The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-14

Of the fight. While still over the bay,
but rapidly nearing the sea wall Of Gov
errors Island, Hamilton shut of power.
The propeller ceased It's faint droning.
revolved slowly for few times. and the
machine commenced TO drop-siowly at
first, then faster. Hamilton set the mo-
tor working just long enough to reverse
the propeller and make sure Of an easy
landing
With yells exploding all around him
he dropped his blplane to the sands in q
long sweep. as a gull dives.
The bicycle wheels thumped the ground,
the aeroplane bounced foot, perhaps,
and then ran along without a Jar for
less than fifty feet Curtiss, watching
like hawk. threw up HIS hands.
THAT was good he said
The crowd crowded around the little
man and gave him no chance to climb out
Of the machine and stretch his cramped
limbs. He was sight. If ever IN the
world there was a soiled aviator Hamil-
ton was that bird. His red hair was
matted with sweat and grease. His face
wes streaked and patched with CRIME and
oil, HIS eyes were red from tho winds
(he wore no goggles), and dirt had set
tied in the lines of his face. The mud
Of the Jersey swamp chung TO hts legs
and was spattered on bis dlngy leather
coat.
Happy, of Course.
Happy? He was about the most cheer
ful thing for all OF the dirt that you
would want to see. He leaned back with
a sigh OF comfort, and, putting his hand
In his pocket, brought out package Of
cigarettes and stuck one into his mouth.
HAS anybody here got q mateh7" asked
Hamilton.
Had they7 There were more matches.
loose. boxed, and carded. offered him
than he could have used the rest OF his
life. AS he struck a light he saw his
mother and his wife struggling through
the crowd They had been waiting with
the rest Of the folk on the island, and
part of the wait had been pretty nerv-
Gus session. There were times when the
telephone and telegraph failed TO say
merely stuck in a swamp.
Hamilton sketehed the story OF his
flying trip to Philadelphia end his dis
NAL descent to the swamp. His story
was supplemented by observations made
from special train which tried 10 keep
him in sight going and coming, and
found the Job extremely difficult
Breaks a Propeller.
He had announced on Saturday that he
would take the air from Governors
Island at exactly o'clock Monday. A
propeller broke before the plane left the
ground.
Everybody groaned, expecting the an
nouncement that Hamilton would fly
another day. But there was some cheer
ing when Curtiss darted into the aero
drome-which Is a plain. wooden barn
and came out with a propeller that he
had used In his flight from Albany to
New York. II fitted the hub Of Harnil-
toms shaft. and in less than fifteen min
utes everything was airship shape, and
the adventurer was ready to try again.
At TAO a m. the motor took up its
snorting and putting, the new propeller
chewed up the air within IT'S reach. and
the aeropIane sprinted toward the Statue
OF Liberty. A minute and a half later
Hamilton was soaring, reaching out in
long, beautiful slants for higher altitude
He circied a mile and a half around
the island, flying at the rate of fifty
miles an hour easily, and suddenly
swung out over the water and headed
straight for Staten Island and the Kill
Won Kull. The cameras caught his de-
paFture at 7;43
High Over Staten Island.
For two minutes he remained In sight
and then merged into the blur OF the
southwest. AS he passed over the BAY
cutting the air in an undertaking line.
the whistles saluted him. Ferryboats
and tugs took up the song. and the toot-
ing was re-eehoed from the mills Of Jer-
sey and Staten Island. He was taking
his machine higher as he passed over
Staten Island. and when the Jersey men
caught the first flash OF him he was
riding 600 feet above them. The docks of
Jersey City and Communlpaw were
crowded, but Hamilton says he heard
none of the cheering.
He left Jersey behind and was speed
Ing over Pennsylvania at a. m. BrIs-
toll glimpsed him at s:03, and BurIing-
ton. on the Jersey side OF the river.
Just got look as he flew over the
river. His time at Holmesburg juno
ton was 9:02, and ne was only a few
miles then out OF Philadelphia.
His destination was the aviation
grounds. at Front Street and Erie ave-
aHe, in North Philadelphia, about four
niles from the city hall. A tremen-
1ous crowd was waiting there. and the
director OF public safety was on hand
With 500 policemen TO keep order and
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