Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-02-02
.FL|ER FALLS N SEA.
AVIATOR M'cURDY FLIES FROM
KEY WEST TO A POINT TEN
MILES FROM HAVANA.

us@eS En0" t1NvANAs
SHORT OF OIL He DEsCENDS
Feat Is Failure When Success Is in
Sight While Crowds on Shore and
Fourteen Torpedo Boat Destroyers
at Sea Watch Flight Of Altman.
Key West, Fla, Jan. 31.-Hard luck,
coming when success seemed almost
certain, cheated j. A. D. McCurdy of
the honor OF being the first to make
q direct flight through the air from
this city to Havana, 112 miles, and
incidentally cost the aviator $4,000.
McCurdy scared to within ten miles
OF the Cuban capital and then was
compelled to alight because his lu-
bricating oil gave out.
The aviator was picked out Of the
sea by the crew OF the torpedo boat
destroyer Paulding and at once set
about trying to resume his voyage
from the deck of that little craft
The flight, even with it's disappoint-
Ing curtailment, is regarded as one of
the most noteworthy ever made by an
aviator because OF the oversee dis
lance covered, which is nearly six
times the distance of the fights from
Dover 70 Calais, which attracted the
attention of the world.
The money offered for the, aerial
voyage included $4,000 rendered BY. the
Havana Post and $4,000 appropriated
by the Havana city council.
Crowd Anxious 'fSr eNeWs. dofh W
AS soon as the &ayfator had disap-
peared from view the crowd gathered
about the wireless station and awaited
reports by wireless When news came
that he had passed the third station
ship vigorous cheer went up. AS
no further reports came, the crowd be-=
came anxious and gathered about the
cable Office to wait for the reports
from l1i HEaSXapa. .ssiolo4
It. was Estimated that McCurdy
should have reached Havana in three
hours, AID when no news came, great
nneastness WAS expressed. Then came
g. wireless athat the intrepid birdman
had fallen into the sea and a, rgroan
went Gppfrem the crowd. Later came
the news that he had been forced to
alight on the water because Of a short
age OF, lubricating oil and that neItf
er lie nor his machine had been in
jured. At this cheering was renewed
mihglsd5With expressions Of regret
that3 t1ea attempt had failed when Nc
Curdy was within sight OF his goal
Off on Most Difficult Flight.
The navy department took deep
interest in the Slight ands eyeryo faeilcc
fly at its command was giFsns to help
him. Tugboats and torpedo boat de-
stroyers were ordered to act as sta
ton boats ten miles apart to mark the
course of the fight.
Makes About so Miles, an Hour.
Some of the torpedobc boatsa iwere
equipped with wireless apparatus and
when word came from the last boat
out at sea and Havana, that weather
conditions were propitious tbs. start
was made. AS McCurdy passed each
boat at a speed estimated at nearly
SO miles an hour the sailornaeh gave
him rousing cheers and steam whistles
were blown AS soonR las fMeCurdy
came in sight the torpedo boats
started ahead at full speeds butt the
swift biplane soon outstrip9ed them.
Havana Out to Receive Him;
Havana, Cuba, Jan 31.-All Havana
and the surrounding county fof many
miles turned out in the mofmng to
welcome Aviator Acknowledgements the an
nouncement by cable that he, had left
Key West for Columbia camp, four
miles outside the capital, where the
aviation meet is in FULL swing. --ea'
The McCurdy flight Isl regarded as
one of the most. fnotable ever lundsri
taken by an aviatoC because opfsth he
oversee distance to be cpVeEe67wb5 eh
is about six times the distance of the
flights from Dover to Calais, Whlch1at'
tracted the attention of the MoridIrsF
Distance Is 112 Milesa enfzf
From Key West to Havanai the dis dis
tame is about 112 miles, while EhEliill ga the
Dover-Calais route is about s4S; ,.,-r,,,
The fight from Florida to Cuba is
one of the most dangerous air feats
ever attempted.