Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-27
B|LLOWS ENDANGER
HAWKER'S SAV|0RS
Expert Seamanship Accounts for
Rescue of Two Daring
Aviators.
PILOT TELLS OF HIS PLIGHT
Sailors on Danish Steamer Picked
Men Up at Peril Of Their
Lives.
PILOT TELLS OF HIS PLIGHT
II, ROBERT wELr.:s u,rcuIE

! LONDON May c6.-T, MAS onI,
through the exercise of the most cx-
/ pert seamanship on the part OF
the crew ot the Danish steamer
/ Mary that the rescue of Harry
Hawkcr and Mackenzie Grieye was of.
/ fected in the heavy sea in which the
/ little Sopwith plane was forced 10
make landing last Monday morning
fourteen and half hours after starr,
| ing from st. Johns 10 fy across rhe
/ Atlantic.
! Details Of the rescue as related Ly
| Hawkcr were tcleGraphcd TO the Daily
Mail tonight from Thurso. Scotia nd
where iawker and Grioyc landed
after spending the night as guests Of
Admiral Fremantlc, in Scapa Flow.
Had Intimution OF Dfsantcr.
Trouble in the filter system developcd
five and half hours after leaving ST.
johns, giving the airmcn an intirna,i
: that their fight was destined TO end in
disaster
rat:vcs Hawker told the story Ibis
afternoon.
we had tho mos, Difficult, ground for
Inc. INC take from st. Johns" he said.
pul once away, we Climbed very we'll
Zen minutes after the start We had
passed from firm. clear weather into
nas,ns ,ha,n S oi FOG: We got we'll above
sight Of the sea.
The SKY was clear as could be for
ihH ihii,ln first four hours but then the vis-
eysntuaiy e new into S,0aa heaTH SaHks s,sTn snd
with rain squalls.
".tt this time we were oyinc abovc
thc clouds. at about $1,000 feet About
'lNe and a half hours out. because OF
inc hlter choking. the temperature of
Z
rise. but after descending several thou
: SAND feet, We ovcrcame the difficulty.
Circulation System Chokcd
Everything went we'll again for a
tenn choked again and the temperature
OF thc water rose TO the boiling point.
of course, we realized that until the
Souldn't rise much higher without
| using a lot of motor power When We
we're Twelve and one-half hours out
| was still troubling US and we realized
! that we couldn't so on without using
up an cur motor power before reaching
Then we made the fateful decision
70 play safe so we changed our course
and began TO ny diasonally across the
this course for two hours and a half
WSnen;; ,S 10 our great relief. we sighted
US up.
Set on Distress Signals.
As soon as We sighted the ship we
set of our very light distress signals
lhey were answered promptly and we
new on for about two miles farther
and landed just ahead or the steamer
inc sea was very rough. and de-
spite the utmost efforts OF the crew.
II was an hour and a half after our
landing before they managed to get
us on board.
The crew of the Mary made the
rescue AT great risk 10 themselves
Ihe small boat was launched only after
the greatest difficulty. and il was
thrown about like q chip on the rough
sea stirred up by the heavy northeast
gale that was blowing.
Plane Is Still tdont
Because Of the heavy sea running
ii was impossible TO save our machine'
II is probably still afoat in lhe middle
OF the Atlantic.
Altogether before being picked up.
We had been fourteen hours out from
the coast OF Newfoundland. We we're
picked up AT $50 Monday morning
Greenwich time.
Captain Duhn and tho Danish crew
OF the Mary extended TO us the greatest
kindness and made as comforts bic
as they possibly could.
of I.och Erribol the British de-
stroycr Woolston took us on board and
brought us to Scapa Flow. where We
got splendid welcome from Admiral
Eremantle and the men OF the grand
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