East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-03
.RAWKtR TELLS STORY
OF FAILURE FLIGHT

LONDON, June 2.--The Daily Mai
prints the simple narrative of Harry
10. Hawker, the. British aviator, re-
lsarding the unsuccessful attempt tc
Ifiy across the Atlantic made by HIM
Iself and Lieutenant Commander Mac
lkenzie Grieve.
"We had very difficult ground to
rise from on the other side,' said
Hawker. ITO rise at all we had TO run
diagonally across the course.
once we got away We climbed we'll,
but about 10 minutes up we passed
from a firm. clear ether into New
lfoundland fog banks. We got we'll
over these, however, and, of course
| lost sight of the sen.
Sky Clear at First.
The sky was quite clear for the
first four hours. when the visibility
became bad. Heavy cloud banks were
encountered and eventually We flew
into a heav ystorm with rain squalls.
"At this time we were flying we'll
above the clouds at u height of about
200 feet.
About five and one-half hours out,
owing to the choking of the filter the
temperature of the water cooling, our
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down several thousand feet we over
came this difficulty. Everything
went well for another few hours, when
once again the circulation system be-
came choked and the temperature of
the water rose to the boiling point.
I'VE, of course, realized that untn
the pipe was cleared we could not rise
much higher without using u lot of
pfi ran xsa oh
IL 1-2 hours on our way the circula-
ton system was still giving us trouble |
and we realized that we could not so |
on using up our motor power.
Then is was that We reached the |
first fateful decision TO play for safety.
We changed our course and began fly |
ing diagonally across the main ship |
ping route for about two and one
half hours. when, to our relief, we
sighted a Danish steamer, which prov
ed to be the tramp Mary.
The Last Distress Signal.
eve sent up our last distress sig
nails. These were answered promtiy
and then we flew on about two miles
and landed in the water ahead OF the
steamer. I
The sea was exceptionally rough
and despite the utmost efforts of the
crew it was 30 minutes before
they succeeded in taking us off. IL
was only at great risk to themselves.
IN fact, that they eventually succeed
ed in launching small boat. owing to
The heavy gale from the northwest,
which was raging.
sit was found impossible to save the
which however most prob
tbly is still afloat somewhere in mid
"Altogether, before being picked up
We had been II 1-2 hours out from
and we were picked up
1T $3.50 a. IN. Greenwich time.
Compliments for Ship Crew.
From Capt. Duhn of the Mary and
his Danish crew we received the great
est Kindness on the journey home
rhe ship carries no wireless and it was
not until we arrived off the Butt or
Leads that we were able to eommuni-
ate ith the authorities. Off Locherni
we were met by the destroyer Woolson
and conveyed to the Scapa Flow,
where we had a splendid welcome
nome from Admiral Fremantle and
the staff of the grand fleet"
Lieutenant-Comman Grieve sent
he Daily Mail the foiloing statement:
when a few hundred miles out
trong northerly gale drove us strong
v out of our course. 1t was not al
ways possible. owing to the pressure
If dense masses of clouds, to take our
Dearing and 1 calculate that at the
line we determined to cut across the
route We We're about 200
miles out of our course. Up to the
:hange of directions we had coveres
lbout 1000 miles of the journey to the
irish coast"