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44 LOSE LIVES' AS AIRSHIP ZR-2 ; FALLS ABLAZE L " Terrific Explosion Rends Dirigible, Near Hnll, j England. ????? < CONT1SCKD FBttM PAGE 0*1. He mafcouvered the ship toward the 1 Hummer and, according to a sur- ' vtvor. on? of the main girders , fall-ed to stand the strain of the \ ,UT^ojii#nds of people watched the t rescuers bringing in bodies while l Cragmots of the airship burned on the surface of the water, while < above towered the still inflated stem 'end of the ship. A Ami-official dispatch received in LonXsn at * '<> P- stated that nearlyfarty are dead. < ^nri'r Exploaloa Heard. The weather was line at the time ^ Of the disaster, the sun was shining ( and thousands had gathered to ( watch the giant airship. Apparent- ( ly it was sailing slowly on an even ( keel when the flames first burst ( forth. Then a terrific eploslon was , heard, and. according to an eye- | witness, one portion of the ship appeared to rise in the air while the , ..ther fell slowly Into the Humber , river. Two more explosion# oc- | , .,rred. one as the ship was falling and one as it hit the water. I Capt. Wann. the British officer , commanding the Ill-fated ship, is , among the survivors. The Britsh admiralty tonight is- ) ?ued jjh* Tollowfns official com- | innnio^M* ._ .__?M Th? R-38 is * total wre<*k. ly|n* in th? Humber off Corporation Pier it brbke in half in the air and taught fire. No details are known. , Ther^ are probably three sur- ( ' vjvor*.". I Broke Cleaa In Two. , Pier Master Martin, an old navy l man. an eyewitness, said: 1 "I had been watching her for mme'tlme; she turned in from the < northeast and was heading forthe soutlurest. She was not very high and h*r engines were working at great' speed. As she came closer the envelope appeared to crumple in th? center. There was no flame. ( but the scene appeared to be sur- f rounded by a slight fog. Possibly it was her own escaping gas. All ( this time - she was coming lower ( down. She cleared the land and got {( some Itltle distance across the river . toward New Holland on the L.in-1 . olnshfiQH* when the crun,Pi"5!, of the envelope bccame worse and 1 suddenly she broke clean in Up to that I had seen no flames, but all at once there was a ^"iflc explosion and the falling envelope burst into flames. In a few seconds ( it touched the water and then a ] ,?cood explosion occurred. _ Collapsed Is Center. , Before the disaster occurred I I,ad noticed that the engines were 1 working at terrific speed and it is , a mercy that the airship got over , the river before any explosion took i place. If It had occurred over the i r.?*d town I chudder to think . what would have followed. I am an old naval >nan and I know what bits suns can do. but I don think Oiey could have caused a more terrible disaster than those awful explosions would have done. Sergt- Bushby of the American air fore*, who witnessed the disaster from the river front said: "I consider them was some Are , ?midships. She collapsed In the , center, per stern coming down first. , She was Just turning when the dis- ( aster took place and the wrecked ?nvelop* and gondolas came speeding down- It is Ood's mercy that i the disaster did not occur over the i town." , Officers Awaiting Big Ship ; Unable to Explain Collapse , l.AKHHURST. N. J.. Aug. 24.?Officers stationed here awaiting the arrival of the Ill-fated ZR-2 from overseas were at a loss tonight to , explain the sudden collapse of the | -,-lant dirigible. ? Capt. Frank T. Evans. U. S. N-, in command of the detachment here, i -aid he doubted if weakness in the i t ramework was responsible for the breaking In two of the big craft. He suggested, however, that the breaking of one of the large gas ^ bags Is the air might have undermined the framework. The flhancial loss Involved in the destruction of the ship will be borne In part by the United States, according to Capt. Evans, but under the termp of the agreement by which the shin was built, final acceptance depended upon the result of the trial trip. * It waa customary, he said, for one narachute to be carried for every two passengers and members of the . rew, but. in the sudden emergency, he doubted whether many had time to adjust these safety devices, because once the ship was deflated by the explosion, the steel framework .vould settle quickly. Massachusetts Man, Taken Front Wreckage, Dies Later LONDON. Aug. 2R-?l/ieut. Chen uttle. of Newbury port, Mass.. who was recovered alive from the burning wreckage of the ZR-2 in the Huniber River, died at the hos? pital at:midnight. According to messages up to midnight, the survivors still stands at sis. " Revised figure how that fortyevefc men were on board. The exact number and ldentiy of the dead will not be verified unttl late today as he envelope of the rirshlp la sill floating in the river and it Is possible there may still be someone Inside It. *Wa,\ and the itching | t stops? No jmarttng even if the skin is i rrif ated~ only coo! comfort. r- . k i*?t L l....... DEFECTS IN HUG HAD CAUSED Both British and Am Feared Disaster h i ' Consequently Amerlca'a loss ?t? the moat cannot tw more than 11.000.000. In event the British government has Insured the dirigible. even that loaa may be avoided. Whether thla