New-York tribune., 1910-11-13
z Mishap Occurs.

you tonight
z Mishap Occurs.
F-e7ararions hurried forward just before
Glen H. Cu-tiss scrambled up the ladder TO
The stage. some would-be mechanician'
a-v,a,s 70 please. poured water in the
gasoline tank
NJ Cu-+iss thought that was too had.
He had the tank unscrewed. 10 be sure
that not drop remained therein Then he
f7dgeted about among the wires ana the
STAYS II a way that made the unluated
marvel. testing everything
Mars. IN The meantime. was suprerely
u-roncderned He was going 10 fy in the
rachine wind or no wind he said. There
vas some wind. and the fact was pointed
olr 70 him
It's help he declared. If the wind
rsov-s r7ven-~ and the boat goes ten. III be
in thte air before In half way down the
latforn"
! never started down hill before ne
added after looking while al the stand.
--.ut ! guess its all right
Ms Mars guessed il was, TOO; but she
announced ner intention, Just the same. OF
sto-Ain-- close II g H meaning Cu-tiss.
Sunshine Follows Snow Furry.
The tine cz1n- for the steamer t. depart
a
tu- Bud look dubious. PASSED and d
bright sun shoue The whistle uttered a
tril-7lrhart s-ream- Tic psnd proclaimed
rHa epCcI-1.zhInE moment IL joyful tones.
AIrs Mas declared that she would write
letter to To Tor ms father TO carry 56Cd
& --ass the waves. Tom vas at school Gli
knew nothing Ct the fight: Bud had re-
czl-e5 his orders IN Norfolk only the night
tcfore- It night give the boy bit OF g
1lr,,slsc-
L might have done so. i is true. but
i won't. That's where -he bad luck comes
in ~ the crucial moment the rudder that
was to guide tbs letter broke
L was a bad break. In fact. II was !
compound fracture First q big slice came
ou- Of the propeller blade, and then the
right hand rear bamboo, through which the
LiIler wire runs, was snapped
An innocent TIN pipe did i. q pipe which
one Of the -oo rnan- cooks had left on
the lower plane. after usng It as d fun
neI 10 I'll the oil tank. When the engine
was started in fun. just 10 see # il worked
al right. TIA pipe began n earnest L was
sucked hack b- tle flying screw. and The
next two minutes say more damage than
the next TWO hours could Well have re-
paired. even 7 the necessary parts had
been a. hand
Nov 1t Is All Sadness.
The weren't In the whole city there
was not another rear bamboo like that;
there was not another machine from Which
II could ha transferred Sadly the crew
removed the head of the injured bird, and
what was left Of its tail; sadly the vtvI-
sec-ed bodvv-as lowered 10 q scow. and
sa6l- the little band OF air men filed
ashore. Slowly the big steamer backed
away. CARRYING the high wooden platform
OF It's stern % show the people Of Europe
how q uCr-iss biplane might have taken
the air a. sea i Il had only been allowed
TO t-y-
You're glad II happened, Bud said
70 Mrs Mars. scovling IN the direction OF
the u-eckage- Disappointment had ruffied
his seden.-y q bit
I'm not all" she asserted. stoutIy, still
cltnging 70 his side which she had never
lect the entire morning.
y wish they'd kept NcCur5y on this job
Bud gTumbIed.
Wen. anyway. they ought TO give you
lie next KY" his wife replied
IL they don't" laughed Mars. I'll Join
the Hamilton camp"
Curtiss came along Just then. ana some
one stopped him 70 ask # he intended TO
see the business through
Curtiss Does Not Give Up.
Wen finish il Il il takes & year" he
said Wen finish 1t TO punish ourselves
for this rnishap. Wen finish Il lust for
spite"
'whc's going 10 hy?" asked Bud" Mars
dubiously
WHY. M Mars. 7 guess" said Glenn,
and disappeared
II the mean tine. e great deal Of sea
vas being shipped by three tugIets and a
yacht that were three miles of the Long
Island shore. Jhirty-six miles from the Rat
terry
The sincerity of the Hamburg-Arnericsn
Line was shown by the manner in which
the guests and reporters were protected
from the pangs Of hunger ana thirst
There was no doubt that the HsunTIrs-
american Line believed the aeropIana
would leave the deck Of the PennsyIVania
II &cc0rCance with the carefully adver-
used programme The floating escort left
HOboken al 10:45 q. m, so as not 10 keen
any one waiting II the open sea
Besides LOBSTER and sandwiches there
were 1LrrleS Of snow and waves that
brought SeESICkness and left despair There
We're beautiful clouds and circling seagulls,
but at ? n. there was no aeTOplane nor
steamship Pennsylvenla- The marine es-
cort steamed back. as IL was generally be-
lieved that Mars would not make the trip
b. moonlight
There we're more Iobsters more sand
HlchsS and no diLninutlon in the flow of
champagne, more seasickness and then the
Battery The ocean was handsome. and
even though the aeToplane did as they
often GO II vas Z glorious DAY