Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-25

Atwood left Nyack at 1853 o'clock
this afternoon and crossed the city
line at 200 o'clock. He reached Grant'n
tomb at 2:22 o'clock The trip down
the river was one of triumph. Every
craft ON the river let loose it's whis-
ties. Crews gathered on the decks ana
eheered until they were hoarse.
The news that the aviator was fast
approaching the city had been
heralded. The streets were thronged
with people The airship like a huge
bird, could be seen against the sky,
gliding swiftly and easily toward the
metropolis Millions of people lined the
streets and cheered.
Every roof was back with people.
As he neared the more busy parts of
the river the ferryboat sirens and
those on the large ocean, going
steamers were let loose The din was
terrific No more noisy welcome could
be imagined. The shrill whistles of
| the tugboats added to the din
Thousands upon thousands of people
gathered at Battery Park to catch
glimpse OF the aviator on his way to
Governors Island. They had waited
from early morning and at the noon
hour it was a surging mass. AS the
aviator, completing the most daring
and wonderful flight of the world,
passed over the park a shout that
could be heard for miles went up.
The crowds along Riverside drive
were as large as those at the Battery.
Every place of vantage was taken.
Along the Palisades and the Jersey
shore there were dense crowds Of peo-
pie. In Jersey City the roofs were
filled Atwood flew at no great height
for him. Passing down the river his BIZ
plane glided prettily downward as 1t
neared Governor sSIsland. He made a
perfect landing. He was given a royal
welcome by the soldiers on Rthe island.
The itinerary of the daring Aviator,
who has broken the worlds record for
distance flights, is as follows: Begin
ming in st. Louis at sos o'clock the
morning of August IA. he flew to
Springfield, ILL.,, which he reached at
1924 p. m, distance of 9S miles, time
2 hours 20 minutes. Starting from
there at 1 p. M, he headed for Pontiac.
ILL.,, 1876 miles from his starting point.
This he reached at 2:53 p m. He left
Pontiac at 4:30 D m. and landed in
Chicago, a distance of 2S6 miles.
At 1881 p. M, August Is, he scared
above Chicago, landing at Elkhart.
Ind, with a total distance of 357 miles
to his credit. His next stop was Pet
tisville, where he landed for a few
minutes on his long lap to Toledo o.,
the next day. Altogether he flew 1873
miles.
The next day saw him at Cleveland
at 441 p. m. with his 644th mile COW
cred. Leaving there on the 18th he
flew to Swansville, Pa, raising his
total distance to 72s miles
Leaving Swansville at 11:54 a. m. the
next day he was In the air at intervals
until 1902 p m, when he reached Buff
falo.
The next lap took him as far as
| Lyons, n. Y, from which place he flew
to Belle Isle, arriving there after
o'clock on the evening of the 21st.
The next day, Tuesday, he flew to
| Fort Plain, a distance of nlnety-five
miles BY that time he had completed
| 1,o8s miles
From there he few to Castleton, sew
enty miles nearer New York. Yester-
day he covered the distance to Nyack,
where he was forced to descend through
an accident to his motor