Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-01-19 | Page 8 | Seaplane Falls on Catalina ; One Dead

SEAPLANE FALLS ON CATALINA ONE DEAD AYALON Santa Catalina Island Cal Jan Lieutenant 19 19 Lieutenant If H Hohl naval natal pilot not of ot Norfolk Va a was on n killed and two o other oth- oth other oth other er natal na na I officers wore wele seriously In- In In Injured jurel Thursday when tho seaplane l- l u lL L 5 L 2 3 tell fell 2 feet teet and anil splinter splinter- Island ed od splintered to on a rocK ort oft Catalina Is- Is Is land Tho Those e Injured were ere Lieutenant II r Lieutenant Wittman Itman ot of o Sail San Francl Francisco co and Lieu Lieu- Lien Lien- tenant Matthias E B Gardner of ot Wash Wash- Ington WashIngton D C rh n g other naval natal al men In the seaplane escaped Injury The L I together with another another er cr plane piano was vas engaged In the reco I fiery cry ery o ot of torpedoes used UDO-d UDO In connection with fleet maneuvers At an en of 2000 feet teet trouble developed and the seaplane started to tall fall Dropping through II a n dense denso tog bank hanl It hit n a rock reek ro lc lust just above tha tho surface ot of the sea gea and splintered to pieces The body ot of tho dead pilot as as taken to Los Angeles harbor harbol and tho t two 0 Injured men romo ed romo cd to tho sub submarine sub sub- submarine marine base h hospital there horo hero sur- sur surgeons sur surgeons geons icons said their thell condition was teas as critical critical cal cOol