Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1925, Page 108

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.—GRAVURE SECTION—SEPTEMBER 13, 1925. Wreck of the Navy's dirigible Shenandoah on the farm of Charles W. Niswonger, near Ava, Ohio. The photograph was taken only a Anvinéid ticliaiShien short time after the great ship crashed to the earth. The beating n incident of the Shen- winds and souvenir hunters stripped the framework within a few andoah crash. Frank L. hours. Peckham, one of the sur- vivors, being met by his wife upon his arrival at Lakehurst, N. J. Peckham carries the belongings of one of his comrades who was killed in the crash. P. & A Photos Underwood & Underwood Twice widowed by air tragedies. Mrs. Louis Hancock, wife of Lieut. Comdr. Hancock. Lieut. Charles Gray Little, e { . ; S the first husband, was killed in the explosion of the ZR-2 over g . A happy reunion in .“I“h' Hull, England. The second husband was killed in the Shen- 4 ington. Lieut. W. L. Richard- andoah crash. Pk AL Bhots 'y i son, chief aerial photographer, . who was one of the survivors of the Shenandoah, with his family. He was the first to re- turn to Washington from the scene of the disaster, and he made the first report to Secre- tary of the Navy Wilbur. National Photo Comdr. Zachary Lansdowne, who had charge of the Shenandoah and was killed in the catas- trophe. © Underwood & Underwood The twisted and crumpled remains of the stern of the Shenandoah. The bow of the great ship drifted ten miles away. This particular section drifted about a mile and a half, but the control car dropped straight down when the bag parted. ®P. & A. Photos. This part of the wreckage comprised about two-thirds of the. Shenandoah. Wide World Photo. One of the power cars of the Shenandoah lying where it fell from the dirigible. The control car, which contained all but one of the killed officers and men, together with the power cars, parted from the dirigible at the time it split into three sections during the storm. wide World Photo An airplane view of the wreck of the Shenandoah, in a field near Ava, Ohio. Wide World Photo.