Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-10-17
NUMEROUS WIRELESS
MESSAGES ARE RECEIVED

| s1leleAOHNftts AifAf-f Wv AA'iAi'
where east OF Nantucket island, of
the coest of Massachusetts, and ap
| proximately 900 miles from Atlantic
City, the starting point Walter Well
mans airship, America, signalled o
wireless "Al's well" ana q good bye
at 12;45 o'clock this afternoon and
swung on up the coast through the
| fog. This message, the last of the
| days wireless conversations. was re-
eeived here by A. n. Gilman, the
| Marconi operator, who had been on
the alert since dawn.
AT o'clock this morning Siascon-
sett first came i'm touch with the dl-
rigible. Then, although the wireless
range of the craft is paratively
| short owing to necessarily limited
power and antennae, the station was
surprised to hear its call "MSCn clear
and strong. followed by wv" the
code signature of the airship. Judg-
ing from the strength of the signals,
Il was assumed that the America was
in close proximity to Nantucket, and
Immediately all the life-saving sta
tions and lighthouses on the island
were notified by telephone to keep Il
sharp lookout.
But the fog. which had enshrouded
the America since her departure yes
terday morning. still hung over the
ocean. shutting Off the view. The
Marconi operator. however, began a
rapid fire OF intcrrogations and he
learned from Jack irwin, the Amer
ica's operator that the ships
motors had been stopped ana that
the dirigble was heading east, north
east and making twenty-five miles
an hour with the wind Nantuck-
cts excitement was acute, but with
motors idle. the airship sailed along
as silently rs a phantom in the sky
where ordinarily the engines exhaust
could have reverbated along the
coast.
However, the electric voice Of the
Marconi station filled in at times
what eye and ear were denied and
internationally operators here eX-
changed greetings with their late as
sociate, who, ii viii be recalled. re-
ceived at this station the dramatic
COD" from the Inflated steamship
Republic At 1880 a. m. signals
from the dirigible became suddenly
stronger and It was momentarily ex-
pected that the America would come
in sight Of the station Irwin, ia
fact. flashed that he thought ne
could hear the sound Of the break
ers. but the fog offectually shut the
craft from view, although she was
probably passing over the shoals sur
sounding the island.
From that time or ,he signals from |
the airship grew steadily walker un- 1
tl finally AT l2:45 q. m. message 4
was flashed from here asking II I
everything aboard was O. X Family I
came the reply Yes" then fainter /
still. the two letters "GB," meaning /
good bye"
Unable to take observations I'm the /
fog. the Americas exact position re-
NAMED unknown through the day. az
has been the case since she set sail.
Her course. however. has been along
The steamship lines and as no word
10 the contrary has been received. the
assumption H. that Mr. Wellman. with
fifty days fuel ana fifty days provi-
lions aboard. Is adhering To- his plan
)f crossing the Atlantic and landing
ln the British isles. IL is likely that
no further wireless word from the
Iirship will be received here. but n
inzen or more liners fitted with wire
css were la her zone tonight.
When last heard from during the
a. m.-the America had
lecn in the rir just eighteen minutes
css than twenty nine hours and
iaving covered approximately 300
niles. must have averaged In forward
Progress between ten and eleven
niles an hour. At this rate the craft ,
would not pass sable Island t4so /
niles distance from Nantucke1 un-
u ? o'clock Tuesday morning and !