The sun., 1919-05-21

misfortune early IN the race, when on
the first leg, Rockaway TO Halifax,
ihretsof his 1our engines went out of
order one after the other. After n
night on the water he reacheyi Chat
Lam. on Cape Cod, but was delayed
n week repairing his power plant and
waiting weather. He then reached
Halifax, hut on the flight to Ire
passey was again compelled to alight
on the water for two hours while
his engineers worked with the en-
glnes. He reached Trepossey as the
other planes were attempting to take
off on the flight. and hts appearance,
coupled with trouble In getting of
The water with the great weight of
gasolene abaard, resulted in a post
ponement Of one day. In that twenty
four hours mechanics put the plane
in shape for the crucial flight.
Grlmiy determined not to Re left be-
hind or delay proceedings again. he
led all the way from Cape Race to
Horta.
Tower. Tells Of Plight.
News of the elimination OF the
NC-3 reached Washington to-day In a
cablegram from Admiral jackson at
Ponta Delgada, which read:
,,<,------., ...-...-.o-,. 80 tho situa-
ton Is as follows: NC-l sank at
sea. An persons rescued. NC-3 at
mornings in Ponta Delgada in very
badly damaged condition. Both
lower wings wrecked. wing pom
toon gone, tail badly damaged, huh
severely wrecked and leaking bad
~. Is being dismantled and viii
be shipped to New York. NC-4 at
mornings in Ponta Delgada Ba- in
excellent condition and will proceed
to Lisbon as soon as weather per-
mits. All personnel in excellent
condition except very minor casu-
alties to certain Of NC-l crew.
II one OF the three great seaplanes-
the most powerful fiying craft built
reaches continental Europe the navy
will be satisfied. While bad weather
smote the naval expedition severely in
their very moment of triumph. with
more than half the Atlantic behind
and the fog -shrouded Azores practi-
ca1y beneath, navy officers pointed out
that so far not a life has been lost
in the perilous venture.
The tragic fate which seems TO
have overtaken Hawker and Grieve
might well have come also to the
crews of the two seaplanes in their
battle with the storm-a storm In
which the winds reached ninety miles
an hour. according to accounts reach
ing here. That 1t did not the navy
believes is due not only to the staunch
construction Of the light bulls which
withstood the pounding Of the Allan
tic so many hours. but to the fact that
the men aboard the craft were sea
men as we'll as fiiers-men who for
the most part had weathered many
another gale In destroyers. torpedo
boats and other small craft OF the
navy.
The probability Of Hawkers death
possibly in the same meteorological dis
turoance which harassed the navy fiieri
cast deep gloom on the navy men here
II seems TO them that the great Atlantic
10 fighting man and hts puny flying ma
chimes in his audacious attempt to spar
the gap. Not only the great length o
the Night itself. either by way OF tn,
Azores or direct 10 Ireland. bars tn
way, but the sudden storms and un
known air currents. the treacherous fog
and the present impossibility of accurst'
navigation. make II an undertaking
more dangerous than landsmen. survey
ing a neat map with distances marke,
and land clearly indicated. can realize
The navy will breathe more freely whei
the NC-4 drops into the waters of Lisbor
harbor.
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