money, or the unexpended portion ef the appropriated by Congress for the ER-2's parchase can be diverted to the coat of the ZR-1. Is a question. Fear that future airship construction by this country may be hammed by the untimely accident to the ZR-2 Is entertained In naval quarters, although It la pointed out that the loss should be an . arguV ment lb favor pf renewed efforts. May Ash f? Hew ships. At the very moment that reports of the tragedy was coming over )n the cable. Admiral W. A. Moffat. gnorant of what had occurred, waa If peering before the Congreeslonal sommittee In an appeal for added authorisation to proceed with the navy's aeronautic program. Be ides the completion of the ZR-1. an entirely new ship to replace the ZH-l should be started, officials believe. _ The ZR-2 was the largest of her kind. She waa 700 feet long, and her cigar-shaped bag was >5 feet In diameter. The gas capacity. 2.120.000 cubic feet, furnished a lifting power of 84 gross tone, 4S tons ?f which consisted of crew, cargo, fuel and armaments. The R-24. which twice crossed the Atlantic. lad a gas capacity of 2.000.000 cubic Lent, while that of the ZR-1 will be ?200.000. f , Driven hy *li Meters. The ZR-2's motive power conlisted of six 360 horsepower SunSeam Cossack motors located In six leparate power carriagea and captble of driving the huge craft at i crulsin* apeed of sixty miles per ?our with a maximum speed of between seventy-live and eighty miles. "nder favorable conditions she waa sxpected to cross the Atlantic In two days and still have enough ' el left to proceed to the Pacific "oast. Aside from the material loss reraiting from the ZR-2*s destruction, the death of the American members >f the crew will be keenly felt Phese' picked officers and mechanics tiad been undergolnic thorough raining, both in operating the craft ind dirigible construction, for more than six months Deaby Sends Cendolenre. Britain's loss is also almost Irreparable. especially If rapt. A. H. SVann. in charge of the instruction >f the >merlcan crew and Brig. ?en. Maitland succumb. Capt. Wann s reported badly Injured. Upon receipt of the news. Secretary of Navy Denby sent the folowlng cable of condolence to the *m?*1ean Naval Attache for transmission to the admiralty: '"The Navy Department of the United States extends to the air ministry and the British navy deep st aympathy In the appalling dlaister to the ZR-2. We hope our early reports will prove exaggervted aa to loss of life." The tragic destruction of the | ZR-2. spectacular and sudden as It j appeared, waa not entirely unex-1 pected bv cfficlals and others who j have followed the construction of j the monster Airship en both this ! and the other aide of the Atlantic. Since her flrat trial night. July 17. unconcealed apprehenalon aa to the ZR-2'a success waa evidenced In England. During her Initial trip from Cardlngton. where ahe was constructed. defecta In eonatructlon became evident. These were not surprising though.. because of radical departurea in design from the R-34 and almilar types of dirigibles which had proved ?o successful. Presumably. because ?f buckling amidships, the ZR-2 waa rapidly berthed after her nrst Mgnt. Her Iramework was reinforced and other alterations, the nature of which were not divulged. were made. Delay Caaaed Ceajeetare. Continual rumors persisted at the air ministry and admiralty circles lp. London, however, that the government was far from eatlsfled at the showing. Brig. Gen. Maltland's continued refusal to turn over the lirqhip to the American crew, who were chafing at the delays, caused no little conjecture. Regarded as an unusually cautious officer. Maltland declared his intention of holding th-i big ship in England even This WeekGet the Tr About the Telephc make : pointme demons H.B.LE 1321-1323 Fourtec Telephone 1 Member Wuhinfton Aotoi V ' t ..n ' V f " ? v* E DIRIGIBLE APPREHENSION erican Naval Officer* n Altered Design. atll next spring If It did sot provs to bo up to expectation*. That llaltland's pessimism wai shared In Washington naval circles was disclosed by Lieut. Comdr. Lansdowne. who croaaed from England to Amerlcftln the R-34'a epochmaking trip two years ago. Had reared Disaster. "Two weeks ago I had a feeling that all was not well." Lanadowne declared a few hours after the disaster was reported to the Nav> Department. That the American crew of the ZR.S, however, had entire confidence In her and the builders 1s unquestioned. Replying to questions of correspondents, tht American navy officers associated with the British builders, were positive that the airship's cruising possibilities were unlimited and that she would weather any kind of atmospheric conditions that might be encountered. Officials here are divided as to whether buckling caused the explosion of the hydrogen srai which brought the big bar down in flames, or an explosion caused the breaking in two of the vessel. Even If this is established It will prove difficult to determine the actual contributing cause. Already navy officials are Interesting themselves regarding the ZR-1 which Is being built in this country. Practically all the material for its construction has been contracted for and the huge hangar, the largest in the world, is being assembled at Lakehurst. N. J. Opposition