The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-05-17
CEA||RIk|'BbCk, Tells .
THRILLING STORY !.
0E;A|S ADVENTURE
IS Considerably Burned BY Case.
line Which Poured Over Him
When SeapIane !Str1ck Earth e,
MACHINE COMP ETELY
49,. DESTROYED, HE SAYS
Aviator and Sergeant, Struggled
Through Dense Jungle After !
. AiFplane Landed In Forest /

Through Dense Jungle After I
AifpIane Landed In Forest !
tFrom wednesdSy Aasertiser. "
With gasoline pouring Over his head
and body, Imprisoned in the collapsed
eaul and ip danger of being strangled,
4 Maj, Harold al Clark, u. ,S., "A. ~ ,es
capped last week, from, his wrecked sen,
4 plane in the forests Of Kaiwiki, Isl
and OF Hawaii, only through his own
resourcefulness and the tmely aid civ.
I en- him BY Sergeant Robert P. Gray,
his companion on the hrst air machine
flight from Honolulu to the island Of
Hawaii! - fr@EA
b Major Clark returned to Honolulu
yesterday morning in the 'Mauna Kea,
accompanied by the sergeant, and was
given a warm welcome at the wharf
by his mother and sisters and many
friends, including all the members OF
! the Sixth Aero Squadron, of Fort Ka.
mehameha, who showed their delight in
many ways In being able 70 extend
hearty aloha to their chief. 2 Except
forea slight limp in his right leg, and
with his head and neck baldaged to
cover gasoline burns. the aviator Is liti
tile the wDrsd for his experience. & 3
Story Is Thrilling a EF'
His story Of the flight and its
abrupt ending, the burning of his ma
chine to attract attention, the terrific
battle against the dense Jungle Of n y
dergrowth and forests, lack Of Good
for forty eight hours, descending pre-.
eipitous waterfalls and finally enierr.
ing, into The beautiful sunlight flood.
ing sugar plantations and homesteads
of kaiwiki, reads like chapter from
Jules Verne, and would be seized as
the tensest of thrilling plots for the
movies. .4's ,s.. p,
At no time did his engine miss or
skip, his entire. trouble being, d,te1 10
entering clouds, In attempting to de.
seend through these, expecting to find
clear air, he only flew from the fry.
ing pan into the fire, for Immediate.
ly below, was an almost opaque bank,
of fog, so, think as to cause him 20
lose his way. s. "a
Major Clark says. he flew at an ele-
walton of 5000 feet from Maui and rx-
Pected to do the usual thing in cross.
ing over apart of the island, then re-.
turning to the seacoast line and drop,
ping down info Hilo Bay. But when
he. entered the clouds, these were
dense. When he essayed to leave them
it was only to run into EGG. There
was no sunlight. AT one time he saw
trees and had only time to uptilt his
machine and bank to one side to avoid
running into a mountain side.
Forced To Fly Low ".'''
Owing to the density2of the fog, with
heavy rain falling the aviator was
compelled to remain low in order to
keep the forest dimiy' in view. Hal
he continued to fly aim1essly without
any landmarks under him the machine
mi ght have climbed upward and at
such an angle that he would not have
known it until the plane began to
fall. T.. : e.
He got glimpse of sunlight at his
left at one time and taking this 'fIeet
ing shaft as guide, he flew straight
on, hoping to reach the coast. Later
he got another glimpse of sunlight,
but this time on his right, indicating
that he had doubled on his tracks.
Finally, late at night, he saw trees
close bolow him and decided TO attempt
10 lana among tne%, g.He shut OH NJ,
sPark T, ana aI.oW ;e tns mashlse To- come
e'oNly o""n' iSS IIpHtelEuH keePih2
~ gong Forward ne shouted TO Gray
e, INFORM inform MN OF Tnat was coming
9u"uenLS ING mac hlhe touSshsn Tree
tops IN orGer " PFeYept " from tax
ing tIlt forward ana crashlHg into
i tIE EARN c nose or Mhisa' J"oura nave
levers sharply, which uptilted the ma