The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-05-26
HAWKER & GRIEVE.
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There was an anxious wait of several
bours. hen.the word was flashed that
the DESTROYER had come across the
steamer and transferred Hawker and
Grieve. and was taking them to Thur
so. on the northern coast of Scotland
about 100 miles east of the Butt OF
Lewis.
The destroyer. the Revenge. reported
to the Admiralty last evening that
Hawker and Grieve would sleep on
board that night They will cross the
mainland today and reach London at
Z O'Clock Tuesday evening" =
The news of the rescue has cleo
trifed all Britain. Eight destroyers
after a thorough search of the Atlantic
for 500 miles from the Irish coast had
given up the quest and there was prac-
tically no hope that the airmen were
alive
Yesterday morning, however, the for
| lorn hope that the aviators might be
picked up bv some craft without wire
| less was realized. The Danish steamer
| Mary. crawling along ut nine knots,
was the lucky vessel, and her brief mes
sage to the watchers at the Butt of
Lewis left the public TO speculate Won
deringlv over the details of the airmen's
| adventures.
Nothing except some great battle has
excited London more than yesterday S
! unexpected tidings The public was
| DISPOSED to question whether the first
report could be trusted, and the Ad-
miraltv $ statement that it was taking
measures to verify the report indicated
! douht which the DESTROYER $ message
dspelled
Mrs. Hawker, wife of the aviator, re-
ceived the news early yesterday morn
ing at her home>near Surbiton and post
ed a notice outside her home, reading
'.Mr. Hawker has been found. He is
on the boat Mary, bound for Denmark.
The modest home was quickly the
center of interest. Crowds of people
!; swarmed there Mrs. Hawker, who haC
, only on Saturday received telegram
, of coincidence from King George, said
; q had a presentiment all along tina
, / should see nv husband again. | wa
; confident all the time, although every
| one condoled with me. | am ovcrjoye,
r and too overcome to talk now.
4 Hawker and Grieve were about 10
E miles out from Newfoundland and so
miles from the 1HlSi CodSb NHtu III
S failure of their engine to function
: properly forced them to alight.
0 When the airplane sped away fror
her starting point, pilot Hawker lie
t loose his wheels and undergearine
e thereby tightening the weight of tn
a machine by a considerable amount, bu
: making possible landing on the so
d of Ireland a more hazardous ventur,
f This, however, probably proved o
: much advantage when it became nece<
t sary to alight on the surface of tn
water
y The airplane remained aaoat Will
e out difficulty during the hour and
S half it took the Danish steamer t
It come up and effect a rescue.
Ell The London Daily Mail, which offere
t a purse of $4,000 for the first figh
h by a heavier-than-air craft across til
r, Atlantic ocean, will give Hawker an
l. Grieve consolation prize of $1,000.
C LONDON, May 26.-Hawker ha
IT sent the following message from the R,
e. venge to the Daily Mail:
"My machine stopped owing to I'll
d water filter in the feed pipe from IL
@ radiator to the water pump bein
m blocked with refuse, such as solder, Il