The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-10-18
Fearless Aeronauts Who Attempt
ed Trip Across the Atlantic
are Rescued by Steamer
Trent Today
BATTERED BY STRONG WINDS
Estimated Airship Travelled $50 Miles
During Large Part Of Which il
Was Beyond Control. Crew
Unharmed.

New York, oct. 1s.--A wireless mes
sage TO the Times from Captain Down
of the Royal mail steamer Trent says
the Trent picked up Wellman and the
crew of the America at o'clock this
morning The airship has been aban-
doned. The rescue was made in lati-
tude S54S, longitude 6s1s.
The position reported by Down indi-
Gates Wellman and crew were picked
up at a point $50 miles due east OF
Cape Hatteras on the north Carolina
coast.
Airship in Distress.
The message from Down was:
AT A. NJ. today We sighted Well
mans airship America in distress.
Signals by the Morse code were that
she required assistance and help. Af-
ter three hours of maneuvering and
fresh winds blowing we got Wellman
with his entire crew and cat. They
were hauled safely on board. All Is
well. The America was abandoned In
latitude S5.43 north, longitude 6S.1S
west"
Prey of the Elements.
The course taken by the airship up
to the time of it's wreck shows to what
extent IL was the prey of wind and
weather. Sunday morning It was 800
miles northeast Of Atlantic City. off
Nantucket lightship. Monday 1t must
have encountered strong winds from
the northward as it was driven $50
miles southwark. finally bringing up
east of the North Carolina coast. Here
IL was entirely outside of the range of
trans Atlantic steamers. The despatch
es thus far give only the essential
facts of the rescue from the water.
but the preceding struggle in getting
from the airship to the water remains
to be told.
Travelled $50 Miles.
The total distance covered by the
balloon America while under control
and drifting, a prey to the winds.
appears TO have been approximately
$50 miles.
Rescued With Difficulty.
Steamer Trent Cwireless to New
York; The crew OF the airship
America in abandoning their craft.
lowered themselves into the life boat
which swung beneath il. They then
cast the life boat off and were afloat
on the sea. The airship shot high into
the air and was blown away The
transfer from the life boat to the Trent
was effected with much difficulty
Progress Of Balloon Race.
St. Louis. MO, oct. 1S.-Ten balloons
which left here late yesterday after
noon i'm the international race are be-
lieved to be over Lake Michigan today.
Reports received show seven passed
over northern Illinois and southern
Wisconsin this morning at heights
varying from 400 to $500 feet. Bal
loon No. dropped a message at
Springfield Wis. saying that at 5:3S
the aeronauts we're approaching Lake
Michigan and were in doubt as to their
ability TO cross. Darly this morning
three balloons passed over Janesville
Wis, going northeasterly.
Balloon Travels 355 Miles.
Racine. Wis. Oct. 1S.-'The balloon
Million Population" landed six miles
north of Racine at 1925 this morning.
At Vernoon, Ill, IL reached a height
of i.500 feet and travelled 355 miles in
an air line from ST. Louis.
One Balloon Crosses Lake.
Muskegon, Mich, oct 1s.--one bal
loon crossed Lake Michigan and pass
ed North Muskegon at 1918 O'Clock
this morning.