The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-05-26
HAWKER PICKED
UP At SEA BY
DANISH SHIP
He and Grieve Were About HOO
Miles From st. Johns
WERE IN WATER III HOURS
They Had to Descend Because of
Clogging of Water Filter to
Radiator

London, May 25.-Missing for six
days and virtually given up for lost.
Harry G. Hawker and his naviga.
tor, Lieut-Comdr Mackenzie Grieve.
the British airmen who essayed
flight across the Atlantic ocean
without protection against disaster
save what their frail airplane afford
ed, are safe tonight aboard a Brit
ish warship off the Orkneys. To.
morrow they will reach the mainland
and will proceed to London, where
they will be acclaimed as men return
ed to life.
Some 100 miles out from New
foundland and 800 from the Irish
coast, on Monday, May 10, the lone
ayiators, making the best OF an en-
gine which was failing to function
properly, were forced to alight on
the water. The little Danish steam
er Mary, bound from New Orleans
and Norfolk for Aarhuus, Denmark.
picked the wayfarers up and con-
tinued on her northward voyage.
Hawker and Grieye were in the water
for an hour and half before being
taken aboard the steamer Mary.
Lacking wireless outfit, the cap
tain of the steamer was obliged to
withhold the good tidings of the res
cue until he was opposite Butt of
Lewis, where the information was
signaled by means of flags that Haw-
ker and Grieve were aboard his ship
Immediately word was flashed to the
British admiralty, which sent out
destroyers to overtake the Danish
vessel and obtain absolute conhrma.
ton. This was done, and one of the
destroyers took the airmen off, and
later tranferred them to the flagship
Revenge.
Hawker has sent the following
message from the Retenge to the
Daily Mail: My machine stopped
owing to the water filter in the feed
pipe from the radiator to the water
pump being blocked with refuse such
as soldier, the keyshakihg loose in
the radiator.
| 1T was no fault OF the Rolls
Royce motor. which ran absolutely
perfect from start to finish, even
when all the water had boiled away
We had no trouble in landing on the
sea, where we were picked up by the
tramp ship Mary after being in the
water 80 minutes. We leave Thurs
at 2 p. m. Monday, arriving in Lon.
don Tuesday evening"
When the airplane sped away from
her starting point, Pilot Hawker let
loose his wheels and under-gearing
thereby Tightening the weight of the
machine by a considerable amount
but making possible landing on the
soil OK Ireland more hazardous ven
ture. This, however, probably proved
of much advantage when it became
necessary TO alight on the surface
of the water. The airplane remained
afloat without difficulty during The
hour and a half 1t took the Danisi
steamer to come up and effect a res
cue.
All England is stirred by the news
Of the safety Of these two stout
hearted aviators, but owing to tn,
difficulties OF communication soml
time must pass before the full de
tails OF one of the most remarkabl,
voyages ever undertaken are known
The one person in Ensland VIII,
had always held hope was Mrs. Hawk
er. She always maintained tina
providence would protect her husban,
and though she received coincidence
from all classes of people, including
the king, she said today that sh
> had never ceased to believe that som
time and in some way her husban,
would come back.
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