The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-19
NE[LMAN SAVED;
i BALLOON LOST
ayigator of Air and His Grew
Up by Steamer Trent
Early Tuesday Morning.
RiYEN FAR 'T0 SOUTH
BY BUFFETING WINDS
|gantic Air Craft Left to Power
of the Storm King Far
From Land.

of the Storm King Far
From Land.
on BOARD STEAMSHIP TRENT (at
a, IL o'clock midnight. by wireless 10
|e Associated Press, New York;, Oct.
1--WE sighted the airship America at
|a. IN. today. She signalcd us by the
orse code and the wireless played Il
onderful part in requesting me TO stand
\ her till daylight. We kept a boat
oae by her till day broke. when she
mailed that she could not launch her
|eboat and asked me 10 keep close in
der that line might be attached. We
ade several futile attempts to attach "A
'e, then the America wirelessed that she
1uld come down to the water as soon
possible and drop her boat, if / could
md by and pick up the boat,
Meanwhile our ,lifeboats kept close 10
b, alrship as possible and finally she
d all her men in her beat and cut
rift at "A height OF about five feet from
Z water
Did Not Forget Cat
"This proved successful. The America
arose in the air and short
at o'clock I had the pleas
E OF welcoming on board Mr., Wellman
ID his five associates and a cat. which
eIncd little worse for it's experience. /
en picked up the boat and proceeded,
-'Wcllman and his crew are honorcd
|ests on board. After a wash and
ush up they ate n hearty breakfast,
1c America was abandoned in latitude
is north. longitude 6S.IS west iOS
Hes from Sandy Hook, and the craft is
w having d, great time among the
ouds. The America was making a
eed OF about eight knots when aban-
med. and when released driftcd To the
Her motor had been broken
NJ WcilInan was out OF his course. All
|pds were mighty glad OF being res
CAPTAIN DOWN.
<pyal Naval Reserve, in Command
eamslip Trent
NEW YORK, Oct lS.-Ma1's first at
upt 10 cross any ocean III: an airship
81 failed. but Walter Wellman. five
npanions and kitten, who cssaycd
p voysgc. arc safe.
fhc airship. the giant America. is a
ttoTed aerial derclict, Abandoned at
L-pcrlapS sun in tlie air. perhaps be-
tth the waves with her costly equip
~ iitI bteelltG StlH !laJ bCen III the air
3bably scvcnty-iwo hours, new
rld's record for dirigibles. and, driven
q tile wind. had Travelled doubtless 500
Ies Whether the distance record for
Igiiolcs-Sl0 mGcs-also viii be broken
nnins to be computed.
'icked up by The steamship Trent
~ this morning off the north Caro-
coast. Wcllmau and his fellow air
tlgaio ors arc due In New York at noon
.{orrow. They left their craft only be-
Itn In. Il .t,.y.as
> from the line OF transatlantic steam
- traVcl that a continuation OF tile
Iagc. with the British Isles as tho OBJ
live point, wss hopeless.
n Ship Left to Fate.
% summouinG aid by wireless tho diff
7lt and dramatic transfer to the Trent
pS accomplished and the America was
L TO the winds.
7or an incident without parallel in
storf-thc transfer OF passengers from
n lairship To steamship-mcaSer were
,f details obtained by wireless during
Eday. Wireless, at all times more or
81 uncertain. was rendered more so by
AL Tropical storm which swept north
'rG. bnl tonight wireless stations in
r vicinity of New York picked mp from
~ ircnt word here and a word there,
7 'Plifyins tho earlier dispatches,
r. was learned that Wellman had
md II necessary TO rid the airshiD Of
- burden Of most Of its gasoline. re-
ling only enough To reach land in tho
Sflt the Trent had not come to the
lenc When The steamship needed the
,fH, of distress and drew near It's aerial
l6cr. Wrllman shouted his prcdicament
spugh q ncEarhonc and decided. that
would lower his lifcboat. which swung
an the dirigible'a belly AS y. precaU
: n The Trent lowered her Ilfnboaia.
ich stood by until the transfer WAS
cted and Wcllmsn and his crew. even
IFn TO The frightened. spuirUipg kitten.
IlR safe on board the liner, surrounded
Ihe excited passcugcrs.
~ President Ready to Act,
N hen the rescue was accomplished
IA continents auSiously awaited the
of the dirigiblc and her crew. and
: Fident TAFT had authorized tho navy
snertmenL and thc revenue cutter sciv-
, rfo send out vcssals in search Of them,
S'1t Atlantic City Mrs. "clmau and
Melvin Nsnmau. wife Of Well
a ts chief engineer. were torn with
" iety. while every wireless station on
= 1Ailsniic cOs%t was cXertlnE efforts
: eick up some news Of the ma ayigators.
rvIHvlnc been spoken hy wireless in
Ilyicinily o( Nantucket at l|:'5 sun
n afternoon. if was 81 surprise Thcn
- came ths the America had en-
1terrd :hc rrcui. ucarly 800 miles
t<hwar6 aad c'ly 80 miles northwest
.ttef1nudn.
H HAptain Down Of lho Trent flashed
t.Ifrki new. pf the rescue IN "a mcS-
a. 10 ilic New York Times. which. with
81 SEhlcsgo Record Herald and ;hc Lon
-. sily telegraph, contributed s@5, :
rot FOR the expedition.
en- tpia.u Down also advised Sandrrson
on. Now York agents for the EoNal
- Steamship Packet lin" Subsc-
KI1ty more dctail: came IN 2 despatch
INC Associated Press.
! ~ Motor groko Down.
7rtlcr wireless messages reaching
,er u .iork tonight sa5 that ore III The
I'D "rlcS 8 rnotcrs haI been broken.
nIr<;ii ine1c moro FcrlDus Tic urcdEra =
wfn@t created when all tile Saaolju. that
bIe ~ be spared was east into lhr sea.
'foo.f also probable that thc urrft had
a IFrpu severely from the Jerking ol
great raj -iilSc tail of cuulibiator.
served To" triple purpose of
: s.<Htnc- tank. balInrS and wiro ess
~ ''pndc Wclimau had flashed by sire
tuf S'ascoEsctt ilia: th!- iiamousc
OIIpaagc. battered by the waves. had
III Fd itou1ic,
- <f A,perice Was YSs crrt long and -
1. I. Ilh '.ismotcr. with 4 lifting capacity
" <i.b9O DouuLa. The onyciopo alone
fW|rsd two tons. There were three
n9 |fne engines aboard. two pr from
Iyef{'|F 10 ninety horsepower for the pro.
stC|t and the smaller FOR the Operation
!, ~ uprkcy engine. Taken Az 4 whole
q raft was practically the same IL
"a - ,Ncllmsn made his tx" starts fol
1'p 'vtth pole IN 1907 and 1909. respcc.
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