restored by midnight.
The Air Force sent a derrick
to delve into the shambles. Only
the portion of a wall behind, the
house remained. In the front
two steps leading up to the foun-
dation were intact. Two ever
green's flanking the steps were
hardly singed.
About the ruins lay toys and
other reminders of child's pres
ence at the home. In front was
a roll OF wire, evidence of Sergt.
Snyder's continuous efforts to i'm
prove the little white house he
bought four or five years ago.
Sergt. Snyder is in the Civil Air
Patrol Office at Boiling Air Force
Base. Part of his work entailed
flying about the country with in
spection parties.
Capt. Chapman. the pilot, holds
the Distinguished Flying Cross
and air medal with four clusters,
earned with flying a Bit in the
European theater during World
War II. He has had 1900 hours of
flying time, 100 of them in B-25s.