Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-06
HIGH WINDS BUFFET
BIG A|RBOAT ABOUT
| DURING ENTIRE DAY
Expected to Arrive at
Boston at 6 O'clock This
Morning. "a
SENDS OUT CALL FOR HELP y
AND WARSHIPS GO TO AID
Vessel Reported Flying 1900
Above Open Sea at IL 80
Last Night ,#4
HYDROGEN AND GASOLINE sPEEr
Many Men Prepare Temporary LandA
ing Place and VIII Refuel
HYDROGEN AND GASOLINE sPEsr
Many Men Prepare Temporary Lanh4
Ing Place and VIII Refuel
Giant Craft. E

NEW York, July 6-The Brftf1n
dtriEfble RAJ. en- route from Scotland
TO the United States. WAS heading for
Boston tonight, where she will re-
plenish her fast diminishing supplies
Of hydrogen and gasoline before com.
plctinE her scheduled trip to Mineola,
n. Y.
After day OF buretinr by high
winds, lost for q part OF the time In q
dense fog. and driven out OF her course
to avoid a severe electrical storm. the
R-54 reported herself at 1880 p. NJ.
nearing Boston harbor and flying over
sage was picked up BY the radio sta
ton at Halifax, N. s.. and relayed to
the United States:
$40 west, 1920 north. Course south.
west of south magnestic. Twenty-Five
knots. Flying at 1900 feet"
Expected ut O'Clock.
This position is approximately ITO
should reach Boston s about sa A. *
II me- no great delay Is expsrisneed In
should reach s1ineola tomerrow sitss's.
At 11:so P. NJ the commander OF this
cruising at q spot about forty miles
the ks ne ords ast P Pessie sent rssn
from, Washington to proceed at full
speed pest,,i toward the diriEible's location.
radio communication. I
Contact. with the dirtgible, whose
calls for help continued to grow more
of her transatlantic journey. was es-
eaeishsd s sa ers9 p ~ BY the de:
States.
bancroft Under Airship.
The Bancroft at that hour, according
to messages which reached tho Navy
D 10 "a was trailing the diriEible
Gulf of Maine. Tho RIA was still
Naval observers said tho destroyer
her assistance meanwhile. No attempt
TO take the airship In tow or to refuei
was said. IL the airsbip has gas and
rue, iael enough to sustain herself until abe
@ be It Is that
her ut sea. y.
TT. The diTigihle repe5ted to the Navy
that she was 10 miles northeast Of
Boston and slowly making her way
there over the open sea.
ReInyed From Otter Clin.
When the message was sent tho R-a6
vas eighty,,hvss miles southwest of
Otter Cliff station, as follows:
r9si,i9n Rss 81 degrees !, and 50
utes north. Course southwest BIZ
south by magnetic compass"
orders were sent late tonight to tho
cor1mandant of the first naval district
at Roston TO get out everything ayaii~
able Immediately" in an effort to rona
The orders. sent by Rear-Admir.1
Benson. chief of naval operations, and
the Acting Secretary of the Navy. said:
, T., ton, Las.
the Maine coast. Get out everything
available Immediately, and get In
touch with R-34, Render every assists
formed OF action taken"
Navy Vessels Sent Ont.
There are about ten destroyerS ae
the Boston navy yard, in addition to
The cruiser Birmingham, high-speed
scouting vessel is at Boston, and will
be sent To sea as soon as possible. A
number OF submarine chasers, probably
totaling ten or twelve. stationed along
the Maine coast also will be sent out
as result of Admiral Benson's order.
ceiv a from she RAJ at the Navy De-
partment ut l1:23 T. NJ: Flying 1900
feet above sea. Come and meet US.
Making for Boston, rush. Very short
of gasoline"
Tho dirigibe R-s4 will put in at
Boston to refuel and will proceed TO
Roosevelt Field SUNDAY. according to
dated at 1905 i. NJ. The message re-
quested that the dirigible be kept In
formed of the weather changes.
| through the commander Of the hrsr
| naval district at Boston.
| Weather Conditions Good.
! Weather conditions are not likely to
add To the hardships OF the RIA, ac-
cordinG to the special report flashed
TO the vessel tonight from the United
states Weather Bureau. The upper
winds. for the next tweny-four bours
along the North Atlantic coast will be
westward and northwes tward. and
moderate. Local squalls and transforms
are likely, however.
Captain 4: T. Craven, director OF
naval operations. who has been super-
visins preparations for the reception
OF the R-3i Al iIazelhurst Field. noti-
fled the Navy Department tonight he
| was leaving for Boston to render any
aid possible TO the yard commandane
there i caring for the di-igible
Officers were scurrying about the
yard at Boston giving orders, seamsn
on leave were hurr.edly recalled, and
dozen vessels. from the small submarine
chaser to the battleships. were ready
Chatham. where ths United Stateal
air station is located, was selected AZ
"a la nat f~~ H. H.