Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-26
RESCUED MEN LANDED IN SCOTLAND;
WILL ARRIVE IN LONDON ON TUESDAY
FORCED TO LAND IN MID-0CEAN
ON ACCOUNT OF MOTOR TROUBLE
ARE PICKED UP BY STEAMER AND
LATER TRANSFERRED TO WARSHIP

sent out by the flags from the Butt,
which is the most northwesterly point
of the Hebrides group off Scotland.
Yes, laconically replied the Mary,
Destroyer Sent Out.
The admiralty Immediately sent out
a fast torpedo boat destroyer, in an
endeavor to intercept the Mary and
take off the aviators. There was an
anxious wait of several hours, when
the word was flashed that the de-
destroyer had come across the
steamer and transferred IIawker and
Grieve and Was taking them 10
Thurso, on the northern coast Of
Scotland, about 100 miles east of the
Butt of Lewis
The desroyer, the Revenge. re-
ported to the admiralty this evening"
that Hawker and Grieve would sleep
on board tonight. The aviators will
reach London at o'clock Tuesday
evening.
All BRITAIN Electrified.
The nows OF the rescue has electri-
fled all Britain. Eight destroyers after
thorough search of the Atlantic for
800 miles from the Irish coast. had
given up the quest and there was
practically no hope that the airmen
We're alive.
This morning, however, the forlorn
hope that the aviators might be pick
ed up by some craft without wireless
was realized The Danish steamer
Mary, crawling along at nine knots,
was the lucky vessel. and her brief
message to the watchers at the Butt
of Lewis, rs she proceeded on her
way to Scotland, left the public TO
lot 1,,i,, ,I 1n
tails of the airmen's adventures,
The admiralty Immediately dis
patched destroycrs from northern
points to intercept the Mary and the
Daily Mail instructed all signal sta
tions to try to communicate with the
captain with the urgent request to
land the aviators at some Scottish
port The admiralty quest succeeded
and wireless message came from the
destroyer Woolsun late in tht evening
that she had oVertaken the Mary and
had transferred the aviators.
Nothing except some great battle
has excited London more than today's
unexpected tidings. The public was
disposed to question whether the first
report could he trusted, and the ad-
miralty statement that it was taking
measures to verify the report indi-
Gated doubt. which the Woolsun's
message dispelled.
The modest Hawker home near Sur
biton was quickly the center of in
terest Crowds of people swarmed
there. Mrs. Hawker. who had only
on Saturday received a telegram of
coincidence from King George, said:
81 had presentiment all along
that | should see my husband again.
| oil al
every one condoled with me. | am
overjoyed and too overcome to talk
now"
St Johns May Messages from
London today announcing the safety
of Hawker and Grieve spread through
this city rapidly.
rejoicing was general, but was per-
haps greatest among the group of
British aVators who had been pre-
pairing to follow Hawker
Capt. Frederick p. Raynham, who
was stopped in his attempt to follow
Hawker by the collapse of his Mar
tinsyde's under carriage, had held
firmly to the belief that Hawker and
Grieve would be found somewhere
north of Scotland.
This storm assumed the form of
an egg extending northwest from the
Azores" said Raynham. That meant
that IIawker would first encounter
northeast winds then easterly winds,
then strong set of winds from the
south, those from the south being con-
tinuous and stronger from the others"
Further apparent suhstantiation of
Raynham's theory was found in re-
ports brought here last night by the
o. I
don.
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