The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-20

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Wcllman's married daughter, ana ms
three unmarried daughters ana Mrs
4 Sarah Loud. mother OF Mrs Nanlman,
i and of Albert l.. Loud 1t was nor
i until 10 that Wellman descended the
companionway from the steamer 10
the deck OF the tug
1 Tears of jog.
with tears in her eyes Mrs. Well.
man embraced her husband and Kissed
him on both cheeks. The aged MIS-.
j Loud stood weeping. with one arm
around the neck OF her son ana the
other about her son-in-law, while MIS-.
i Vaniman, also in tears of JOY, hung on
her husbands arm.
/, The Trent was anchored off Quaran-
tine awaiting the inspection OF the
health and the revenue oihcefs, "hen
! the tugs Dalzcllne, with the aeronauts
! relatives, and the Bo%ksr came along
side.
1t was Morse lamp. winking its
message through the darkness that
| Just preceded the dawn of TUESDAY
morning, and not the wireless, ., lnal
| first attracted the attention OF lhose
aboard the Royal Mail steamer Trent
| to the distressed airship. Stanley An
gel. an ordinary seaman OF eighteen
years, and George Sangster, an abe
seaman had the early morning wa,e a
tn TIM nor saw ahead fa of nih s"
AT first" said the boy, In narratine
his experience tonight. u though. J..
was the morning star. Thcn l say lwo
faint red lights beside the req one
and next but dark blur against the
sky. The white light kept a-winkins.
and then l knew that 1t was Sig
nal. and reported It to g. j. Kruger
aid. the fourth officer in charge OF
tot -
I'son. the. chief officer. BY this time
the outline of the airship had been
made out against the moonlight SKY.
and I4anisor called Captain Down out
Of his berth
Help, Help Help" was the mes.
sage the white light on the America
was signalling to the steamer;
When came on deck, said SAID C ;iIih;s
In the light of the fun moon she
looked enormous, hanging low in the
northeast and close at hand. In reply
to our signals, she told US her name.
and that she was In distress and asked
us to stand by
Wireless Used.
Then the wireless was called into
use, and between Louis M. Ginberg,
operator on the Trent, and J. *. irwin,
the operator in the ltfeboat suspended
below the gas chamber OF the america;
passed q series of messages that VIII
stand in history as the first wireless
communication between ship at sea
and ship in the air,
AT this time" said CAPTAIN Down,
of the Trent, 1--WE We're in speaking
distance of the America. She was
only twelve feet above our torestays,
and moving about twelve knots an
hour. We kept beneath her with
great difficulty, for she swung to and
fro in the air currents, and sometimes
we We're forced to go fun speed astern
so as not to lose her.
Then" continued Captain Down,
"the grew of the airship began trail
ing wire ropes Lanison, our chief otrl-
Ger. grabbed one and held on until tne
skin was rubbed off his hands. and ne
was lifted from his feet and nearly
dragged overheard. After half an hour
rescue was hopeless and much too
risky. So wellman asked us to keep
close while he and his crew let down
their ifeboas SAYING he go 5fuS sWa BOATS us
ready and stationed men along the
sides with life buoys
81 signalled All ready and Well
man lowered his airship until the
life boat suspended underneath was
within six feet. of the water. The
trailer composed of tanks of gasolene
and weighing 5000 pounds, was the
great danger, and after the boat was
launched thd%s struck her and stove
in diameter. but above the water line.
when Wellman~ dropped his lie
boat it struck the ~ea broadside, put
quickly righted itself. I went full
speed ahead. end had considerable gu
Wellman injured his hand In trying
to catch one of our ropes.
Inst Sight of Balloon.
1.-THE last l saw of the airship she
was fifteen or twenty miles away with
one end in the water. Her valves had
been opened, and she undoubtedly sank
soon, dragged down by her heavy ma
chinery.
'"Weilman end his crew came aboard,
and after baths, dry clothes and
good breakfast, appeared ), none the
The Trent carried 151 first cabin
passengers, most Of whom had been
making a pleasure trip, to Bermuda
a majority Of them, clad IN niGh'
monas had been hastily thrown. watch
ed the rescue
Jack Irwin, the wireless operator
figures that the America sailed about
$40 miles-from Atlantic City to point
of Nantucket, 275 miles. from Nan
tucket northeast about lao miles, I'M
til the storm caught her and carried
her southeast to the point of rescue,
dlsance of ASS miles.
An through the trip" said Irwin,
we We're happy as little gods. Nobody
felt any fear at any time. When we
quit 1t was because we were running
out of gasolene."
The Wellman party was landed at
5:25 this evening. They went to the
Waldorf-Astoria where Wellman will
spend the next few days,
The thirty-foot cedar lifeboat, which.
with its contents. Is all that remains
of the costly equipment with which the
America set sail from Atlantic City,
was taken aboard the Trent and put
ashore here when the steamer locked
this evening,
Balloon Takes Drop.