The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-05-17

ear and enveloped his neck. CLARK
having shut of the spark and killed
the engine just before settling down
n the tree top the gasoline did not
Ignite. The gasoline caused the maj
,or's, skin to blister badly aud these
burned parts Of his body are now
swathed in bandages. The limp that
he has was acquired originally through
a. surf board knock at Waikiki Beach
the day before he flew. This soro
place was chafed by his tiSht army
water soaked brooches while founder.
ing through the jungle il
Burns seaplane
~ In order to attract attention, the
major decided to set fire to part OF
the machine. Owing TO the danger of
an exp OsiOn by using matches, il was
decided to start the fire from a dis
lance aud this was done with a Very
pistol whose flare started ignition. 81
ltgitl do not know whether the machine
was, entirely burned up or mott" said
Major Clark yesterday, "'for we did
not wait, but started down through
the jungle before the fire was over
.A"I, do not believe any part of. the
machine can be recovered II Is prob
'ably wrecked and burned, and the mo.
tor would be the only thing left. 4
There are no trails. Ii is an almost
ppenetrable forest We had TO de-
scend waterfalls, which cannot be scaled
,geing UP, at all No animals could
be taken to the wreck" n
The jungle was something beyond
hia comprehension. He never believed
such places could exist in Hawaii. The
dense forest, thick jungle, rotten logs,
dank, muddy earth underfoot, MAIDS
judgements extremely hard. ,.'Ft ...I 4
1 they had no compass to guide then
but finally reached a gulch down which
water cOursed. They kept to this gulgh I.
but had to descend almost innumerablnI
waterfalls. Some of these were fiftvI
feet high, with few footholds. The
grass and shrubs were treacherousI
holds. sTbeh hands were torn by .un
aeIbrush and both were considerably
Bruised during this hazardous descent.
Reach Homestead Cabin ..'..
Finally, they came to water flume
winch led into plantation. Then they
came 70 the homestead cabin of man
1amed Silva, who was just then read
ing a paper containing an account of
the missing aviator. The army men
asked for something to eat and the
major, explained that he was Clark.
Silvagedid' not catch this but started
Immediately, with the help of his wifs,
to cook meal. Mrs. Silva was de.
lighted to know the strangers were the
missing aviators and soon laid knfore
them three eggs apiece, hot tea and
bread and butter. Previous to this
they had not tasted food, and only
found few berries on their entire
Journey,
1 Clark, telephoned to Hilo that he was
at Silva's and would keep on going
toward the town. In this way he and
the, sergeant were met by delegation
from HilO, and motored into Hilo with
flying cOlOrs.
i An army board will hold the usual
Investigation over the loss of the ma
chine, and the major will turn in his
routine report covering the flight from
the, time of leaving Honolulu until his
return.
{ Sergeant Gray tells how the major
took all the chances and. disregarded
his own life when he settled on the
top, of the tree which dropped them
down to earth. He put his hat over
the majors face to keep the gasoline
out of his nose and eyes. Having no
tools but pair Of pliers, it was slow
work digging the major out of the cot
lapsed cahl. He finally disengaged a
strut, and using this as a lever, pried
zee eaul rim away from the ma ior 5
neck and brought him out. He had no
fulcrum to work on except tue major :
shoulder, and did much of his work at
the direction of the officer. He had to
rub the officers neck continually be.
cause of the gasoline flowing over him.
1t is said that when Major Clark (
was Preparing to leave his mother
urged him to take lunch along, but
he did not think this necessary. say !
ing he would have lunch at KahuIui
and dinner at Hilo