The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-10-17
MESSAGE, "ALL's WELL, GOOD
BYE" RECEIVED FROM WELL.
MAN AT 12:45 p. M.
GOOD PROGRESS MADE
Big Dirisible, Containing Adventurous
. Aeronauts, Sends Last Word to
Wireless Station III siasconsett,
Mass.-Was Then 400 Miles From
Atlantic City, the Starting Point.

Siasconsett. Mass, Oct. 16.-Some-
where east of Nantucket island or
the coast of Massachusetts, and ap-
proximately 900 miles from Atlantic
City. the starting point. Walter Well
mans airship. America. signalled
wireless "Ali's well'' and d good bye at
12:45 o'clock this afternoon, and swung
up the coast through the fog. This
message, the last or the days wire
less conversations, was received here
by A. Ii. Gilman, the Marconi oper-
ator. AT o'clock this morning Sias-
consett first came In touch with the
dirigible. Then. although tho wireless
range, owing to necessarily limited
power and antennae, was curtailed, the
station was surprised to hear Its call
MISC" clear and strong. followed by
wv" the code signature Of the airship
Judging from the strength OF the sig
nais, It was assumed that the Amer
lea was in close proximity to Nam
tncket. and Immediately all the life
saving stations and lighthouses on the
island were notified by telephone to
keep a sharp lookout. But the fog,
which had enshrouded the American
since her departure yesterday morning,
still hung over the ocean. shutting off
the view. The Marconi station, how
ever. began a rapidfire of intcrroga-
tlons, and learned from Jack Irwin. the
America's operator. that the ships mo-
tors had been stopped and the dirigible
was hcading crst- t-northenst and MAX
Ing 25 miles an hour with the wind.
Nantuckets excitement was acute, but
with motors Idle the a'rship sailed
along as silently as d phantom In the
sky, where ordinarily the engines ex-
haust could have been heard along the
coast. eI
Operators Greeting.
However. the electric voice of the
Marconi station filled m at times what
the eye and ear were denied, and In.
termittently the operators here ex-
changed greetings with their late as
sociate. the man who received at this
station the dramatic GOD" from the
ill-fated steamship Republic At 1870
q. m signals from the dirigible became
suddenly stronger, and II was momen-
tarily expected that the America would
come In sight of the station. Irwin
in fact, flashed that he thought he
could hear the sound of the breakers
but the fog effectually shut the craft
from view, although snc was probably
passing over the. shoals surrounding
the island.
From that time on tho signals from
the airship grew steadily weaker, unit
finally, at 12:45. n message was FLASHED
from here asking IL everything aboart
"a pf naf mr. the ranlv
"Yes," then fainter still the two letter.
"G. b. meaning "Good-bye." Unable
to take observations IN the fog, thu
Americas exact position remained
unknown throughout the day. He
course. however, has been along th'
steamship lines, and as no word tt
the contrary has been received, the as
sumption Is that Mr.. Wellman, witt
so days fuel and SO days provisions
aboard, is adhering to his plan fol
crossing the Atlantic and landing ol
the British isles 1t is llkely no furthe
wireless word from the airship will b
received here, btt a dozen or NOR
liners fitted with wireless were In he
zone tonight.
When last heard from during the da
(12:45 u. M, the America had beel
In the air lust 18 minutes less tha
20 hours, and, having covered approx
mately 800 mics. must have average
In forward progress between 10 an
IL miles an hour. ~ this rate TN
craft would not pass Sable island, 45
miles distant from Nantucket, until
o'clock Tuesday morning, and Cap
Race. $50 miles further, at Z o'cloc
Wednesday evening
Brisk westerly winds aided the pass
age today, and, with engines idl
while off Nantucket the wireless mus
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