by Congress alone can prevent the completion of the American built dirigible before next July, it was stated. Appropriation *? Refused. The nary asked for an appropriation of Jl.000,000 for- the ZR-l's completion, but this was refused. Money was available, however, for materials and this was used. Also approximately J400.000 appropriated for aircraft purposes can bo diverted It is believed. Until details have been received from London, the loss Incurred by this Kovernment through the destruction of the ZR-2 cannot be ascertained. According to the contract, England was to receive the sum of 12,000,000 upon delivery of the shir. Part of this sum has already been paid over. Another stipulation In the conract is that In case of accident after delivery and before arrival of the ZR-! at its destination, lialf of the loss is to be borne by the builders. Bed Thieves Busy Again. The "featherbed" thieves who entered the i .ty last week and made away with several hundred dollars' worth of bed clothing from the American Red Cross garage, in the rear of Jackson street northwest, again renewed activities yesterday when they ransacked the delivery wagon of the Fraxier Laundry while parked in front of 1819 G street northwest and stole bed clothing and towels valued at $50. Do you know you can roll agarenesror lOcts from ono bag of t OENUINE DullDurham tobacco ($S^) I m uth Chalmers >ne and an apsnt for a tration. i\RY, Jr. tnth Street N. W. Main 4105. otive Trade AndatMi \ f . !,: ANTI -BEER FIGHT IN SENATE STOPS; ( HOUSE RECESSES | Senator Sterling Withdraws Measure to End Debate. 1,1 1 The anti-beer bill la dead for at least a month. Opponents of the measure, after carrying on a- successful filibuster against Ita adoption In the Senate, were relieved from further delay late last nicht when, after the House adopted tl* joint recess resolution. Senator Sterling withdrew thn beer bill from Senate consideration. This means the beer battla goes over until after the recess. While the House was winding tip Ita busfaesa and adopting the recess resolution, , previously passed by the Senate, foe* of the beer bill held forth in the uppar chamber and blocked conalderatlon of other business Senator Rood, of Mlsourl. spoke almost continually for eight hours, arguing against the bill oh constitutional grounds. Give l'? Vlght. When word reached the Senate that the recess resolution had been passed in the House, dry leaders gave up the fight for adoption of the becrr bill Senator Sterling. In charge of the measure, said It was apparent the conference report could not be adopted at this session and moved that it be laid aside in favpr of the bill which would con- i t'.nue the embargo $n dyes. A dis- j cusslon of this measure was then begun. The recess resolution was brought up in the House by Floor Leader Mondell and adopted by a vote of 146 to 129. Debate was brief. Mondell said that the Hause had completed its part of the legislative program. Yolateatf Denied Time. ^'If the House is willing to rest Its r? o"* I see no reason why the Democrats should object to | 1 . , j : .' '^ Jlk . <1 | 8 f /? / # V i K vk % THE great carl ting the right by fjpHing the r ' alwdys. If the adjustmeii right on Monday the same mixtnr* eyen power on look to your fuel.! to a different lot t "Why shouldn't a you ask. "Then tl all season/' True. But the b< refined products c of which has its ] . stan: ,| s I ' . . , . ... - .L,:. a recess" ^Id'Segregative <3ar-I rett, actinr Den?o?*atlc leader ^ Representative Volstead, prohibition leaden . m denied time , far speaking; by Mondelt. Volstead h*d charged there wu an- under"Undiiig that the beer bill waa to be left over,until after the- receaa and declared "the people Vni be heard from" If regulations are Issued permitting use of beer as medicine. Before the reeeaa resolution waa adopted the House and Senate had approved conference report* on the measure to saabls the War Finance Corporation to extend credit to farmers and the deficiency bill. The latter appropriates I4S.500.000 and S204.000 for. the disarmament Conference. Passage of these measures were considered necessary by lenders before the recess could beKin. , The House was In an uproar as 'he recess vote #as taken. Senators. anxious about the result, crowded the House floor. Senator Loil?e stood on the rostrum and checked the vote us each name was called. 0 FATAL TRAIN WRECK HELD ACCIDENTAL ANNAPOLIS, Md.. Aug:. 24.?That the collision Between a passenger train nnd a work train on the short line division of the Washington. Baltimore and Annapolis Kiectric Railroad at Hevelle Station, that caused the death of two. was the result of an "accident" was the verdict rendered at a coroner's inquest Jury, which met here today. A number|of witnesses were examined. Including a train dispatcher of the road, and^there was testimony to the effect that the work train should have taken a siding and given the passenger train the right of way. as customary. ROCKVILLE DEPUTY SHERIFF RESIGNS nOCKVILLB. Md.. Aug. 24.? j James Stanley Gingell of Kockville. j iwmv veu'* a deputy sheriff for this county, has tendered to Sheriff Georg* E Nicholson his resignation a* chief deputy and the same has been accepted. 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