The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-09-30
WILBUR WRIGHT CIRCLE STATUE
CT LIBERTY ON ONE or
HIS 8 TFiPS.
BIG BALLOONS FAILED
Baldwin and TcmlInson Had hcci
dents cn Arising FIR Trip to
Abaay From New Yor.ss--
Curtiss Makes Flight.

New York. Sept. 20. Wilbur Wright
circled the State q bei'tg at The
entrance Of New York Labor In. hts
Eaeroplane today, VIII g in the arre'
4aFt OF the city. two hugo d'rsih
balloons failed ingloriorslg. This wa7
the first day Of the i'isats tfe Hgd
son fulton eeletras.on arl US
victory for the hoas a,ft..aa.a I f.,
chine,
Both Wright ard ctrs'ss ~ 81 I.
Icessfully from Governors Island iii
their hiplanes, while 10th great
|lirigihles. manned respectively fy
Captain Thomas Baldwin and George
4. Tomlinson ard entered In the New
York Worlds New Tork.to-Aibany
race were forced to descent ON ae.
|eount OF mechanical difficulties, be
fore they were well under way
Wright Made Three Flights.
Wright made three sensational
flights and Curtiss made one brief test
spin. Baldwin lanied in the Hudson
river less than an horr after the
start, and Tomlinson, after renainin.
two hours In the air. landed at While
Plains. % miles from the starting
oint Neither of the airigihle pilots
We're injured and neither craft was
seriously damaged,
With the I'LL in the Hndson-FuEoa
ceremonies. all eyes were turned to-
ward Governors Island, where the
aeroplane flights were held. and
Riverside drive. the starting point of
the New Nork-to-Alhany race.
cnrtiss made 4 rrief flight cary
this morning. AT b o'clock Wright
descended ana encircied Governors
Island A hour later Wright again
rose, remained In tie air q minutes
and Sd seconds, attaining a speed Of
30 miles an hour. and with n
glorious sweep over the bay. passed.
entirely around the great emblem Of
liberty on Bedloes' Island. Late in
the afternoon Wright made a third
fight He did not attempt to dy over
THE water, but executed two circles
|and made an excellent landing, white
1.-The crowd commented on the ease
with which he manipulated the craft
Tn all his flightr today Wright
showed greater speed than Curtiss
but Curtiss' fier seemed to keep its
equilibrium better and remained on
Ian even keel
Wrights action j circling the
Statue OF Liberty Is taken as a chal-
IIenge to Curtiss, for Cnrtiss was the
arst to mention such a flight. Both
tvators hope to fly UP the river as
iav as Grants Tomb.
Thu Rfr,~iolee
The start OF the dirigihie race was
considerable of fiasco, but it ~ an,
nounced that the balloons will be
Iready for another attempt
Toulinson starte: frst and headed
| for the northeasteri~ saie Of the Hud.
lson. Bawin shot ort over the midd q
of the Hudson, and began sailing for
the goal Albany in few moments
he was out of sight but pun Of wind
Esnapped one of the rndder ropes. He
Iwas forced to descend on the water
1.-THE hattleships Rhode Island, New
Jersey and North Carolina sent
Launches to the resre, The sai'or'
Iseized Baldwin's dragnets and hel.
up the balloon SO only the motor wa
wet Baldwin swung into the boa
without getting wet, and the sailor
Epushed the balloon ashore. Baldwin
maximum height wa~ SOC feet.
In the meantime Tomlinson's gasc
line and oil tanks were leaking. am
fearing an explosion he Was forced &
descend,
OTHER ATTRACTIONS.
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