The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-06-14
HAh|LTON'S 4
LANDING
Witnessed by Thousands
Reached New York at
$40 Last Evening.
Rv I1nited preas 1NIrn.


New. York, June f4.--Charles X.
Hamilton, premier American aviator,
today made light of his aerial jour
ney from New York to Philadelphia
and return declaring that he intend
ed In the near future to make a "real
flight" just to show what he could
do. It is probable that, as soon as
the conditions are announced, Ham
llton will enter the New York to Chi
cago or the New York to ST. Louis
race, for which immense purses have
been offered.
Hamilton's flight of yesterday is
regarded by avators as one of the
most daring in the history of heavier
than air machines. In n battered
aeroplane, in which he had flown
hundreds of times in rain. wind and
storm, he made the greatest cross
country journey ever assayed I'm
America and which, in many respects.
far surpasses Louis Paulhan's Lon
don to Manchester trip. Paulhan
made his flight of 1S6 miles i'm four
hours and eleven minutes, actual fly
ing time. but he divided his trip up
into two days He flew i'm machine
nearly three times as large as the
Curtiss biplane i'm which Hamilton
made his aerial journey. The Eng
llsh country over which Paulhan flew
afforded many good landing places in
case of accident; Hamilton's landing
place was swamp. Hamilton made
the round trip, distance estimated
at 1876 miles, in three hours and
thirty-four minutes OF flying time.
The distance to Philadelphia, in an
air line, is eighty-six miles, but on
his return trip Hamilton lost his way
and went several miles out of his
course. His average speed to Rhll-
adelphia was nearly forty-seven miles
an hour; his average return speed
nearly 81 1-2 miles hourly.
Hamilton's return last night was
witnessed by countless thousands who
were content to line the Battery and
river front for hours to get chance
to witness the finish. Hamilton, the
people knew, had landed i'm a marsh
near South Amboy, New Jersey, be-
cause of trouble with his spark plug
He secured new ones from an auto
mobile and tried to rise from the
swamp, an unprecedented feat. It
failed, and Hamilton smashed his
propeller on a piece of buried log
He had to wait until n patched up
propeller, the only one available, was
rushed to him by automobile from
Governors Island.
Working almost knee deep in the
mud of the swamp, the aviator and
his assistants placed the propeller In
place. Then willing hands carried the
light biplane into the road, while
Hamilton's machinists begged him
not to make the ascent from there.
Along narrow road, which gave
him only three feet leeway, Hamn-
ton sped his machine for a hundred
yards and then took to the air, miss
ing the tree tops by only few inches
as he mounted. 1t was just 6:17
when he went into the air. Higher
and higher he darted, reaching a l..
5O0-foot level before he came to an
even keel. He explained later that
in case Of accident to the propeller
he wanted to try to glide to New
York. But there was no further trou
BILE. Like an arrow the little machine
sped across the land to the Kill-Ven-
kull and up the river to the New
York bay whore hundreds of craft
gave him a roaring whistle salute. on
towards Governors Island he sped in
the gathering dusk. II was Just 6:4OI
p, m, less than twelve hours from
the time of his start, that he came to
earth on the spot from which he had
ascended early in the morning.
Hamilton made the flight under tn
auspices of the New York Times and
the Philadelphia Public Ledger, both
owned by Adolph Ochs II is said he
received $4,000 for his achievement
To show all New Workers what an
ieroplane can do, Hamilton is pre-
pairing to fly within a few days from
Governors Island up the Hudson river
and around Van Cortland parl.
Van Herdt wrecked at Curocoa ana
tll drowned except four sailors.