New Britain herald., 1919-07-10
DIRIGIBLE ON ITS WAY
5 Over New York at Mid
 Bht, Then Puts to Sea

York, July 10.-The British
 #rigiblc RIA today is well on
 9 toward home, after stay in
 ea Of 66 hours, following the
 aon-s stop trans-Atl Atlartic flight of
 hter-than-air ship. Taking the
 11:56 o'clock last night at
 6seTelt field, Mineola, L. l., the big
 gibiAA passed over New York city,
 fed saver the Times building tower
 I5Sremaining in sight of dense
 Nay crowd for five minutes be-
 Hading south over lower Man
 h then disappeared eastward at HB a. m. For more than an hour #Ae naval communications office sent reports of weather conditions nt sea to the R-34 and the wireless .tatio ofls at the Mineola flying fields NerS in communication with her un- Ml nearly 4 a. m. when the R34 Operator requested that further wealth er reports be sent from the Bar liar Dor, Me, radio station.
 Broadway is Crowded. Announcement by Major G. H. Scott, commander of the R-34, of his to sail over the city was @ale i'll theaters and restaurants #ith the result that thousands of per- Spns crowded in Broadway for a $impse of the airship as she passed arough the shafts of light shot sky Xard from scores of searchlights. She ew quite low over Broadway, not be- Ag much over 500 feet in the air and &roceeding at. low speed.
 tsWell out to sea" was the last mes
 from the RIA picked up by the
 Headquarters at 2;15 a. m., al-
 ae hour after Major Scott had
 Ned his promise to pilot his ship
 M New York.
 Makes Hasty Departure. 8The decision to make tho start was ached carly last evening when Ma gr Scott received 9 warning from the 0aited States weather bureau that the Irong southwest winds might con- Snuc for another day and endanger He big bag on the exposed plain of &o6seye1t. field. The crew was hastily Summoned and Gas was taken on and &aal prepaTa tions for the homeWard Wght were completed in record time. 8ajor Scott said just before the start #at he9expccted to encounter light A est Syinds on the first part of the sonieWard voyage. but later favorable Ninds. After reaching mid Ma 6or Scott said, the ships speed should Ibe increased from 45 to 70 miles an hour. z Everything Going Well. M The Rz34 was going Well' at @peed of 49- knots, according to three SFireless naessa ges received today by Enc rNayetl, communications office. = F One of the messages, flashed. at BIAS a. m. read ,.lt-...1tverything O. K.
 ga 5 '-~41nd for, England" % m, read: ~~S4aaed 49 knots. Going we'll. .EVerythihg"s~-4I s..t" *~ %
 The third message, ces-el,t .at 3.4h B. m., said the dirigible was~~4s.al k ir,g such rapid progress that wireless sig- nal sent here had become unreadable This in essagc read:=s. ''-7' Sign unreadable due to rapid in crease of distance and speed and at .mospheric statics.'
 Boston, July 10.-The R-34 was re- Iported 55 miles south of Marthas Vineyard island at a. m., in q radio hn essage received here. Martha's Vine syard is off the southern coast of Mas 6achasetts
 Washington Report. Washington, July 10.-The British Idirigible RIA was 345 miles due east s1f New York on her return trip to Scotland at 7:10 a. m., Washington ime today, according to a radio mes kage to the navy department. The hess age said: F. tsP2d OOSition at 11.10 c M T