Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-10-28
WELLMAN THINKS
DIRICIBLE SCHEME
IS YET FEASIBLE
Steamer Trent, In Rescuing Air
Mariners, Comes Near to
Cutting Their Life Boat
In Twain.

New York. Oct. 21.-The steamer
Trent, which rescued Walter Wellman
and his party from the dirigible balloon
lAmerica, yesterday at sea, and which
fwas held up by fog outside OF Sandy
Hook all tho forenoon, made her way
into the harbor this afternoon n
reached quarantine at 2:3s o'clock.
New York. Oct. 2l.--Walter Well
mar and the members Of his Inflated
transatlantic expedition in the dirig-
ible balloon, America, who were res
cued from impending death at sea, Soo
miles east Of Cape Hatteras yesterday,
believe that = voyage in an a'rshin
across the Atlantic may yet be ac-!
Complished. /.
The Wellman party are aboard the
steamship Trent. whose timely arrivat
proved the salvation of the ~adventur-
ers. A heavy fog held back the trent
this morning, and at 3 o'clock sne was
about 20 miles east of Sandy HOOP,
proceeding slowly. She Will dock TINS
afternoon. While the object OF Well
mans yenturesome trip was not &C,
.complished, he succeeded in creating a.
bnew worlds record for dirigibles, being,
az hours in the air and covering, ac-
ing to Wellman, 1000 miles over roughI
seas. =.
, Shortly after 9 O'Clock the Trent
came to anchor below Sandy HOOK.
because of the heavy fog. A wireless.
message was received this morning
Through the United wireless system,
from Operator Ginsburg Of the steamer
Trent, giving further details of n res,
cue Of the Americas crew at sea-
Text of the Message.
The message was as follows:
Steamer Trent, 6 a. M, SIS miles
coytbaoSf pf SANDY Hook
THE crew of the America, after rest,
ing all night, are feeling none the worse
for their thrilling experience. From,
what l gather in conversation with
Irwin (the wireless operator on theI
America), the most exciting
of the three days was after the launch-I
ing of the Americas life boat. Thei
Trent bore down. full speed, upon the
small boat. -!
; Irwin declares for the moment ~
looked as If she would cut her in half
The Trent appeared to him the size
Of the Singer building, and he was pre-;
pared to jump overheard and swim.
clear of the propeller. Fortunately this
was unnecessary.
"The Trent passed the life boat dan,
gerously rocking her. A rope was
thrown and caught by the men, who,i
however, could not hold on owing to-
rough seas. TIL Trent cleared of the
life boat, which dropped half a milei
astern. AS the big steamer turned In
her wake to return to the life boat III
was seen the airship's men had gotten
out two oars and were struggling to!
keep her head up to the sea. We were
now alongside Of the craft. Again
hines were thrown, but dragged from,
the airship mems hands. In hanging to;
the rope, Mr.. Wellman's little finger
was badly cut. Again the maneuver
was repeated, this time with success.
Loud Simon and Irwin were strain
ing on two oars. The ship was brought
close enough to make fast the Amer
ica's boat. Two ropes were thrown
from the steamer. The crew CO the,
America climbed up the rop ladder
and each was cheered as he was helped.
over the rail.
$50 ended one of the most thrilling
and daring feats in the annals of the
sea. Louis Ginsburg,
Wireless Operator,