Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-20
SCORES OF SPEEDY
DESTROYERS SEEK
AUSTRALIAN FLYER
London Is Stunned When
S0pwith Fails to Land
OH Time.
WIFE WAITS FOR HIM
AT BR0OKLANDS HANGAR
Admiralty Denies Report That
Airman Made Sea Landing
Near Ireland.
TOO MUCH STAKED ON CHANCE
Such Is General Opinion OF Crowds
Who AnNiousiy Watch British
WIFE WAITS FOR HIM
AT BR0OKLANDS HANGAR
TOO MUCH sTAKED on CHANCE
Such Is General Opinion OF Crowds
Who AnNiousiy Watch British
Bulletins.
u, RoBEn rwELLEs nIrcu,r.

LONDON. Tuesday. May 2o--Harry
Hawker's daring attempt 10 claim for
Britain the laurels OF the first air,
flight across the Atlantic from Amer
ica TO Europe has ended in disaster.
According to the Daily Mail. Ad-
miralty quarters in Queenstown, when
questioned at ll:lj o'clock last night,
denied having received a wireless dis
patch from the Castletown station.
saying iiawkcrs machine had landed
ST.S SlIT.S m1'ies west Of The mouth OF the
shannon, or any other wireless
Moreover. il was asserted the esne
ciaiiy sensitive wireless plant at BaI.
tyounnion,.. OH the northwest coast OF
County Kerr, Ireland. did not re-
ccive the message
The Admiralty in London is inves-
tiEatinG the mystery
London had been praying for
mlracie-that somehow both tIawker
ana l.ieutenant- Commander Macken
Eie Irieve, his navigator, might alirht
eSnmer S IN Ireland or at Brooklands.
Haw tIsw ~. London % IS only praying that
Hope OF winning the fght has been
abandoned.
HIVE but Two Clues.
Out OF the oceans mystery only two
eiucs give hope for tho safety Of ths
by the Admiralty wireless al the FL
ard manifestly sent out bv an sir-
plane at 4:lo and 1910 i. NJ. and "a.
'aySu The by & snins, but tantalzElgly blind
NkaJ are the undccipherable mes
sagcs either at the Air Ministry or ar
the sohwith offices. EARLY in the
oFe''rns' oE nm :: n. Finn, London manager
at the Air Ministry. said:
We ooiicVc liawker has been forced
the n usaesnd soas FEY, rev. hundred miles OF
Of petrol. His messages telling OF ths
Intention to descend probably have
heen bunsled in transmission.';
canscd MewS OF. or the avia,or's misfortune
where crowds had remained around
the newspaper offices ali AIondav.
aGternoon and evening waiting for for
news or inc progress OF the night
Mrs. llnwker Is Waiting
Most disappointed OF All. OF copree
was Mrs. Hawker, who waited for i,ar
nus Snands arrival at Brooklands Field
lot several hours H
II am not amyious oycr M, ~
nand safety" sid AIRS. Hauker -
believe he would purposelv refrain
,s9m reSi' sending any reports on his prog.
the american nycrs. and he Womb 80
nralIy fear that tlic Information wnmid
heIh ms opponcnta i'll The race
''"d VIII protect my man.. shc ..;l
Win q brave attempt 10 keen bnr,, ti,e
s' tcd'S. III he is lost it was against
big odds No mau could do more"
Niter waiting while without ra
Ir,' ~, 'nS any further tidngs. Mrs Haw.
hrr returned 20 her home in Sur-
nitoh' a suburb Of London where sl,o
@ nau ictt her little daughter in the'
care OF nurse.
Craft Securing seas
with the setting OF the sun .bi,,y
6nulnlraitN craft. with searchliebts and
larcs; were spread out fanwise fron,
we, ,nS iFlsh coast and skimming the
w. M"."r Tor some sign OF the ayiators,
~ ~ IN" event OF the plane sinking and
;ne -; ,llepoat device failing TO work. II
- nopeu that the lifesa wing suits
worn ny both iIiwkcr and C;rieyc viii
keep them aIloat for some tims wv WIZ
rs darkness dccpened, howsvar ,,ona
Erc" FAINTER and the belief bcrsmn
E"ncrai thar Elawker had staked too
much on chance 'oo
NJ O'Clock this morninr ,bo a..
Ministry issued denial OF rnnortr
',,1 .m"l flaWker ana Gr!eve had been res
cncd. saying no trace OF the .vi,ton
or a:rpiane had been discovered
PatTol OF tho royal air fore has
neon ordered to tho west coast os Irns
Alrcady there is bitter common, -
80 onu nuniraitNs niSSardiy policy AS
Ce'nparcu with the careful prcparatin,,
OF Tue americans, even to providinr !,
string of warships as stcppinrstnSn.
across the Atlantic "to''es
Lieutenant -Commander M,c,-o.
HricNe' navigator of the Sopwjth ma
Shihc' is A seaman of eXcentiopaI .i,;i,
oeSldcS being fully uualified .s ~ 49,; 49,.
p,iol; lie has made MANY fich. n.',,,
tawker. During tho war hc Va" -,
'hc hritiSh naval service