The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-28
Lens OF Camera Is
10 Be Brought
Down From Mountain
Even II SeapIane Is Lost Govern
ment Wants Lens OF Camera
Which Was Left With Wrecked
Machine In Mountains

; If nothing else IL recovered from the
wreck Of the seaplane which Maj
Harold NJ. Clark and Sgt. Robert
Gray left in the wilds Of Kaiwiki jun
gle after it crashed to earth following
the. first flight from Honolulu to the
Big Island n little over two weeks ago,
the lens of the fine gtahex camera will
be brought back, for it is very valuable
aud Uncle Sam is almost begging cit
liens these days for lenses
Lens Is Needed
e The camera was left with the ma
chine when the army men decided to
abandon the plane and start for civil
zation. It is not anticipated that niue h
of the camera will be worth Salvaging,
having lain in the damp jungle under
growth for more than half month,
exposed to rains, but the lens will be
as good as ever unless it was damaged
by flames when the army men fred the
machine to attract attention.
The camera was the one used by Ma ior
Clark and his assistant in photograph
ing Honolulu from the clouds. 1t was
also. used to take photographs on the
trip from Honolulu TO Hawaii via
Maui.
Maj. W. W. Hicks, Maj. James D.
'Dougherty and Captain Brown, who
completed the board Of inquiry invest
igating the loss Of the seaplane, are
now on the island Of Hawaii. Soon af
ter arriving at Hilo they made arrange
ments to disappear into the jungle and
- L. 80
Thursday morning for the scene and
hoped to be able to locate it from the
description given them by Major Clark
The board may return to Honolulu
Tuesday morning.
Go To Pun 90 Ranch
The party made their way from Wal
mea to Kalaiehu (Humuula sheep sta
tion) where they were met by DR.. V
Shuttle, manager of the Pun 90 ranch
says the Hilo Tribune. At Waimea
the officers were met by Alfred Carter
! manager of the Parker ranch. From
Kalaiehu the party proceeded to with
! in six miles of the Pun 90 ranch head
| quarters, and then mounted horses fOI
the remainder Of the journey.
The officers will try to locate tho
| wrecked seaplane and make a survey Of
its condition so that they can report u
| headquarters in Honolulu. 1t is OK
pected the plane will be found with
ont much trouble, as the elevation o.
| which it landed ON the memorable
| flight of Major Clark is known. L
was at the 300 foot elevation thai
the machine came down.
Japanese Sent Out
| L. l..
their way to Pun 90 ranch other plan
TO aid in the discovery Of the airshiI
have been begun under the Leadership
| Of Lieut.. Col d. s. Bowman of Hilo
who has been so deeply interested il
the air voyage of Major Clark evel
since the journey was first mentioned
Colonel Bowman has made arrange
ments to have a party of japanese, nj
Of whom are expert woodsmen, make
their way along pig trail that rum
on the bank Of the Waikiki Rive
from Kaiwiki to the point where TIL
other stream, down which Major Clad
and Sergeant Gray found their way t.
civilization, joins the main watercourse
Colonel Bowman met the visiting Off
GERS yesterday morning and informe,
them of the arrangements that ha,
been made for the search for the sea
plane. He told them that the easies
way for them to reach Pun 90 rnnrl
was to 60 to Waimea and then to tn,
Humuulu sheep station, and thence t,
the home of Manager Shuttle.
Discovery Believed Sure
The japanese who left HilO yrstcr
lay took with them an aneroid so the,
| will know when they have reached tn
fright elevation. They will then sparcl
the Puma side of the stream dow
which Major Clark and his companion
wandered. In the meantime the off
Gers will go down from Pun 90 aloni
a trail that leads in the general dirrr
ton Of the spot the seaplane is though
70 have landed. 1t is considered al
most a certainty that either the Jap
anese or the army officers will com
| across the seaplane.
| IT is not known what will he don
with the remains of the seaplnne
will depend upon the report made b,
the survey board. That the engine ma,
I've of some use is the opinion of tEos
| who claim to know something abuu