The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-12
HARMON'S AERO HITS A TREE
ATTENPT TO IN across THE
SOI M ENDS N DISiSTER.
Fore~d To Land In = HarT, Iner MAKING
FOar Niles TS~ ara the water Iaar-
men Net Hnrt. hut HlS Acre Baals
DAMAGED -NrS IIaT mons ARNietN

Harmon attempted a iiKht from the
Hampstead PLAIN ayiliio- he.i early
this evening across the Sound Ia Gresn-
~ich. Conn. for the TOUrfyy Life ~
AnsTioo sophy. After making about
: four miles he was forcei "a Cnme down
because his motor was not working well
He landed in an open field by the POWer
Hou=s road on the outskirts IT Roslyn
about three-fourths of a mile east OF Oh.
! railway station. Mr. Harmon aid that
his motor began missing fire and when
he saw this vacant lo' he picked Il for a
landing place Ia making the de~cent
his machine cplltded with a loNer branch
Of tree and With fence and was con
siderably damaged Mr. Harmon 80
caped unhur' The field VA which thu
landing VAS made - the property Of
Alexander Campbell iaIryman, and All
joins Dorset Lodge the state of " VI.
Earle
Mr. Harrnon- fight seemed IN b.
attended with hard luck from the fret.
! At 5.'5 he took his machine out for trial.
!
a. the hoats he carried increased tn.
head resistance and made fiying -oggy.
A. he expressed u The machine was
dragged 20 . smoother starting point and
after some delIheratIOn and a oonsulta-
ton with Charles h Hamilton he ordered
floats removed and kept a. a protection
oar shaped pro je-tion- placed underneath
! ~. Il UNlsh N ar. tsalpfIlats4f -
act A. cushion and keep the machin.
afoat until he could ahght \ life pre-
server with several hundred yards of
twin. wound around II was placed under
meath the seat to float in case IN" machine
should go under ami make 1t possible
to locate it, whereabouts
After the aero was rigred mp and ready
for the flights Mr. Harmon hesltated
whether 20 start lie thought It Noud
| lie better to wait for his new Gnoms
engine which - on - way over here
| from Europe. but he said n was such an
| ideal day be- would take the chanc" with
the motor he - using just before Mr..
Harmon started Capt. Thomas >. Bald
win. who had heen flying around ths
course. crossed IN. field To find out what
had happened 20 tn. Harmon nachin.
and few back To the grand stand To inform
the several hundred spectators.
| lt was SIS O'Clock whom Mr.. Harmon
tremounted hIs seat. and nIn" seconds
later he Wa- la the AIR He had placed "a
life pressryer underneath his leather
coat and wa- now flying m earnest n"
! swung around the field Al height q from
I5O to 200 feet and then shot out over
M-heola Automobiles quickly started
| in pursuit and at "A CLIP 81 10 mIi"s or moro
an hour soon outdisthnced thu fer. Mr.
Harmon maintained an alt.tud" ~ from
200 To no feet and the counter motions
often made the machine appear - IL
standing still IN the AR
The fiier kept m sight until the view
was olsC'Ired ~ woodland When
Mr. Harmon came down ths only person
IN sight was clifford Brokaw. who had
tried o. keep pace with the flying machine
IA case Mr. Harmon should need assist
auCe
Mrs Harmon who m the laUncl oneida
was waiting at the GienwoUd pier -
follow the maChm" across III" Sound.
~ the meantime IA growing ANXIOUS
She had expected that Mr.. Harmon Won Il
reach there IN less than fiftr"en minutes
and WAS much overdue With her hand
shading her eyes. she stood m tho boat
and looked over every tree, waiting for
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,no,n.r r,,,t,, and Idol
II was a IittI.. pasf a., CLOCK whom Al,
au,ornohil. d,sh.I ,l,,., and ~ H.
mon ,umt..l ,ut NJ. U,r,,,,,,. e., ~.
ar.t Ia So. him and she. hurried f. meet
him Sb, TOOK nm, Inv tho b,rd and sad
4 am glad Won az. ,II,,ybt ,rt what
has happ.n.Js-
-N5L,ns muab .xo.ut my p,l,r
nunk.d ON IN. -aIJ Mr. Harmon
Then Mr. Harmon suggested that they
20 out To- fn.-.t th.. Yacht Oneida. op
b, ard ~ which was her father, Commo-
dor. T. e. Benedict. and her sister. MIR
Thoma- Hastings. and Mr.. FoSh,ll
keen@. and let them know that he w.l.
safe
4 guess III stick - IN. water said