Semi-weekly herald., 1910-10-27
her crew. Alan R. Hawley and Angus.

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A plan to send balloon with sup.
plies after the lost balloonists is being
hastened at St. Louis today. Won
Phul, who will pilot the relief aero
! stat. expects to leave tonight for Can
| ada. He plans to begin his aerial hunt
from Sault ST. Marie.
That the scarcn for the balloonists
is being vigorously prosecuted is
shown by kilograms received by the
Aero club of st. Louis within the
last twenty-four hours. These have
come from the heads of the Canadian
government, from the signal corps OF
the United States army and officials
| of the Canadian railway systems. Al
together sixty kilograms have been
received from persons hunting for the
America ii.
NAPLES, Oct. 25.--As the news
SLOWLY filters in from the districts raw
aged by yesterdays storm, floods and
the subsidence of the earth due to vol
| canic action, the magnitude of the dis.
tiles that the death list exceeds $50
at ischaia and in the provinces OF
Salerino and Naples. Thirty feet. OF
mud covers many of the roads in the
provinces of Naples and Salerino. Sol
diers have been started at the work
| OF rescue and relief, hut their progress
If necessarily slow because of block
ing roads Here in Naples many
houses have collapsed. This is due to
the subsidence OF the surface of the
earth and due to recent volcanic erup
tions and the Inhabitants of the city
are in a state of panic.
The disaster is due to the combina-
ton of torrential rains and cloud
bursts simultaneously with the out.
break of Mount Vesuvius. The coasts
Of the island Of Ischia, sixteen miles
southwest of Naples in the Mediter-
ianean, were swept by mountainous
tidal wave. The extent of the damage
from this source cannot be learned
because of the destruction of the cable
between Naples and the island
The prefect of Naples sent torpedo
boat and large detachment of troops
to lschia to undertake the work OF
rescue and as soon as the news of
the disaster reached the king he di.
rected three battleships and four cruis.
ers be hurried to the island from the
nearest ports. These warships carry
emergency rations and shelter tents
as well as liberal supply of medi-
eines.
ATLANTA, Ga. Oct. 25.-William
Williams, a negro, is in jail here to-
day charged with swindling, on ac
count OF peculiar cure for blindness
which he had devised His remedy
consisted in driving a tack into the
back portion Ola blind negros skull
and charging $3.50 for the operation
Robert Ward. the victim, told the
police judge that the tack process was
not very painful, but that Williams
manner of taking the $3.50 "hurt con
Siderable
BELMONT AVIATION FIELD, Long
Island, n. Y, Oct. 25.-Airmen par
ticipating in the second international
aviation tournament marveled today
over the wonderful feat of young Wal
ter Brookins, who came to earth safe
ly by gliding from distance of a
mile in the air.
prnolyfp, r,adn ,ha .1.f4.la stt.l.
yesterday in competition with Count
De Lessipps. When he was five thou.
sand feet above the ground it was
noticed that Brookins' engines had
stopped. CONSERVATION prevailed in
the Wright camp. Few believed the
machine would be able to get back
without damage The youngster, how
ever, managed his aeroplane with the
skill of an expert, and came down
safely a mile and half to the north.
east of the aerodome
According to official calculations
made last night Drexel won the alti.
tude contest by reaching a height OF
1l05 feet. breaking all American rec
ords
The fourth day of the meeting open.
ed with ideal weather conditions and
all of the airmen were In their hang
ars early, tuning up their machines
Captain Thomas Baldwin, GO years
old. in his red devil of the Curtiss
type, made several flights around the
international cup course, the long one.
When he alighted he expressed much
fear of the track. declaring the trees
houses and crosswind currents made
the flight an extra hazardous one, and
he predicted many spills during the
elimination trials for the Gordon Ben.
nett race.
First inspection OF the new Wright
racer was granted today by the Day
ton flyers and II developed that the
tiny machine in which Walter Brook
ins made his high flight of yesterday
Is but the first OF n series OF expert.
mental machines prepared by the
Wrights. The machine to be used in
the Gordon Bennett race by the
Wright team is only twenty feet from
tip to tip and less than three feet in