Smyrna times., 1910-12-28
FEAR GRACE HAS
PERISHED IN SEA
American Born Aviator Lost in
Long Flight.
DISAPPEARED IN HEAVY FOG
Warships and Wireless VainIy Seek
Brdman Who Is Believed to Have
Fallen Into the North Sea.

Fallen Into the North Sea.
Extensive search of land and sea
has not revealed a single trace of Ce-
Gil S. Grace, the aviator, who is a
nephew of the late William R. Grace,
who vanished from view after he had
reascended at Calais, France, where
he landed after crossing the channel
from Dover, England, and flying as far
as the Belgian frontier.
Grace was competing for the prize
of $4,000 offered by Baron de Forest
for the longest flight, including a cross
ing of the channel, by an Englishman
in an English built machine, before
the end OF 1910. The captains of all
incoming vessels have been appealed
to for information, but so far not one
has reported seeing the aeroplane.
The friends of Mr.. Grace, who is a
very popular young English sports
man, haven't yet abandoned hope of
his safety They think that if he fell
into the sea after his petrol had be-
come exhausted he may have been
picked up by a passing vessel of some
kind. The hopes for his safety are
strengthened by the fact that he wore
a cork jacket.
T. Sopwith had set a mark of ia
miles. Grahame-White prepared for
the competition, but met with a serious
accident before he could get under
way.
A heavy fog hung over the channel
and hid Grace soon after he as
cended at Dover. He crossed the chan
mel safely and two hours and half
from the start passed over Calais.
He reached the Belgian frontier
and was going fast after SOpwIth's
figure when he encountered adverse
winds that compelled him to turn
back. He alighted west of Calais, but
again ascended, pointing his aeroplane
toward Dover.
Grace was soon once more enveloped
in the fog that had become more
dense. Those who saw the start say
he took a nOrtheasterly course.
1t is evident that he lost his bear
ings, for had he had his proper direc-
| tion he would have reached Dover
without trouble, for he had the power
and his aeroplane must have benaved
we'll
Instead of approaching Dovep how
ever, he was sighted later by coast
guardsmen far to the northeast over
the Goodwin Sands, the dangerous
shoals that extend off the southeast
coast of England, some seven miles
east of Deal.
At this point he made grave mis-
take in his reckoning, for with land
but few miles off his west he veered
to the east, and when last seen was
heading over the North sea.
At this point he was swallowed uI
by the fog, and since then, except fol
the negative in.erences from the alb
sence of news. there has been nothing
to throw light on his whereabouts.
A false report that he had landed al
Deal for a time cheered anX.ou
friends, but when this was diepr1vet
every possible resource was appeale
to to find him.
Warships and merchant vessel
~along the east coast were ins .ructsC
to keep a sharp lookout. but their wire
Jess exchanges have been all of tn
same tenor-nothing seen of the ali
man.
, Meantime automobile parties scouT
ed the coast in the hope that G-ac
had descended at some out OF the wa
spot, from which the lack of cas-
communication accounted for his fl
ure to notify his friends OF his SAFETY