Giant Dirigible, Fighting Hurricane, Crashes to Earth, Breaking Into Four Pieces, on Trip That Would Have Brought It Here Today

BODIES OF CRAFT’S VICTIMS STREWN OVER 10-MILE COURSE

Commander Zachary Lansdowne Goes Down With His Ship and Is Found Dead—Several Are Missing and Two Are Injured.

By United Press

CAMBRIDGE, Ohio, Sept. 3.—Whirled through space, twisted and tossed by the winds until she broke into pieces, the giant naval dirigible Shenandoah hurled fourteen of her crew to their deaths early today near Ava., Ohio, and then fell, a total wreck.

Commander Zachary Lansdowne perished with his ship. In addition to the fourteen dead, two are injured and three of the crew are unaccounted for. The remainder of the crew of forty-two is safe.