New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-28
WAVES JUMP BATTERY;
D|SPERSE SPECTATORS
Biz Crowd Waits to See Bird
men Appear Until Driven
Away.
SURF LEAPS HIGH IN AIR
MANY Go to Bedlow's Island to
See Flight Around Statue of
Liberty-Seasick on
Return Trip.

The announcement that men IN flying
machines would come from Belmont
Park and fly around the Statue of Lib
erty brought a big crowd yesterday 70
the Battery. II was almost as great as
that which fiOcked there TO greet Mr.
Roosevelt on his return from Africa
The crowd that assembled yesterday.
however. was not favored as was the
throng that greeted the ex-President-
The latter aggregation saw Mr.. ROOSe-
Welt and got their moneys worth, and
then came a terrific storm after every
one had gone home. Those who came to
see the aviators saw them not and were
driven home by the wind-the same
Southwestern that prevented the bird-Tnen
from flying.
At noon there was a black fringe
around the Battery wall The wind yas
young then. and those who came early
got places of vantage and We're happy.
but by the time IL was announced for
the fourth or fifth time that the aviatOrs
would and would not start the promis-
ing young breeze had developed into
breath catching squalls of forty miles
an hour
At about % p. m the sightseers came
to the Battery in drOves. They climbed
moving procession. and from out the
subway stations at Bowling Green and
South Ferry the throng surged up like
ants
Every one looked up into a cIouded
sky. Eyes rfveted on the bronze god
dess Of the Upper Bay saw a squau in
the background. The flag on the big
steel mast Of the Constitution above the
Battery green futtered steadily before a
thirty-six mile wind There was no sug-
gestion OF a Iet-up. and the crowd waxed
impatient.
About p m drfftwoOd came along
with the tide. Blocks of wood and box
ends with sharp nails protruding were
pitched skyward by the surf. which
jumped high over the sea wall and
dropped upon the defiant line Sea water
three inches deep made a pond of what
was an hour before a good observing
place. Finally. when barrel slaves and
discarded wicker baby carriages were
tossed up by the nnerrymaking waves,
every one fled and let the combers amuse
Probably no better place could be
found 10 see the flights around the
Statue of Liberty tran Battery Park. but
there were a thousand persons whO were
content with no place but Bellows
island. The ferryboat to the island made
half hourly trips Some folk went UP
into the statue. in the hope of saying
to the avi4tOrs who did not
,one. and of the many who were called
10 the island few were chosen to come
back as we'll as they went The chOppy
sea made the ferryhOat pitch. and the
short ride from the island 10 the Battery
added much seasickness 10 the disap-
pointing programme OF the day.
The storm blowing out the Narrows
ar yacht Iroquois, owned by William
A. Mosley. of this city. The rnainmast
was snapped of and fell close TO the
owner, who was on deck. The deck was
torn and the engines were put out OF
commission. The tugbOat StapletOn
towed the yacht to Stapleton
Patrolman Joseph Coffee. while walk
ing along the beach of Bay oath street.
Brooklyn. at 430 .. m. dOfred his
clothes and swan out TO capsized boat
and brought ashore William Aldrich and
mis- sixteen ear-old son. who had been
fishing. They had been hit by the squat
and thrown into the water.
The wind caused much minor damage
Ia haH
oeen started by boys and knocking down
many flag and telephone poles.
A box was blown from the upper deck
II the ferryboat Haarlem last night as
the boat was warping into It's slip. at
s2d street The box hit the nose OF
.ouis Goldman. twenty two years old. I
IF No 800 Riverside Drive. He was
sitting in his automobile at the end OF
he Harlan and was painfully injured.