The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-07-30

them broke as 1t struck the water a powerful
blow
Then the whole airshlp. every vestige OF u.
even to the tip OF it's beautiful white tall disap-
penred beneath the surface OF the river
Suddenly the soldier on the houseboat came TO
life and shouted a command. boat was tied at
the stern. and into this n squad of workmen
threw themselves. and pulled on for the OF
the disaster. Then the airship hoated to the
surface. and Mr.. MRnly's head bobbed up.
There was half a smile his face but no
sign of fear. although he was not yet saved
Entangled in the wreckREe. his lifebelt did him
but little service, However, he managed TO hold
himself up untl the nrst boat 20 reach the spot
came up. when he was hauled aboard. none the
worse for bis duekinR
The pficial explanation OF the failure was that
the front outpost caught in It's support on the
launching apparatus and was not released In time
TO give free flight. as intended. but caused the
front of the machine 10 be dragged downward
bending the outpost and causing the Aeroplane 10
plunge !ata the water.
Discouraged. but not dsheartsned. Mir Manly
took the wrecked machine back 90 Washington
II growing late In the year. The available
fund of money was about exhausted. and Il was
realized that unless better showing could be
made there would be more funds forthcoming
from congress Workmen set Go the task
Of getting the aerOplane ready for another flight
before winter set In
Although the main frame and the engine were
not damaged. other delicate portions were bad
~ injured that two months were required for the
repairs 10 be made. and Il was not until Decem.
Der that everything was in readiness for an.
ether hight. Despite the iateneHs OF the season.
Mr. Manly determined 20 make more effort TO
prove that the langley asroplAne would ny
II was bitterly cold and there ice the
river when ON the afternoon OF December 4. be
tween four and Eve o'clock. the houseboAt was
towed from her berth AT of the whArves at
Washington TO Arsenal point. where the eastern
branch enters the Potomac Here was a space
barely sufficient for the requirements Of the avia
tor IN hts extremity
The engine worked perfectly the propellers
we're set In motion But again the launching
apparatus was At fault This time the rear guy
post seemed TO catch bringing the rudder tail.
down on the supsrKtrueture A. the aeropAne.
looking Ehostly IN the deepening nlEht. shot over
the edge Of the houseboat. her nose pointed to-
ward the arsenal there grinding noise.
The rear wings collapsed. the whole machine
plunged downward, and SIR Manly for the sec
uud time vas carried beneath the waves.
This time his escape narrower than Il had
been a. whitewater in October In the darkness
and confusion his location lost sight Of and
While men looked for him in small boats he re-
NAMED beneath the water tangled In the wreck.
age stunned and with his head cut open. lie
vas found just IN the nick of time. taken aboard
the huusehoat and resuscitAted
The workfnen tolied until midnight Ia the ICY
waters recovering the wrecked airship. twice
saved from the waters Of the Potomac. The aero
drons vas nnAlly taken 10 the Smithsonian shops.
where II vas partially repaired II has been
stored there Until It's recent removal to Ham
rnondSpori for ns third attempt nt aging