The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-19
Aviator Leaves Cleveland After
Meeting With Some Diff
Guilty in Starting.
ALTGHTS in C0RNFIELD
NEAR SWANVILLE, PA.
Distance Covered Only 81
Miles, but He Beat Express
Train Part of the Way.

SWANVILLE, Pa, Aug. 1s.-Whet he
called one Jump brought Harry N. At
wood, the Boston aviator. from Cleveland.
O., TO Swanville. Pa, this afternoon and
landed him eighty-four miles nearer his
destination In his aeroplane flight from
st. Louis to New York.
Atwood was 10 have flown to Erie, but
lack OF gasoline forced him TO land
eleven miles west OF Erie. He came
down without accident and glided into
cornfield In the twilight.
Starting from Cleveland after much
delay, Atwood went through the air at
terrific speed, A fast mall train which
lefL Cleveland twenty minutes after him
failed to catch up Atwood even gained
until he was thirty miles ahead OF the
train. AS soon as the passengers were
aware OF the aeroplane's flight ahead OF
windows. Train dspatchers who were
keeping account OF the flyers passage
shouted to the passing train Hes thirty
miles ahead OF you and gaining"
Alights IN Cornfield.
Sailing, high over the edge Of Lake
Erie, Atwood. after leaving Cleveland
at 1903 p, M. alighted In the cornfield
at Swanville at 6:l0 p. m. central time,
his actual time for the eighty -four miles
from Cleveland being two hours and
seven minutes.
Todays run entities him to the credit
OF having flown over parts OF five states,
He is now 727 miles from his starting
point In st: Louis and 63S miles from
he left last Monday. fifteen hours and
twenty-five minutes. A large portion OF
today's flight was over the lake,
Atwood's getaway from Cleveland was
prospect of being overtaken by dark
ness. First he had to ascend from a mar
row strip OF fenced sandy beach. He
glided down hill and. almost touching the
he al init a
treacherous wind By skilfuI steering
he took spiral upward course and later
landed in the Country club golf links.
Skins Over Lake.
On the golf course he made three un-
successful starts before he could rise
Safely In the air he swung out over the
lake. came back 10 a point over the
land and, at an altitude OF 500 feet
struck out on his course. fixed by the
Lake Shore G. Michigan Southern tracks,
with the intention OF reaching Erie be-
fore Sundown.
Between Cleveland and Ashtabula At
wood made the flfty -four miles In one
caused by his slow start at Cleveland.
For Atwood It was a day filled with
exciting uncertainties He WAS almost
compelled to stop on account OF oncom-
Ing darkness.
The fact that Atwood's biplane Is to-
night In lonely spot on the lake shore.
where the villages only policeman Is on
guard to protect 1t during the night,
and that not more than a dozen farmers
were able to look on the machine by
which the aviator hopes to break the
worlds record for cross country flying,
caused keen disappointment in Erie.
Disappointment at Erie.
All afternoon people came pouring into
Erie from the surrounding country, and
by 6 o'clock, when It was hoped Atwood
would appear, the streets were thronged,
Many ran up the railroad tracks to get
a FIRST glimpse OF him. Suddenly. when
anxiety became keenest, telegraph OPP
orator ran out with the announcement
that Atwood was down at Swanville. This
was followed by many reports that At
wood had been injured and that his ma
chine had been smashed. A number of
automobiles scurried down here from
Erie and found none OF these reports
true.