New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-20
saUoouist Blames Equilibrator
for Failure, but Vaniman
Says Principle of Device
Is Al Right.
nowNs STORY OF RESCUE
csutain Of Royal Mail Steamship
Trent. First Commander To Be
Called 20 Assistance of Crew
Of Helpless Airship, Tells
Ct Unusual EX-
perlence.

Water Wellman and the crew OF the
abandoned dirigible America came in
ron the Atlantic yesterday on the
steamship Trent Of the Royal Mail
e-ear1 Packet Company, which picked
hen I'D on Tuesday 40S miles southeast
n New York They wore the khaki toys
they had donned when they went up
rom Atlantic City on Saturday, and
sna-- from the bandages Oh Mr.. Well
mans right hand there was nothing
about the men that suggested privation.
There was no marked enthusiasm on
The part II the adventures. Melvin Van
tran the engineer OF the enterprise,
barely smiled. and Mr.. Wellman. as IN
concerned as L he had just come IN from
daily cruise 10 the Hook. replied TO ali
questions quietly and briefly. He ap-
pesre5 tired. J Murray Simon. the nav
tracor. stood ty the Trents rail and
looked upon the shouting crowds on the
rugs below him with the Indifference Of
ore for whom the crowd was not cheer
IL
N- WeL-a- from the deck OF the
steamship shouted answers 70 the report
rs below hin. and the substance Of his
remarks showed plainly thar il his opin-
Jon ne nor--e-ly wind and the equilibra-
Tor we're the only things that stood be
tween him and the accomplishment OF
his attempt 10 navigate The air lanes
across The Atlantic
He said the balloon was in good con-
di-i11 when he cut away from her. and
that she and the eQuilibrator were the
OILY material things h had lost He
would Ike 20 get 1re balloon back he
doesn't care = he never sees the eouiI-
ibra-or again. as i was z menace
throughout the trip and proved 10 be an
eEoe7tioually dangerous obstacle 70 over
crne when The men were trying 70
la-1ch rleIr boat
Il vas me eqUiibrauor THAI worried
II Wellnan and his crew. and II was
he eruilibraror that caused Captain g
z Down 70 do stunts with the Trent
such IS that stalwart snip had never
Undergone before II a work Of rescue.
Df-ieible DrfFted Landvard.
When The America and her menacing
E1d 6-tfted landward before an eight
nile easrerIv breeze the troubles Of Nj
We-lnar and his crew and Captain
Down we're practically ended. AL the
valuable equipment Of the expedition
vas safely slowed in the hfeboat and
vas intact when The Trent locked last
nig1,
The Trent came 10 anchor yester-
Gs- when uinz miles south Of the Scot
Land Lizttship. and our Of the fog that
he'd re- came the news by wireless that
Captain Down would bring her into
Quarantine when the pail lifted The
mist was not aecomnodaung until after
noon. and il yras 2-3S T. m before she
came o. a stop OF Staten Island
There was 2 feet of steamships within
and outside the HOOK. over the top o.
the mist blanket the watchers in the
Na-5Rs On The Royal Mail tug Bouker
saw me n7aers II the f0gbound outbound
aee- Il seemed as Il the entire channel
hs5 been fenced of by steel -nasts.
ne White star liner Adriatic halted
just inside the Hook. Behind her Was
IL biz L.usirania and' closer inshore'
win Ley hign yellow funnel ana SIX
r-zs-s the Hamburg American inner
President Lincoln swung al anchor
---a-l mere schooners and barhs also
n t-a vessel assembly. Practically ever
sou IN board TINS cosmopolitan array "a
c-a. knew that the Trent was 1e"
miles beyond them, and they We're III 40
gree hurry u get under way even VIC"
ne fog became q mere vapor-
Suddenly Il about 100 p m WIN 'iie
-arief-,- ~ g.. o-,ick shift OF scenes at the
theatre. The fog melted TIE ollIllle u
shore became clean cut anc lAe
that held The fence Of masts across '--S
Harrows BEGAN 10 shift positions IL O
frlce The fugbound vessels staTleo =
war5. and IN their midst appeared TIE
Trent The merchantmen bic" Il-'--
hosrse saIutes. and these were heard Dc
gore the Trent herself could be singleU
u1r by The watchers on the BoukeI-
Reception Begins at Quarantine.
The Trent lost no time in coming up
Captain Down Iet her out AT top speed
ara she came 10 q sudden halt N lhs
Quarantine anchorage At IBIS 3. ~. II
Was then that the reception 10 Nj Well
man began. II Was the biggest greeting
since Theodore Roosevelt's arrival bAt
vas nothirg compared with that pre-
pared for Or Cock
The demonstration was confined en-
creiy To the friends and relatives aHc
Business associates on the tug Dalzeilli4e
and 10 the passengers and crew OF the
Trent The outbound Mallory liner 7ai
Marcos helped somewhat T'itn three
blasts. bar the Martha Washington went
by n silence as the Americas crew were
leaving the Trent
The Trent did not get out Il Quarah-
Inc until 20 D. n. The North Germ an
Lloyd liner Barbarossa. which beat her
had the first call on the services o.
ne health officer. and the Royal MAI
81 amship had 10 wait
The Bouker Was the first craft 70 get
u u the Trent a. she came in NJ