The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-16

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into Tho 100 -ir~l~-- fn---a<-. began ~
eom- b-sk frOm Ws,lman 'has .hos-.i n.
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Nsiinan sa- r'i-hssi 10 an automobil-
10 lb- hangar sh~r~ 'h- crcw and 'hs
assistants had sp~u' the hiEht upoa r--
c~'ps - . tst-phun- m----ag- from ing
n~~S M~iyia Nsnn,Inan thai all was realty
10 take N. America out ot the she'd Upon
Mr. Nsllmans ARRIVAL he learned that /.
light sind from "a. southeast waa push-
'ng hos-hsad- ~ fog in from the Atlantic
-'A W" eNFNaDN w." A"NNN ANAhf a INIT
zane headed up m. coas, from the Ws-st
Indies. Msllnlan never. leSs decided
that the conditions we're right Tor an
ssc~ni. and he gave thu word 20 cut loo-..
After the America vas -wallowed up
IN the FOG IA. watchers heard from The
BriEAhline Shoal life saving station that
the airship had pA@-ed the station shortly
after q cIock beaded Ia an ea-terly dirso-
ton. This vas the first lntinat,on gath
erred here that the America really was on
her way to Europe.
Jack Irwin. vsr~isss operator On the
Airship. sent the first wireless. me-sas.
from the dirigible. which was received
here at II O5 O'Clock this morning The
gs from Irwin sad
Headed mort hesst Al wen On board
mact merry WORKING dn- Good-by.
J IUWi~
The wireless operator mere Bob Millar.
attempted 20 keep VA touch with the
America from the time the fog lifted At
10 o'clock disclosing a clear sky with NJ
signs Of the dirigible - be seen
Just before noon Millsrs apparatus ~
the million dollar pier her got in touoh
with tn" America again through the wire-
less equipment oi a passing ssel
few more messages wera received AZ half
hour intervals bui early ~ the afternoon
all wireless communication came To- an end.
Throughout the afternoon all attempts
to speak tn" airshiD were unsuccessful
and nothing again was heard unit
O clock. when the steamer Coamo. outward
bound. WAS reported 10y United Wireless
~ saying that she had ghted the Amer
ga south-south east II the scotland light
ship The message Indicated that thu
airshIp 10 ten hours had covered only
about sevcnty-dve miles Of her TRIP II
: OO miles ur more The bulletin sent out
read:
\ y IuAAu. OCT. Ser. NJ Iiity-fVs
mites south southeast ofS'otland lightship
pa-r.d W~IlmAn's balloon America Mss
NJ that time n quarter OF a mike irun -
Weather very foKEy. balloon seemed 10
he making about nfte-n knots al hour
She VAS travelling northeast All looke'i
seli Looked live = large sailing vessel
az IA the air 10 ~ seemed very close -
sater The operator on the balloon fR-hci
he operator on the Coamo that all wAs
a I'll and We a.. progressing hn"ly
The anxiety felt 10y Mrs. WeIlman. Mrs
' snniman and others awaiting news
throughout the long afternoon was added
IN when word was received from III.
Weather Bureau that the West Indian
hurricane vas coming up tn" coast. As
"a rk ness began To settle over the ocean
= Gather reports still more alarming be-
gan To come IN 10y wireless from on the
New England coast telling - winds RAIN.
thunder and tightening During tho
afternoon also ~ became known that the
wireless equipment Is not u
he best
The first message 10 arrive came from
an INK nown steamer carrying wireless.
v hich had picked up the news from the
Am erica that she was headed northeast
Bob Miller, the local wireless man. there
Ipon started in 10 comb the sea with IN
,uiries sent to passing vessels regarding
he America and her crew All day Miller
Iept at IL but with little success. except
Iround the noon hour. just before noon
10 gladdened the throngs here by reading
n a message which had just come ~
lin from the America. II read
SIN headed orfheasf Have taken NJ
a. yet FOG lifting May ~
.bls to secure latitude and longitude ~ithin
IN hour.
Just . few minutes later came thus
message. which to Mrs. WellmAn was
conclusive proof that her husband and
lie party were beaded for Europe:
All veil on board. Fog lifting and every
,il Of machinery working smoothly Amer
"a making twenty knots an hoHT With
curse laid out east by northeas'
Half an hour later. At - ~ o'clOok.
iillsr received the following:
still going n $50 Forced 10 stop motors
n Get vsreleaa outHt IN working Order
Wireless now working perfectly and motors
gain started.
In the meantime = message had hen