The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-07-06
MANY SHIPS SEEK DIRIGIBLE
IN BAY OF FUNDY; SHORT OF
FUEL. SHE CALLS FOR HELP
HUGE AlRSHIP WHICH HAS
FLOWN ACROSS ATLANTIC
Is IN DISTRESS

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Washington, July 5.--The Brit
ish dirigible R.S4 flying from Scot
land to New York reported to the
navy department at ll;O7 tonight
that she was l7O miles northeast
OF Boston and slowly making her
way there over the open sea.
Orders We're sent tonight to the
commandant of the first naval dis
trict at Boston TO get out every
thing available Immediately" in
an effort to render assistance to
the dirigible.
When the message was sent the
R.34 was So miles southwest OF
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. 1t was
relayed from the Otter Cliff sta
tion as follows:
Position R.34, G7 degrees and
30 minutes west, 43 degrees ana
20 north. Course southwest by
south, by magnet compass"
Halifax, n. S, July 5.-The fol.
4 lowing message from the British
N dirigible R.34 was relayed here
from Partridge Island tonight:
Rush help; making for Boston
from Bay of Fundy at % knots.
Come quickly. Gasoline giving
out; send ship"
Washington. July 5.-The mas
sage from the R.34 asking for help
and saying she was making Tor
Boston was broadcasted tonight by
the navy department to all vessels
nthe vicinity Of the Bay OF
Fundy.
Washington. July 5.-The following
message was received from the R-94 at
the navy department at l1;21 p. m:
Flying 1900 feet above sea. Come
and meet u.s. Making for Boston. Rush.
Very short of gasoline"
Mineola, July 5.-The dirigible R-3i
will upt in at Boston to re-fuel and will
proceed to Roosevelt field here Sunday,
according to Il message from Commands
er Scott dated at 1l:04 p. m. and re-
layed to Mineola by the naval depart
ment of communications at Boston. The
message requested that the dirigible be
kept informed as TO weather changes
through the commandant of the First
naval district at Boston.
New York, July 5S-Battling her
way south. short of fuel and with an
electrical storm raging across her path,
Me huge British dirigible R-34 was
tonight in the vicinity at st. John, n.
T.. still about 500 miles from her goal
at Mineola, n. Y.
American warships We're rushing at
top speed up the Maine coast in answer
60 wireless calls from the giant air
ship to the navy department at Wash
ington. After a long fight with foSs
and contrary winds, the commander
of the drigibe flashed "a message that
his petrol supply was falling rapidly
and that assistance might be needed.
In answer to the message the Am
ercan naval authorities ordered the
converted yacht, L. s. $. Satilla, the
nearest available vessel, to start from
Machias Bay, Maine. Scarcely had
the yacht cleared when she was fol-
lowed by the submarine chaser 4O7
from Bar Harbor, and shortly after
the u. S. destroyer steamed out at
Boston harbor under forced draught.
From st. Johns a Gordon of British
tugs was thrown out, and in the
stormy Bay of Fundy the French cruis-
er Some answered the summons, start
ing south in an effort to cross the
path of the airship.
All day long every wireless station
from the northern coast of Newfound-
land to the mouth of the Hudson was
manned by eager listeners and watch
ers who strained every eye and ear
for sight or signal of the traveller of
the skies, but only once did she en-
erge long enough from the mists to
be recognized. This glimpse was
caught from the little Nova Scotia
Apwn of Parrsboro, 35 miles west of
I Ralifax, the town at which the Hand |
ley-Paige biplane in flight from Har-
Dor Grace, n. f., to Mineola, y. y, |
made forced landing early this morn
ing. The mammoth airship PASSED |
directly over the lighthouse OI lllc pOIl ]
at 215 this afternoon.
When first sighted she appeared to
be down by the head, but before she |
had passed out of sight she apparently
had righted herself and was proceeding
on an even keel. Sailor watchers es-
timated that she was making about
25 knots an hour.
The first intimation of possible trou- |
BILE was contained in wireless mes
sage intercepted at IL a. III. and ad- |
dressed to the British admiralty, in |
which Major Scott, commander of the
dirigible, reported that his fuel was |
getting low. Three previous messages |
giving position, had concluded with a |
CHEEKY, "al WE'LL
Five minutes after the message to |
the admiralty, Commander Zachary |
Landsowe, u. S. N, invited to take |
part in the flight as a courtesy to |
the American government, sent a
query to the navy department, on be |
half of Major Scott, asking if a de-
stroyer could proceed to the Bay of |
Fundy IF required" In less than |
three hours another message asked |
Washington if destroyers were com
ing, and two hours later a more urg
ent appeal flashed to the navy depart
ment asked that deStroyers meet the |