Show FIVE EXPLOSION WRECKS DIRIGIBLE BALLOON Disaster Quickly Follows Suc Successful Suc-j Suc uc- uc cess a Launching of Airship Airship Airship Air Air- ship Akron BODIES DROP DP INTO N OCEAN Flight Was las to Have awe Been Last Trial Before Attempt to Cross Atlantic l t ICi A CITY N N. J. J July 2 2 A Sailing out of the Atlantic ocean under perfect control and In view of or several thousands of ot Interested ted persons the great airship Akron kron In command commando o of Melvin lel with a a. crew crow of or four tour men men exploded ed while whilo more than feet fe-et In tho the air all earl early early- to today a. a and shot down Into the tho water a tangled mass carrying to their death the daring aviator and his companions Death Is ed belie to have ha c como come mo Instantly to the five 1 ve men In all aU the tragic history history- of or disasters to airships airships' or aeroplanes probably none was as sensational as that which brought to an aJl end tho the greatest and most costly air ail craft ever constructed on the tho western hemisphere Built to withstand tho the storms of the Atlantic and to carry carry- at least a dozen men across tho the ocean to Europe the Akron went to her bier doom in to c calm ilm weather Tho Those e who went down clown with the hi big dirigible beside the who already had had one ore thrilling experience ex- ex In an airship on the ocean were Calvin Cal his younger brother Prod Fred Elmer EJmer George of Philadelphia Walter alter C. C Gest a a. friend of oC financial backer Tuo 10 K KUp Up to sundown two bOdle bodies those of or Calvin an and had been recovered from the wreckage e. e which lies submerged ed in about eighteen eighteen eight eight- een Cell feet Ceet of ot water rater off ocr Brigantine beach beuch The Thel Akron l ron n which kith had been Inflated last February with gas gaM manufactured b by In th the big han hangar hangai al' al In tho the Inlet wis was taken out shortly after C Ii n a n. n m. m for Cor a test flight One flight al already nl- nl rond ready had been mudo mUllo about a a. month ago o. o D Defects discovered at that time were remedied and tO today's trial r was wa's a ato to have ha b bt en among the last prior to tho the attempt to cross the tho Atlantic Mrs Irs Yardman bid bill her husband tOO goodbye good good- bj bye bre e at their little cottage near the hangar at 2 n n. n m. m while bile It watt was dark daik and anti waited till daybreak to see her husband sail awa away The Tho city city- authorIties authorities authorities ties b had bad been notified of ot tho the Intended tJI flight ht and polIcemen firemen and other willing helpers helper assisted In float float- in Ills Ill's tho the great gas gasbag bag out of oC the banga han ban ha ga gar r. r The launching of the air all craft was accomplished without tout difficulty difficulty- and she sailed gra gracefully a away away- wa Over the water waler of or Absecon Inlet j maneuvered her hel and then sailed down don n Continued on Page H 14 Column 1 i. i I I FIVE DE WHEN EXPlODES Disaster Quickly Follows Suc Successful uc- uc Launching of Vai- Vai mans man's Dirigible Balloon Baloo Continued IJ From Page One over 01 the tho et tty ety and 11 after completing n aI a 1 I few other oilier movements shaped course out to sea J t When hen half a mile mie off oU beach bench the tue thousands o of spectators who hind had been watch watching In time Die Ol ship ww aw a burst o of fame flames outlined against th the morning morning sk sky In a few seconds the they were horrified to see the tho car of oC the tho balloon detach Itself from Crom the thc biloon balloon and shoot hoot downward Into the water followed by the collapsed gas bag B By Dy Intuition hod er e everybody appeared to hate ha hB e realized what had hd occurred and fishermen and yachtsmen who vho who i were wore were out out In the thc little HUle boats boat watching the tho ship Immediately started to the tho r rescue seu Power f i linn boats fa and ft l 1 i ver nf craft craf in Ira the resort were re brought into nt use and soon Roon boats were ere heating beating their theira a way out over 1 0 the rou rough h waters inters of or tho the Inlet bar t When hen the first boats reached the scene cene of or the wreck the rescuers found only onh the time collapsed ga gas bog bag and a carch search a submerged ho body which proved pro to be that of or the yonn younger er man was recovered reco Among mon tho first on the time scene were time the fel federal era I ers era stationed In Atlantic Cl City Divers went down rown to the wreck but there ero was little that could b be done dono tide when Gosts Gost's body was disentangled disentangled disen disen- tan tangled l ll from Crom the wreck n and bro brought ashore i 4 Mrs Irs saw the collapse atthe of at the tIme balloon baloon and td Its Is drop Into the oc ocean nn carrying with wih It her tier husband and nd in brother She fell tel In a faint ft bid ml nt was unconscious for tor some sonic time Friends sent ent her physicians anti and when she ho she re Ire Ire- covered consciousness she sho talked I of oC her tier husbands husband s bra er bravery I I The wives vives of Gest Get and EImer El- El El Elmer mer sues who hell lived nearby also saw sass the disaster from the homes Neighbors rs tenderly cared for them and later ti tiey went trent over 0 to the tle cottage I where a 3 most distressing scene fol fol- fol lowed Jo Men len turn turned awa away as the tho f four nr widows wept ept on one another's another sho shoal fOI 1 lder l- l tiers ders I After the thie lIr first t excitement an and shock had hind passed Mrs n again aln col cot lapsed nn and amid later In the tIny day was under 1 tIme the care of ot a it 1 physician She was suf sur- fering with frequent tainting fainting spells and her condition I is serious I It There are ate man many theories as to tho the cause of the One Ole is 18 that air nil got into t the e gas a bag Another nother that the thc rays ray's o of the morning son I expanded th tb t gas Kas an and caused the great envelope to c burst Imst a third was that flames somehow some soni some some- how reached the gasoline and a fourth theor theory advanced was that a stra stray rope caught In the propeller that It 8 was I whipped around an and striking striking- the gas gam a gas bag bal toro a hole hall In it H letting out the time I |