The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-14

its master 20 much On ne Trip over d
Philadelphia and part way back.
LANns m rME Ma Ram.
Far below him Hamilton saw what
appeared 10 BE- a meadow. green and ~
level ~ a billiard table. Il seemed an
/ IDEAL landing place. With plenty Of spanl
I Tor moderating shock He dropped
swiftly and found himself not on good
honest earth bat In = nasty mareh. where
pools VI water were collected anon 4
tangled haEs aud rIIshea. He came down
az asa p n.
The plane sank away in. aaid Hamil-
ton. the bicycle wheels gong ont Of
sight: A soon ~ ! got mynslf out ]
slime. u was sure rotten hole TO he
! We'll. the first thing that occurred to
me was 20 let the machine haul itself
cat % trouble. turned on the juice
and the propsller blade bUEned a lev
times and then quit with a crack. Some
thing, | suppose u was the rtIshes. OF q
hump 81 uneven ground or something.
had smashed the blade. Thses was IN
4 could SEE people running froulsyery-
where. Il seemed 10 me that al New
Jersey was coming my way. They nearly
NNNNAgu me WIN hAu0utaas Au9N NoNG
real nioe. but they were % excited and
interested that ! couldn't Est room "
work
The marsh where Hamilton dropped
Is near the County Bridge IN South AmbOy.
An excellent wide road runs near the
marsh and the aviator was able 20 make
fine use OF that road later. But his plight
Was gloomy enough 10 begin with. Two
sparkling plugs out Of business (which
meant two dead cylindersl and . smashed
propeller.
A helpful citizen who appeared In
an auiOmohils shouted TO Hamilton.
asking u thee vas anything he could DO
And Oh. hut didn't he look like ready
money to mel' said Hamilton
The automobiles w out for the nearest
sphons and called up Glenn II. Curtiaa
aud Pete Young. Hamilton's manager. al
Governors Island. u was away after 2
O'Clock when the news got 10 the island
that Hamilton Was stuck in the mud
and the air was blue with disappointment,
Curtiss and Young Lost no time going 70
HamiltOn's aid. They took with them
propeller that Curtiss used at Reims.
France. when he did stunts over there
and pair Of sparkling plugs. They
crossed 70 South Ferry. got an auto
mobile. ferried over 10 Tompkineville.
hustled 20 the Kill Won hull ferry and then
mOtored TO the couny bridge at South
Amboy. All told Il WAS some trip. An
hour and q half after they got the tele-
phone message they were helping tho
little aviator patch his machine
MACHINE CARRIED OUT OF THE MmE.
Hamilton had been pretty busy him
self. After pleading successfully with
the crowd 20 give him elbow room (the
slghtseers wye 70 curious that many Of
them Wade1 into the mud he got a dOzsn
msn to help him lift the aerOplahe out %
the mire and carry Il some distance 10
the county road. By the time Curtis
and Pete Young bugzsd up the biplane
was ready for tinkering.
EVpert hands had the substitute pro-
peller and the new ignition plugs in place
by 8 O'Clock. and II looked a. Il Hamilton
would get 60 Governors Island by SD.
Here the crowd Spoiled calculations.
People were arriving al the time and the
roadway was chOked with vehicles and
spectators afoOt. They simply oOulsin't
keep from crOwding around the aero
plane. A man asked Hamilton IL he
could write his name On the canvas %
the upper plane Hamilton told him 20
20 ahead. and In five minutes there was
a scramble for the privilege. There were
hundreds q names p-ncilled on the yell
low planes when Hamilton got 10 Gov
ernors island yesterday. among them
tho namss q many women.
For more than am hour Hamilton could
do nothing but beg the crowd 10 give him
space enough 10 start his machine.
IA was enough to make q man cuss.
said Hamilton. but they coulcin Z help
IL. They we're lie a lot Of1kids a. a cir
Gus
Finally he got the wide road cleared
ahead Of him Tor 100 yards. There was
danger in starsinga flight there and Hamil-
ton realized t. but the road was the only
suitable plaoe IN the neighbOrhOOd. Tele-
phone and telegraph poles bOrdered u
and wires were strung thickly az each
side The crowd enjoyed q thrill when he
took his sat cooked his head for a mo-
ment at the poles 10 each side and then
released the power.
FINE ASCENT m THR ROADWAY.
Il was a remarkable Assent. the finest
thing Hamilton accomplished. He held
the biplane straight a. q string while
Il made It's preliminary dash along the
road. lifted i oleanly betWeen the peril
ous wires and went away from there
at terrific speed rising al q sharp angie
Il was 60 O'Clock BY HAmilt0n's watch
when he rose and resumed his inter-