Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-09-02
BREAKSA|RRECORD
Atwood Covers 1899 Miles
In EIeven-Ddy Flight.
ENGINE GIVES OUT NEAR GOAL
The Daring American Aviator Has
Broken Ali Worlds Distance
Records For Airships
by rs Miles.

New York, Aug 25.-Smashing all
records for long-distance flying, Harry
N. Atwood reached Nyack, twenty-six
miles from New York, but was com
PEELED to alight in field on the side
of Hook mountain because his ma
chine broke down.
The aeroplane was not seriously
damaged. but the repairs are compli
Gated enough to necessitate Atwoods
remaining at Nyack, in all probability,
until today, when he will take up his
fight to this city.
He has covered 1899 miles since
leaving ST. Louis eleven days ago,
breaking the worlds record by sew
| enty-five miles.
Atwood, after working on his ma
chine a short while, started for this
city in an automobile to obtain ma
terial for repairing it.
The young aviator decided to ex-
tend his flight to Boston, starting at
| 4 o'clock Saturday morning He hopes
to reach Boston In time to participate
in the meet held there Saturday after
noon
A desire to top the present worlds
record by several hundred miles, Lee
mat, his mechanician, said, was At
woods principal consideration in ex-
tending his fight.
Atwoonds fight, which began at
Castleton, few miles below Albany,
Greatest the widest excitement in the
towns along the Hudson.
Early in the morning word came
to New York that If all went we'll
he would reach the metropolis short
ly after noon, and thousands thronged
the housetops along Riverside drive
and in the business section, straining
eyes through the almost Indian sum-
mer mist for the first sight of the
white-winged machine, and straining
ears for the "phut, ''phut" of it's
motor
ing into the vision of these watching
ones, settled gently down in field on
the estate of W. d. Davis, three miles
from the village The road from Ny
ack to the landing field was soon black
with pedestrians and vehicles going
out to see the wonderful aviator.
Bearings Burned Out.
They found him when they reached
there down over his machine trying
to fix the connecting rod, the bahsitt
metal In whose bearings had burned
out.
Atwood was rounding the turn Of
Hook mountain, close in at it's preci-
pice-like side, when he felt the first
sign of trouble. The machine was not
! running we'll, and the trouble momen-
tarily got worse.
Il felt myself sinking" said the
aviator, land looked around for
convenient meadow and came down
! In it."
The aviator was assisted in his
| work of repairing his machine by B.
w. Church, shipyard owner.
| Atwood performed spectacular
| and daring feat as he passed Pough-
keepsie by gliding down toward the
river surface and passing under the
| towering Poughkeepsie bridge.
Other Notable Long Distance Flights.
| Albany to New York, 142 miles,
made by Glenn Curtiss, May 20, 1910,
hours 32 minutes.
New York to Philadelphia and re-
turn, 149 miles, made by Charles X.
Hamilton, June 10, 1910, in hours
81 minutes.
Paris to Amiens and return, 486
miles, made by Alfred lie Blac Aug.
TIT, 1910.
| Chicago to Springfield. 1872 miles,
made by Walter Brookins, Sept 20,
1910.
Key West to Havana lover water),
80 miles, made by J. A. d. McCurdy,
Jan. 80, 1911.
| Paris to Madrid flour stops), S42
miles, made by Pierre Vedrines, May
21-26, 1911.
Paris to Rome, go miles, made by
Andre Beaumont, May 1881, 1911.
| German circuit race, 1854 miles,
won by Herr KONG, June IL to July
8, 1911.
| Boston Washington, 461 miles, made
by Harry N. Atwood, June 80 to July
13, 1911.
Circuit of England race, 1910 miles,
won by Andre Beaumont, July 2226,
1911.