THREE OF GROUND CREW CARRIED UP ENTANGLED IN ROPES
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£ VANCOUVER, Wednesday. fi A report from Camp Kearney 'BCalifornia) states that two mem'fiers of the ground crew, while at«nipting to moor the world's largest ©irigible (Akron) were swept into Sie air to-day by the mooring ropes. jShey lost their grip, fell and were "jplled. Robert Edfall and a man named Wenton were those killed. A third man, Bud Cowart, managSfcl to clamp his feet against a knot the rope and held on while the .yew tried to lower the ship, which 'Kid been caught by a gust of wind. •BjPor two hours Cowart clung to the a®>pe with a wooden hand, which is , Kjed by the ground crew to hold landl®Bg cables with the Akron flying at ■K altitude of 2000 feet in the bumpy a ■pFinally he was hauled into the ffikron by members of the crew, who ■ened the cockpit to hoist him up MBnd over hand.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 222, 13 May 1932, Page 5
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168THREE OF GROUND CREW CARRIED UP ENTANGLED IN ROPES Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 222, 13 May 1932, Page 5
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