New-York tribune., 1913-10-15
AER0PLANE TO SEEK
JEWELL, LOST AVIATOR
lanus will Soar Over Isles Of
Jamaica Bay to See if He
Fell on One of Them.
SEARCH THUS FAR FUTILE
Roats Scour Sea and Autos the
Land in Vain-Wire-
less Brings No
Answer.

The whereabouts Of Albert J. Jewell.
che Young aviator who was swept from
,is course Monday while attempting to
nilot an aeroplane from Hampstead. Long
Island. TO the aviation grounds at Oak
,rood. Staten Island. remained unsolved
Yesterday. Although his friends and the
ofHcers both of the Aeronautical Society
and OF the Moisant company kept UP the
search throughout the day. by motor
hoats sent 10 cruise off the shore of Long
Island and by automobiles among the
marshes, they admitted that they pTac-
tically despaired of finding him.
The only hope seemed to be that he
had fallen on an island in Jamaica Bay.
TO answer this, Anthony Janus. who
competed in the aerial derby on Monday,
will fly over the bay to-day with J. r.
Hall. Of the Moisant Company. who will
examine the islands for wreckase or
signs Of the lost aviator
Their chief cause for giving up hope
was the absolute silence in which he has
been swallowed. They argued that had
he landed anywhere he would have been
heard Of before now on the other hand,
had he been swept out to sea and picked
I'D by a vessel. they argued that wire
less messages would have brought some
tidngs.
There remained the bare possibility that
he had been picked up by some vessel
not equipped with wireless. but no great
hope was fixed TO this. The only solution
seemed 10 be that he had been swept out
10 sea and had fallen into the ocean
either through the stopping Of his engine
or the exhaustion Of his fuel. In either
event the aeroplane would have quick
IL sunk. while Jewell could not have
lasted long. as he was unable TO swim
and was prepared for the water with only
an automobile inner tube about his body.
This could rot have helped him If he
should get entangled in the sinking aero
plane.
The last persons who are thought 70
have sighted Jewel after he left Hemp
stead were Joseph p. Doyle, painter
living in Nostrand avenue. and Edward J.
Dollard. a real estate dealer. Of Mott
avenue. Far Rockaway. They saw what
was thought to have been JewelFs ma
chine about eighteen hundred feet In the
air, going at a great rate of speed. ap-
parently from Belmont Park. When they
first saw II II was heading toward Edge
mere, but was swept out toward the sea
BY the wind, and soon disappeared from
view. This was about o'clock In the
morning.
Although the six motorboats and auto
mobiles sent out by A. Z. Wupperman' OF
the Moisant company. came back with
nothing but wellnigh hopeless results last
night. J. r. Hall. manager Of the flying
meet, for which Jewell started. said last
night he had not given up hope.
His course took him near Jamaica
Bay" said Mr.. Hall last night. He may
have been swept in there and have fallen
into the swamps or on to any one OF the
small half submerged islands in the bay.
In this event he would not be readily dis
cernible from the level OF the ground or
Of the water. He might lie there uncon-
scious all this time, hidden by high grass
or reeds.
The only way to make the search OF
the swampands complete is TO scour them
from the air. Tomorrow morning Tony
Janus, Of ST. Louis who won hfth place
in the race around Manhattan Island. VIII
start for Jamaica Bay, and I am going
with him. He has a machine that Will
carry three persons. We will make a
thorough search from the air OF all
swamps that Jewell must have passed
near We may find him hurt and unable
10 move-we may find only his body-but
we do not want 70 give up this search
until everything has been done.
The possibility that Jewell had been
able TO reach the Jersey shore before he
lost control Of his machine led to the
search being carried in that direction. but
with no results. A report came that
machine had been crippled in the Hack
ensack meadows. but when this was In
ves,igated ii was found to belong TO
Bayonne amateur.