Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-08-25
ACCIDENT BRINGS
ATWOOD TO EARTH
IN HOME STRETCH
BY Passing Over RhinecIiff
at $40 a. m. the Young
Aviator Breaks Worlds Re-
cord of 1854 Miles

NYACK, n. Y, Aug. A.--Harry N At
wood. the American aviator. suffered a
slight accident to his aeroplane shortly
before II o'clock this morning when he
was within Is miles of the finish of his
record.breaking flight from st. Louis to
New York city. He landed here to
make repairs and said it was doubtful
II he could continue to New York until
tomorrow.
of Atwood's aeroplane burned out while
he was rounding Hook Mountain, just
north Of here.
II felt myself sinking. said Atwood,
land looked around for a place to land
I saw a convenient meadow which have
since found out was in the estate OF Mr.
Davies.
..The accident has dlsarranged my plan
and | ~ not think / win be able to
leave here for New York until tomor-
row.
Repairs to Atwood's machine were
commenced shortly after his landing. The
aviator was assisted by B. w. Church,
ship gard owner.
Hundreds of people from Nyaick jour
neyed to see Atwood and his aeroplane-
ifStartS on Last Lap
CASTLETON, N. Y, Aug. 24.-tlyins
down the Hudson valley at an altitude
of over 500 feet so as to avoid the
heavy gusts of wind and unsteady
breezes caused by the Katskill noun
tains and the hills along, the Hudson
river. Harry N. Atwood. the Boston avaa-
tor. began at 1886 this morning his fl
nal dash of 134 miles. so as to com
plete before nightfall his recopa-break-
ing biplane flight from ST. Louis TO
New York city.
when he reaches New York he will
have flown 1895 miles, or 1Ol miles
more than the present worlds long dis
lance record. The present record Will
be broken by Is miles as Atwood passes
over Rhine cliff.
New York or bustt' said ATWOOD
before his departure.
Atwood. who began his flight at st.
Louis ii days ago, plans to make his
first stop at West Point, about two
hours after his leaving here
He expects to leave West Point In
sufficient time to cover the distance
from there to New YORK by O'Clock.
ais intended course all the way was
above the Hudson river. Before day
light his mechanics were busy putting
his bipiane in order for te start.
Atwood himself remained In a fran
house to be ready TO ascend as-soon att
7er daylight as the wind seemed favora-
BILE.
Atwood is the second aviator to riy
from Albany to New York over the Hud-
son river. Tho other was Glenn Fl.
Curtiss, who on May 20. 1910. covered
the distance between there and Cover
nors Island. n. Y, in just 1852 minutes.
maintaining an average speed of 54.06
miles an hour. He made TWO interme-
date stops..one at Poughkeepsie. neces-
STATED because Of a low gasoline SUP
ply. and a second at the upper end OF
Manhattan. The latter lanuing was
made to learn the LAY o. the land"
further doN. n the river.
A PERFECT DAY.
Conditions for the start probably
were the most favorable since Atwood
began his long flight Hardly breath
of air stirred and. what little mist there
was earlier in, the day was soon dissolv--
ed by the hot sun blazing from an al
most cloudless sky. Hundreds of per-
sons were attracted to the starting
point, coming in automobiles. motor
cycles carriaae and many even walk
ed miles to see the aviator on his way
They were surprised to find that the
owner of the lot was charging ad-
mission to his farm, netting a good
profit.
shortly after 1880 o'clock all was an
nounced ready and Atwood climbed into
his seat. first strappins his suit case
TO the machine. When the motor was
started it was found that a spark plug
was broken and this caused some de-
lay
At 7:35 Atwood left the ground ana
after circling the field twice came, back
over his starting point and waving his
hand to the people, headed his ma
chine due south over the river. In
less than a minute he disappeared from
sight behind the tree tops.