Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-19
NELLN 4. NOT
DISCOURAGED.
Believes Airship Voyage Across
Atlantic May Yet pc
Accomplished.
CAUSE OF PRESENT FAILURE.
Action Of Equl|lb'riator Threat
ened the America with
Destruction.
c,lJsE OF PRESENT FAILURE.
constantly Jerking md Humping
Wa,cs-opcrator Ginsbcrs Of the
Trent Tells Of tie Rescue.

Trent Tells of the Rescue.
New York, Oct. 19.-Walter Wellmah
"a members of his illfated transcoilt =
oental dirigible balloon America, VINO VINO
- seemed from impending danger at
W. n miles east of Cape Hatteras yes
,esiav believe that a voyage IN an ar
. .s,a across the Atlantic may yet De
,anppnnlished The Wellman party are
.NS,rt the steamship Trent, whose
,Sn,slv arrival proved the salvation OF
sha sdyenturers. A heavy fog held
ta,, The Trent this morning and 1T
sHa,s,ork she was about 80 miles east
= sand,, Hook, proceeding Slowly. size
Nh dock this afternoon.
',vhiIs,the object OF Wellman's balloon
rin wa was not accomplished, he succeed
ID in creating n new worlds record
lar dirIgiblc balloons, being IL hours
h The air and covering, according ~
Wellman, a thousand miles over rough
teas. ,,,,i,
10 sea on Sunday the .dirigioie was
caught In q 30-mile northwest 8. dow
which carried the America clear on her
course. Night came and the eauiil-
briator jerked and bumped over the
waves, threatening the America WIN
constant destruction. The crew was
ulm but greatly exhausted ana one
,fter the other went asleep expecting
10 wake up in the sen. Every efforttwns
conferred upon keeping the Amoslcag
.t,oat and gasoline was toased over
board. The equilibridtor kept up Its
incessant pounding and threatened to
sweep away the l!fehoat.
Wellman told the Trent's passengers
that /; course was laid for the Azores,
but a yecring OF the wind made 1t im-
possible to reach the islands with re-
luced gasoline. Bermuda was the next
hope Of the party On Monday night
more gasoline and some damased ma
liinery were jettisoned to keep the
america ahoat. "a
Early Tuesday morning rescue came.
III, Trentwa sighted two hours 3awgH
sDlSsigralled. The lifeboat was src-5
7scssful!y launched. Capt. Vanlman
hinsing the America down close to,
the waves while Simon directed the
release Of the tlfeboat. The lifeboat
5Was struck a gancng blow by the,
sWliCll lledIly slIISlLttl
The weight of the lifeboat and the
America shot UP high in tho air and
disappeared quickly in the distance.
The loss Of the dirigiblc was wit
messed without regret, according to Mr..
Wcllman, as 1t could never have been
used again, having been weakened by
The constant jerking Of the equilibrla-
tor. Wellman believes that the feat Of
crossing the Atlantic In a gas bag may
be accomplished. but that n larger and
stronger air craft will have to be built.
'WIellman says the equilihrintor was
The mistake OF the expedition
shortly after Q o'clock the Trent came
70 anchor below Sandy Hook because
81 The heavy fog prevailing A wireless
message was received this morning
hrough the United Wireless system
rom operator Ginsberg of tho steamer
trent, giving further details of the
gscue OF the Americas crew Mt sea-.
he: message WAS as follows: *
5s' GINSBERG'sH STORY.
Steamer Trent, 6 am. 55 miles
cum Of Sandy Hook: The crew Of the
. an,t. after resting all night are
Nins none the worse for their thrill
! ~. experience. From what l can gather
y conversation with Irwin (the wire
rs operator on the AmerIca), tho most
sseltlng moment of the three days was
yer the launching OF the Americans
leooat. The Trent bore down full
peed upon the small boat.
irwin declares for the moment A.
soKed as If she would cut her In half,
ne trent appeared TO him the si.e
t'e singer building and he was nre-
area TO jump over board and swim
ear OF the propeller. Fortunately this
as unnecessary. & m I. : X
INC, Inc trent passed tho llfeboat. dan
,rousiy rocking her, a rope was
,ioWn and caught by the men who
,wever, could not hold on owing 10
= rough seas. The Trent cleared ~
y l.lepoat which dropped half a mile
,aein, AS the big steamer turned IN &
= weke 70 return to the lifeboat II
=, as seen the airship men had potton4
\, - .Wn oars and We're struggling Ia
~. ~. 'ler behind up to the sea- n
,Me arc now alongside the cr,,ft
y INES We're thrown but were
aged from the nlrship mems hands
!, :, anaslns to the rope Mr.. Wellman,s
nv ! mo ,,inger was badly cut. Again the
, Tnsuse = was repeated, this time with
,sEsSs' Loud, Simon and irwin, we're
, ,ns on two oars. The shin was 4
J, close enough to make fnst the
,,,aic y, boat.Two ropos were thrown
m u,n..ie steamer. Tho crew OF The
=, n,s lily climbed up the rope ladder
az et ,S was cheered as he was helped
ID d. ,a emaed one OF the most thrilling
H. uhring annals OF the sens. . ~ -
I'M ,nneal LOUIS GINSBERG.
''a''ti'eiess Operator, Steamer Trent5us