The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-10
ONTOWASHINGTON
Atwood and Hamilton Fly Away
From Atlantic City
On a Single Biplane for the Ma
tiOnal Capital.
FOLLOW COAST LINE.
Were Mounting Higher as They
Passed Out of Sight.
Descend to Earth Two Miles
East of Baltimore.
FOLLOW COAST LINE.

Atlantic City. July 10.-Harry At
wood and Charley Hamilton CHANGED
the elements again today and succeed
ed in making good get away at 1850
a. m. on their fight to Washington.
When they sailed out OF sight they
were making great speed, hampered by
nothing more than a gentle wssterly
breeze The weather was ideal. Both
men declared they would reach Balti-
more bv 10 o'clock.
I'VE will be at least a hundred miles
from here by o'clock" confidently
shouted Atwood as the machine ,nted
fl ON the ground.
The pair worked hard getting the
Hamilton biplana in shape fDr its trip.
Part so fthe machine in which Atwood
nade his flight hers from Few York
were removed from the wrecked lii
plane and taken to Ventnor, near here,
shortly after the men had q narrow
escape in a IS foot plunge to earth
yesterday. It was nigntfall before the
tail had been replae eaI, the new blades
adjusted, the understructure repaired
and the bent and twisted framework
tuned UP.
Atwood and Hamilton early today
wheeled the machine from the hangar
They started almost in the tracks of
the smashup of yesterday in which
they we're in danger of their lives.
Everything worked perfectly. At
wood, with Hamilton seated beside
him. lifted the machine to a travelling
altitude of four hundred feet. First
he circled over the meadows near the
ocean, and then darted the plane for
the coast line. When they passed out
of sight they We're making great speed
and still mounting higher.
Baltimore, July 10.-Atwood's ma
chine descended at Stemmer's Run.
two miles east of this city. at 9:45. So
far as could be learned there was no
mlshap.
The intence heat forced Atwood and
Hamilton to discontinue their fight
temporarily at least. The two airmen
arrived here by train from Stemmer's
Run on the Pennsylvania railroad
where they left their machine.
The tale of the aerial journey as
told by Atwood was one of a fight Bit
terly contested against heavy odds.
I'VE worked over the machine until Il
o'clock last night" said Atwood, "aad
it was nearly 1 o'clock when we retir-
ed. We had several hours sleep and
had but little trouble in starting, leav-
ing the beach promptly at 5:O4 O'Clock.
The first part Of the flight was de-
lightful. The morning air was not so
warm but the humidity was high and
even at first we had d great deal Of
trouble in getting any speed or eleya-
ton. At no time during the flight did
we reach an elevation of more than 250
feet.
THE first and only intermediate stop
was made at Gas o'clock at Farm
hurst, Del, 80 miles from Philadelphia
for fuel After a rest of three minutes
we were again in the air.
Striking out along the line of the
Pennsylvania railroad we followed the
tracks and fought to get elevation
enough to clear the telegraph wires.
Sometimes we were obliged to leave
the railroad tracks because of the fact
that we were dangerously near the
ground. We were racing trains too
and we could not get on the track for
that reason.
"One hour on the line was PASSED
with clearance of only about is feet
and the trees brushed the wheels of
the machine at some points. We land
ed at Stemmers Run simply because the
machine would not go any further un-
der the weather conditions
The crowds along the line of flight
increased as the hours grew and at
Havre De Grace, practically the en-