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About The Klamath news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1923-1942 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1925)
Page Two Frutov. September 4, 192.". THE UUILI UllllUlim SURVIVORS TELL OF CATASTROPHE (Continued From Pates Oof) Both of my hinds were in an ancle and I broke louse teurlng my flngera. when sllKhtly. Then 1 dropped ! ground and a wire raunith: dropped orer her aide, and niem- j a'r. ben of the erew, kicking and awlrl- oausht inc diully itrped the rope ready, tnera i to awlne to Mfety or dt'ath :the half bag came down. later, carried at by the gale, the "'uer me ruu v . I finally got loose ami ran my leg. drugging me down hill "l.lcut. It. II. Muyer of Seallle. waa J"! ahead of me ou Hie lad der olid I here nuiy have been men to t hp Just behind mo around I -1 had lust , when It broke, reiiehed llie ui'por "It wna lucky for inn tha hl didn't roll over uu mo and kill mo," he said. l.lcut. J. I. Andernon. owea lila who waa the lnt man lit leave n. - IMIO - Hi., eonlrol car. wna ataiullna nu ih.J . oik porllon f tho "cat walk" which ,nd ..'V. MT 41 broke loime at one end and awuni i , , ' to uia,T , structure, when tho ladder and ..... .1 thrt terrific pace by the gale, the """" - - - siruie were fore section plunged down 10 mile.' "na" " 00" ina raa p; control c.ir wun ine men n i .1. Kill rti.f .If tha WV .if Ih.l . . ... .1... .......... A I from the scene of the nral crash.' "" ' - pmngeo m .. ..u.in.rf . .n.vil ram. to a'l"K ta- J. K. Malak. uviatioll k.i. thn rolled laiily down tol hcilr'l ,b" ,hlD cra''k ln'mato und one of tho life 10 a we.lern etyle lurlut thriiwn.ilownWK"!. by l.leul. H. ti. Mayer. Anderson! Jut before It link, away Mayer iiuehlulst'a surx ivore a burden from our heart. I can-j not talk about the Shenandoah, and only want to thank you for what, yen hare done for us." j 22 Survivors Hundley at down. Tears filled ltir, eyes. The survivors were then escorted to a train and left at 6 ."0 p. m. i The rvenyr-two men, many with broken ffngers. sprained ankles and other- external injuries were brought trim ' the scene of the disaster In busses. The bodies of their com-, rades were laid out in the morgues at Caldwell. Ohio, near Ava. await-. Ing disposition by a board of armyj surgeons which will convene in! the morning. Cornfields and woods in two! counties had become the grave yard of the huge hulk which tell toj earth, a tangle mass of . wreck-j age on the second anniversary of her first trial flight. - The Shenandoah carried no par achutes and harrowing scenes took place on board as the Valient crew, heroically facing death, stuck to their posts nnril death, stuck to their potts until death seemed in evitable. ' Stories of survivors differ some what on events leading to the trag edy. Most of them agree, however, that the ship struck a squall, soar ing at aa altitude of about 3.000 feet. An engine stalled. Control levers sent her to 5,000 feet. A brilliant electrical display caused Commander Lansdowne to rescind this order and the ship waa sent to a lower level In an attempt to pass under the gale. .' Mind Waa Terrific The wind became more terrific. The remaining motors were quieted and the crew attempted to make the bag a tree balloon. A still more terrific blast struck her amid' hips,, She careened, and crashed to earth. The fore section, torn free, shot heavenward carrying many of thel crew. j The aft section dived 'like a plummet, crushing the life from the men who were caught under the ponderous motors in the control cabin. The fore section seared upward drnnkenly. Bigging ' ropes were It earth. I am alive tonight because stopped to look at my watch a broke In two. said W. L. Richard-' T'"e' ua son. potographer on the Shenan doah. . I got out of bed at about t a. av. Thursday and went after a drnk. I intended, to go forward ta the control car,, which was on the front end of the ship to see If weather conditions would be right for making pictures. After getting a drink, however. I .looked at my watch and saw It was too early so I decided to go back to bed. This decision undoubtedly saved my life. Instead of entering the control car, I returned to my berth. The control car dropped clear of the ship and dropped through space like a comet, killing all who were In It. After I returned to my berth the pitching cf the ship became more violent and it started nosing down ward. ' Suddenly a cool gust of wind came down from the keel of the ship, probably caused by Its sudden rise from 3.000 feet to 7,000 feet al titude. What is called a twister line squall, caused the sudden rise. It also caused a drop back to the 2,500 foot altitude a second later. Then the ship started straight up again and broke in two. One section, the forward part, carrying the control car, shot straight up. The other section on which we were, dropped rapidly downward. It seemed to flutter down like a falling leaf. First the front end,! then the rear end would be on top. A part of pur section was torn away; before we finally landed. i I managed to save myself from. sliding off into space by grabbing; hold of wires and girders near my berth. Then j& . sjon as possible I started to the after part of the section. I got hold of a gasoline tank, but it broke loose from its moorings and I caught some girders again. Through an open hatch I could see trees speeding under as a few feet away. Then I saw the ground. I started down a folding ladder, which had been used by an after engine car which had been carried two we knew theu that all control, aboard tho train waa walking lth- was gone and all hope of saving I MILITARY ILYBCB CORTLAND, ORKUOX tsrark?rt. nail slanrs osirofnl iiufrvUlan. Btrtrl ClpllBC. Molnl dntKs ud Moral tralalaic. CililH Ckacrfmllr scat request. SPECIALS In Victrolat Still on at SHEPHERD'S In a few feot of the pla.ee when' the ship broke. After a wild Lieut. J. B. Anderson at Hyatts-i rje through tho air on the front one of the Shenandoah end of the bag he wan causlit on survivors, told the I'nlled News . rablo and dragged over tho Thursday night his experience of; ground suffering a sprained ankle, the disaster, Anderson was in the Hla whole body whs stilt from control caif when the part of the bruises. ' great hlp supporting It broke '""- and shot Into the air. When the ship cracked, he said every one knew It was doomed. "We figured the best chance to save our lives." Anderson continued, "was to get into tho main rigging of the ship and let the control car take the shock when it came dewn. j "Col. Hall, the army obsorver wno was wun us, went up the lad der to the 'cat walk"." "Others may have followed him. but there was so little time to think that I don't recall whether they did. Build with STONE-TILE BUILDERS! 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