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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1925
Page
7
Survivors recount a deadly air disaster including 18 men aboard a ship, heavy bags, and a crash that followed a 45 degree tilt from the fall. The account notes eight survived, with others injured or killed as crews and authorities investigated the cause and sequence of events.
Reports describe crowds gathering at Belle Valley where mourners and souvenir seekers viewed the crash site. Officials planned an inquest to determine causes as authorities and military units prepared for the aftermath and formal funeral rites.
Mrs Lansdowne accuses politics as she recounts personal touches with the bodies of her son and other victims at Belle Valle morgue. Red Cross reports 14 dead, 26 injured, 7 uninjured with undertakers from multiple towns assisting.
Surviving Shenandoah crew describe a nightmarish gale as the ship rose ninety degrees and tumbled during a storm. Commander Werverbacher’s theory about a fighting bolt gains unexpected support in the Pittsburgh to Philadelphia transit accounts. Survivors recall lightning and tightening flashes as the craft pitched and motors failed.
Washington DC reports that Lieutenant-Commander Lansdowne and Lieutenant J W Sheppard of Washington will be buried at Adlington National cemetery. Sheppard was engineer officer of the Shenandoah and was reported missing for several hours before his body was recovered.
A fragmented report tells of Mrs Lansdowne and her four dozen children mourning fathers after a disaster near Mitten. The bereaved describe the tragedy as a grim moment in a western era, with Captain Lansdowne using his influence to shield loved ones while airship and weather threats loom. The text notes a prior decision to halt a western trip, and hints at a naval mission altered by politics.
Eighteen survivors of the wrecked naval dirigible Shenandosh returned to Lakehurst New Jersey after the western flight ended tragically last Wednesday. A crowd of 500 welcomed them as chief machinist’s mate S Halliburton embraced his wife and child. The crew described a terrible twister and said every man did his duty until all was lost.
In Caldw h i t Ohio on Sept 4 AP reports farmers near the Nandoah wreckage scenes offering admission to onlookers at 25 cents per person. The piece describes anxious officials, political commentary, and the amid flight tests of the new airship built by Henry Ford. It notes losses and survivor stories including Lansdowne and Margaret Ross, with condolences from Wilbur and details of recovery efforts and ship inspections.
The Shenandoah disaster reports describe wreckage scattered 12 miles apart near Caldwell Ohio and Belle Valley. Seventeen dead crew members including Lt. Cmdr Landsdowne, several injured, and 22 survivors bound for Lakehurst. Navy officers and local authorities guard the scene as investigations begin and looting is deterred.
In the wake of the Shenandoah’s sinking at Lake Hurst, Kalpis dafky bids farewell to her husband, a crew member who perished in the catastrophe, leaving her a mourning widow shortly after his departure.
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