Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-06-03
HAWKER FOUND
ALIVE AT SEA
British Flyer and His Aid Are
Saved by Danish Steam
er Mary.
TRANSFERRED TeA WARSHIP
Battleship Revenge Takes Rescued
Flyers to Scotland, Whence They
Went to overwhelmingly
ing Services in Churches.

ing Services in Churches.
London, May 27.-Harry Hawker
and Lieutenant Commander Grieve,
who started a week ago on a transat-
lantic air flight from Newfoundland to
Ireland, were rescued by the Danish
steamer Mary, bound for Horsens,
Denmark
The two airaen have been trans
ferred from the Mary to the British
battleship Revenge and spent the
night in Scapaflow, the OrkneyS, as the
guests of Admiral Fremantle. They
put ashore at ThursO, where they will
board a train for London.
Harry G. Hawker sent the following
statement to the London Daily Mail {:
MY machine stopped owing to the
water filter in the freepipe from the
radiator to the water pump being
blocked with refuse, such as solder
and the like shaking loose in the ra-
diator.
1T was no fault of the RolIs-Royce
motor, which ran absolutely perfectly
from start to finish, even when all the
water had boiled away.
I'VE had no trouble in alighting on
the sea, where we were picked up by
the tramp ship Mary, after being in
the water for 80 minutes. We leave
Ihurso at 2 p. m. Monday, arriving in
London Tuesday evening""
The Mary reported that she had
picked up the two flyers Monday in
latitude 5000 north; longitude 1880
west, approximately. half way between
Newfoundland and the coast of Ire
land, for which they headed after leav-
ing st. Johns
The airplane had been forced to de-
Scend close to the steamer because of
Stoppage of circulation in the water
pipe leading to the radiator The
steamer happened along in the nick of
time, because the plane could not have
lived long in the turbulent sea and the
lifebOat cOntrivance would have been
of little avail.
The airplane was abandoned. Both
men are reported to be in perfect
health.
LlOyds received a message from
Butt of Lewis that the Danish steam
er Mary signaled, Saved Hands Sop
with airplane!"
The steamer was asked: as it
Hawker?"
The Mary replied: yes"
The Danish steamer Mary sailed
May 4 from Norfolk for Denmark.
London, May 27.-Like news from
beyond the grave came the report that
Harry G. Hawker and Lieutenant
Commander Mackenzie Grieve had been
picked up at sea by Danish ship.
The glad tidings spread through the
city like wildfire and was greeted with
wild demonstrations of joy everywhere
The greatest demonstration of all took
place in the village of Surbiton, where
Hawker has his home
Hawker's wife was OverjOyed at the
announcement of her husbands res
cue
81 knew he'd come back" she said
to the Universal Service correspond
ent who had called at the cottage. 81
had presentiment he was not dead
all the time. Oh, I'm the happiest
woman In the world. Harry can fly
across the Atlantic again any time he
wants to. Pm sure his good luck will
continue"
Special thanksgiving services were
held in the SurbitOn churches at night
The Mary is a small steamship, with
q wireless outfit of limited radius.
Stormy weather along the northern
Atlantic steamship routes in the last
delay in communicating news of the
rescue.
1t had been reported a storm of ire
mendous violence was raging along the
course of Hawker's flight last Mon
day morning, and it was supposed the !
plane must have fallen to the sea in
attempting to buck it's way through |
the cyclOnic winds.
London had absolutely given up hope |
for the safety of the aviators; the /
matter had been taken up in parlia- |
ment and the government had been Sc
verely criticized for sending 'two gal |
liant gentlemen" to their death because |
of It's failure TO take any measures to |
insure their safety, although the sue
cess of their enterprise would have |
to the glory of the nation.