Show AKRON MEETS I HER 0 I Tragic Loss Of 71 1 Members Of Her lIer Crew Is Shock To Entire Nation Flower Of or Nav Navy Aboard The crash into the Atlantic of the Akron early Tuesday morning morning morning morn morn- ing just off off the Jersey coast is is' is reckoned as as the worst disaster Inthe in inthe Ithe the history of aviation with aviation with only three of 76 men in the crew being saved sayed I I IA A rigid investigation into the I cause of the disaster is ordered by congress r Commander Willey Villey one of the survivors said the giant airship was jn good flying condition and described graphically graphical y how the air ir had been full of lightning A storm developed near Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington and in order to avoid the I storm the ship was piloted further further fur fur- ther to sea They were traveling fur I at an altitude of 1600 feet In about half an hour the ship dropped dropped dropped drop drop- ped to about feet The ship I rose again but was tossed violently violently vio rio by the storm and a few moments later it made a plunge i I into the ocean and all were given warning to get ready to standby for the crash The Akron seems to have been an ill fated vessel from the be be- be ginning The cost of the airship was four and a half million dol dol- dol lars The appalling part is the loss of life of so many men several several sev sev- outstanding I Ina eral of which are na naval val air officers |