Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-12-24
WEIRD AlRSHIP
IN LONG FLIGHT
Connecticut omnd On Massachu-
sets Towns Are Amazed by
the Great SearchIignts.
HEIGHT OF 1900 FEET

Boston, Dec. 24.-The mysterious air.
ship that has been seen by many per-
sons flying at great height over Mas
sachusetts and Connecticut was seen
again sailing over this city, Worcester,
Willimantic, Hartford and other towns
and remained in the air for more than
seven hours at stretch.
1t is regarded as certain that the
airship is the one told Of by Wallace
e. Tlllinghast several weeks ago in
which he says he made a trip to New
York and back.
! The craft made its appearance In the
neighborhood Of Marlboro, and thou
sands of persons gathered here and
watched It's progress with anlazement.
Among those who saw the ship was
Guy Lane, a motorman, who said that
1t kept ahead of his car, which was
going toward Hudson, at rate Of
sixty miles an hour. Lane said the
operator of the airship appeared to
have perfect control.
Reaches Height of 1900 Feet.
Conductor Edward Stone corroborat-
ed Lanes story. 1t seemed to be
al0ft 1900 feet, but the machine was
SO high that its form could not be dis
tinguished.
Soon after the first man pointed 1t
out the object sailed over Worcester
city hall and proceeded above the main
thoroughfare. Groups Of men and wo-
men watched 1t as far as Greendale.
where farmers and railroad men had
their attention attracted
A short time afterward the operator
began to cut great circles around the
center Of the city, and then he headed
west. He was missed for about half
an hour and during that time was evil
IDENTIFY making a flight to Marlboro
and return, for authentic reports from
that city have identified the aeroplane.
Two hours later Worcester had an
other sight of the airship when it ap-
peared from the west. This time the
aviator aggravated the curious. still
more by bringing his craft to halt
in the air above the State Mutual
building.
AutomobiIists In Chase.
Arthur Nichols and A. NJ. Wyman
in ain automobile drove through the
street calling the attention of the peo.
pie to the strange craft above their
heads. A porter sweeping the side
walk in front of restaurant dropped
his broom and called sixty diners to
the street.
Hundreds were looking up at the
black object>and trying to distinguish
its outlines. Others were listening for
the whirr OF the engines.
A policeman says he saw broad, pro
jecting shelves that looked to him like
the planes of the Wright brothers In
ventlon. He also says 1t was mon
strous affair, for the dark blotch indi-
Gated great expanse Of wings. But
he could not tell how many planes the
craft had.
Other observers could detect figures
seated In the center Of the machine.
Some said there was one human form
aloft, and others protested that they
could discern two persons. presuma-
bly, men.
In the midst Of the excitement the
craft got urfer way again and made
another circle Off toward Greendale,
AS the light grew DINNER it appeared
to be travelling to the southeast again.
No one ventures to compute the
speed the ship made. Many OF the OBJ
servers describe the flight as faster
than aerailroad train. and others pos
ing as speed experts assert that at one
time the aeroplane was making more
than sixty miles an hour.
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