Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-24
Accident Brings Him to
Ground 81 Miles
from Goa.
WILL PROBABLY NOT
RESUME TRIP TODAY
Broke All Records for Long=Dis-
tance Flying at $3.50
This Morning.


NYACK, n. Y, Aug 24.-Harry n.
Atwood. the aviator, suffered a slight
accident 10 his aeroplane shortly before
II O'Clock today when he was within
thirty-one miles of the completion Of
his record breaking aeroplane flight
fr... st. Louis tc New York city. He
Landed here to make repairs and saio
it was doubtful ii he continue to New
AOtN until tomorrow.
I he babbitt metal in the connectins
rcd OF Atwood's aeroplane burnt out
Whi.e he was rounding Hook Mountain
jest north Of here.
Il felt myself sinking" said Atwood,
and looked around for a place to LAND
SAW convenient meadow which
have since found out was in the estate
F. OF W.D. Davies
The accident has disarranged my
plans and DO not think will be able
TO leave here for New York until to-
morrow"
GARRISON, N. Y, Aug. 24-Harry
N. Atwood, the American aviator,
farm two miles back of here this
morning while making the last lap of
his long distance aeroplane flight from
st. Louis to New York Atwood
circled several times over West Point
and was preparing to land when he
developed unexpected engine trouble
He crossed the river and landed here
at 1882 o'clock
Was Afraid of Crowd. ei
1t was learned later. however, that
Atwood had telephoned West Point
that he feared to land on the parade
ground because of the crowd there,
but would try to fly back there later
and make the start for New York. He
left the field east of here at II :05 and
headed south.
Atwood left Castleton, N. Y, at 7:36
o'clock this morning. and when he
passed Rhineclif an hour and four
minutes later he had exceeded the
previous record for long distance aero
plane fights of 1,164 miles by exactly
thirteen miles. Atwood made the flight
from Castleton to Garrison, distance
of eighty-six miles, in two hours and
nine minutes. His average speed this
morning was forty-one miles an hour
The birdman resumed his flight from
here to New York city at HOS, and
went rapidly down the centre of the
river.
The Boston aviator executed a
thrilling feat in sight of hundreds this
morning when he passed the city of
Poughkeepsle. Flying down the lordly
Hudson about 300 feet above the rivers s
surface Atwood approached the lofty
Foughkeepsie bridge. Slackening his
he
graceful arc and swept under the
cantelever span nearest the city shore.
which was lined with cheering hun
dreds Atwood then rose again and
flew off down the river.
AT West Point the cadets ana resi-
dents of the academy had a good
chance to see Atwood when he flew
and circled over the academy this
morning. Atwood notified the academy
that he would arrive between 1880 and
$50 a. m. Long before that hour the
point at the Battle monument was
crowded with eager watchers. At 9:R6
the aviator was sped rounding Storm
King mountain, flying very low He
circled over Constitution Island and
thence across the cadet encampment,
making a large circle back over Con-
stitution Island and over the Dick
mansion at Garrison.
Makes New Record.
BY passing over Rhinecliff at $40 a.
m. Atwood exceeded by thirteen miles
the previous record of 1,164 miles which
was held by European aeronauts. At
woods distance from st. Louis when he
passed over here was LIT miles His
time, is eleven days -as compared to
thirty days which was required by the
fromer record-holders.
The former worlds record for dis
tance was made by Koenig, Vollmuller
and Buechner, who finished in the order
named in the national aviation circuit
race over Germany, 1,164 miles,
New York or bust" said Atwood be-
fore he left Castleton this morning
Atwood began his flight at St Louis
eleven days ago.
Atwood is the second aviator to fly
from Albany to New York over the
Hudson river The other was Glenn II.
Curtiss, who on May 29 1910, covered
the distance -hatween there and Gov
ernors Island, N. Y. in just 1872 min
utes, maintaining an average speed of
54.06 miles an hour.
He made two intermediate stops, one
at Poughkeepsie, necessitated because
of a low gasoline supply. and a second
at the upper end of Manhattan. The
latter landing was made to learn the
"lay of the land" further down the
river.