The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-18
.Iff0RT To CROSS
OCEAN IN nh SHIP
Walter WsIIman on a
Periious Trip
CARRIES CREW OF FIVE

-, Uuer G~i@ar-saaped Gas BAG
america Icu Atlantic City Early
Yesterday Morning In an Attempt TO
K,arn r.uropr-The start ii Most
n-,matic Onc-First OYc1 Ocean
II:ok! in an A!y~tsip.
lI1 the Associated Press.)
Atlantic CITY y. j.. oct. 15.-Sailins
IN p .h.rR fog that hung low over the
Atlantis. ocean early today, Walter
U.-f..au. With a crew of five men, is
rorfsnt believed to be on an epoch
m4h.ne voyage 10 Europe IN the hugo
Gg3r-sh.p ped airship America. Start
inc from the beach. near the inlet. a
f-v minutes after s o'clock this mOrn
inc. th. bic aircraft was soon out of
sigut cf the cheering crowd.
Since then no one. With the excep-
ton Of the ships at sea, has seen the
strange craft, and the only word from
nfr came by means OF the wireless
telegraph.
Mem rous messages We're received
during thc day. and the latest indi-
c&reG that Wel!man is tonight easily
sailing nO~rthcaStuard off the Long
island shore. tn ship. according to
this last word from the adventurous
crrW. has set a no~rtheaSterly course
wlth the intention of getting into the
northern lane Of transatlantic liners.
Members OF the Crew.
The mcn who are making aeronau-
Ii history in the first over-ocean flight
Of an 3irship are: Walter WellInan,
f11977 I'm rElr. NjaIXip Nan;,oap nhiAF
engineer and next in command: T.
Murray SlmOns. navigator; j. X. Irwin,
wireless operator: John ALBERT ana
Albert Louis Loud. assistant engineers.
The start Of the America Vas ~
OF the most dramatic events that has
ever occurred in this care free resort
oi frequent sensations. Roundly criti-
clsed by people who did not believe
that h. would ever undertake what
vas thought to be a foolhardy VEN
tIre Neliman startled the whole
islanl ny bringing the America out
Of the Hangar without any cere-
Mony and getting into the air. 1t
vas about four a. IN. today that the
ma decision to &c up was made by
Chief Engineer Nanirnan. All night
ne Watched the weather, and as the
lawn approached he decided that now
vs. the time. ROusing the other
members Of the crew who slept in the
Hangar, Naninan called Wellman ana
H0uhed him that the time to start
had arrived.
Nellman Makes Ready.
Fa4rIy jumping into his Khaki II
form. Nell1nan summoned the mem-
be7* If his family and soon was on
me way to the inlet in an automobile
tahIman was also busy. Calling up
Al9T0T SToJ md tho chiafc Of The FIRE
ana police departments. Naniman got
me zoo men promised him to help
se( the great air ship out Of the
tiah@aT. The great gas bag was warp
cd out Of the shed, the greatest care
h5lHg taken not to rip the q
SiIhon bag Finally it was out and
H'mons In q boatswain's chair ascend
I'd ID the top of the huge bag and re
t'dSed thu remaining lashings and
lheh came down.
The Journey Begun.
en- "-lh everything ready for the Wore
Ie] 60 the crew climbed up and int
la@ rar hanging from the balloon. The
"n"I "gOod-byes' We're said to
,.'her relatives and friends and th'
,oN' "oTd 70 the men on the grounc
vas gwen. The great craft gave {
I'F'h, all the ropes and cables becam'
aunt and the ship rose, slowly at first
t!G men more RAPIDLY as 1T ascendt(
H-Sl'"} and encountered the gentl'
"ieeZe from the west.
CrOwd Stood in Awe.
VII the boardwalk and beach wer'
%N9rmbIed a crowd estimated at abou
I'Y'0- The crowd stood in awe as tn
n"'frica Enthusiastically continued &c
ana sail into the thick fog. Ihel
,"e6F alter cheer followed when the,
NV" the craft begin to disappear
Of sight.
nose Of the crowd who remember
a. 'na1 the America carried a wire
No. 3@iesrapn outfit, rushed down tn
rn y"i0 walk to the million-dollar pie
news Of the balloon.
tt"eTt Miller, the wireless operator
.tl'ned there was early on hand il
f. '~cCanon Of a flight and got read,
pIck up" the ship. Miller KEEP
ana IH"s Operator Irwin constantly
th.ra' was not until 11:05 a. m. tina
vas any response. Then cam