Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-04-02

1t is therefore gratifying to find that the water
aeropane the hydroaeropape and the flying boat
seem destined to save life.
The hydroaeroplane began it's career as life
saver in 1911, while still in the experimental
period 1t was during the famous Chicago meet
an aviator lost control while flying over Lake
Michigan and fell into the water. Three-quarters
of mile away there was a hydroaeroplane, the
early Curtis model-the prototype OF the hylng
boat--circlng around and occasionally settling on
the surface of the water like big seagull. The
pilot of this craft, seeing the aviators fall went
to the rescue. Flying at a mile a minute speed,
he reached the spot, landed on the water by the
submerged aeropane and offered to take the
aviator to land-all in less than one minute!
Some months later, on March 6, 1912, two avia-
tors fell in San Diego bay while flying and their
machine capszed An aviator on the shore saw
the accident, jumped his hydro with his
mechanic and few to the rescue landing a min
ute later by the "shipwrecked' two.
The first demonstration of actually rescuing a
person not connected with aviation was given on
October 49, 1912, by Charles Wald instructor in
the Wright school of water flying, at the Glenwood
Country club. A man named Walter Strohbach
fell into the harbor from rowboat in which he
was seeking diversion with a friend. The row.
boat was half mile off the shore at Sea Cliff and
fully a mile from the Glenwood Country club,
when miscalculating his position, Mr.. Strohbach
attempted to sit further the stern of the boat.
his friend tried to reach his companion a strong
current carried them apart. Shouts along the
shore told of the plight of the young man, who
exhausted in the chilly water. Mr.. Charles
Valid, learning of the occurrence while at the
hangar preparing to make a flight, jumped into
his machine and few to the man in the water,
who could be seen from the club station.
Alighting in the hydro-aeroplane on the water
near Strohbach, the aviator first threw life pre-
server to the young man. who was scarcely able
to keep afloat, then, bringing the machine along
side, managed to get him aboard one of the floats
of the bplane and brought him safely to the
Wright station.
Boats leaving the shore did not reach the
scene Of the accident until the hydro-aeroplaue
was we'll on its way to shore with the rescued.
Mr. Glenn H Curtiss the dean of water flyers
and creator of both the hydroaeroplane and flying
boat was the hero of a life-savAg act last June,
rescuing two occupants of a broken down motor
boat with the big four-passenger flying boat of Mr.
Harold f. Mccormick. Mr. Curtss and Mr. C. c.
Wilmer were flying over Lake Keuka in the boat
to test it and were running for home ahead of
coming thunder shower when, mile from shore
they noticed motor boat in which two men
were waving wildly.
Curtiss brought the flying boat to the water and
stopped the motor boat The said their
motor was broken and they wanted some one sent
out to them ashore Mr.. Wilmer crawled out
the tail of the flying boat and took a rope from
the motor boat, which he held while Curtiss drove
the flying boat mile to the shore
The motor boat left there and taking the
men aboard, Mr.. Curtiss few back to Hammonds-
port
Tbs airboat and hydro-aeroplane may be said
to be the logical adjunct Of life-saving stations
and therefore, absolutely necessary AS an es-
sential purpose of life-saying station is to re-
lieve wrecks and people froal~-droMning,
speed in doing it is the essence of efficiency The
aeroplane-the water kinds revolutionary in
this respect. 1t can fly to the spot where relief
Is needed at the rate of mile minute, and the
aimsn who sees every detail of what goes on be.
low either land by the object rescue or just