Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-05-30
HAWKER FOUND
ALIVE AT SEA
British Flyer and His Aid Are
Saved by Danish Steam
er Mar.
TRANSFERRED TOA WAUSnlP
5attIeship Revenge Takes Rescued
Flyers to Scotland, Whence They
Went to London--Thanks1iV-
ing Services in Churches.


London, May 2T.-Harry Hawker
and Lieutenant Commander Grieve.
who started week ago on ii transat-
lantie air flight from Newfoundland to
Ireland, were rescued by the Danish
steamer Mary. bound Tor Horsens,
Denmark.
The two airmen 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 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 freeplpe 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 @f the Rolls-Royce
motor, which ran absolutely perfectly
from start to finish, even when all the
water had boiled away.
we had no trouble in alighting on
the 'ea, where we were picked up by
the tramp ship Mary, after being In
the water for 80 minutes. We leave
Thurso at 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 29.30
west, approximately half way between
Newfoundland and the coast of Ire
land, for which they headed after leay-
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 sen and the
lifeboat contrivance would have been
of little avail.
The airplane was abandoned. Both
men are reported to be IN perfect
health
Ll0yds received message from
Butt of Lewis that the Danish steam
er Mary signaled, Saved Hands Sop.
with airplaneI"
The steamer was asked: rs 1t
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 q. Hawker and Lieutenant
Commander Mackenzie Grleve had been
picked up at sea by Danish ship.
The glad tldings spread through the
city like wildfre 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 Werjoyed at the
announcement OF her husbands res
cue.
II knew he'd come back" she said
to the Universal Service correspond
ent who had called at the cottage. II
had "a presentiment he was not dead
all the time. Oh, I'm the happlest
woman in the world. Harry can fly
across the Atlantic again any time he
wants to- I'm SIRE his good luck will
continue"
Special thanksgiving services were
held I'm the SurbitOn churches at night.
The Mary is a small steamship, with
wireless outfit OF limited radius.
Stormy weather along the northern
Atlantic steamship routes in the last
few days may also account for the
delay in communicating news of the
rescue.