Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-05-29

w. Suddenly of the GIendevon said he
stated at the time was 80 tempestuous
that no plane could live through it."
During the "A hours covering Hawker's
flight, the weather went from fine, with
light westerly winds and moderate sea,
to a full gale with heavy rain in which
the Glendevon pulled and strained heavily.
Officers said that If Hawker had started
a day earlier. he would have met ideal
conditions.
Unloading Of the parts of the Vimy
bomber which is attempting the trans
Atlantic flight, was virtually completed
to-day. Captain Jacks" Alcock, pilot of
the Vimy entry, said he expected to have
his twin-engined plane ready to fly be-
fore the Handley-Page which has been
two weeks under assembly, at Harbor
Grace. The Vimy will be assembled at
Quidividi. Raynham having offered the
use of his airdrome for that purpose.
London, May 25.-Harry G.. Hawker
and Lieutenant Commander Mackenzie
Grieve. the two airmen who started last
Sunday in an attempt to fly across the
Atlantic Ocean from st. Johns, New
Foundland. have been picked up at sea
and landed in Scotland. Both men are
in perfect health.
1t is officially announced by the ad-
miralty that the a%viators were picked
up in latitude 500, longitude 1880 nav
ing alighted close to the little Danish
steamer. Mary, owing to a stoppage Of
circulation in the waterpipes between
the radiator and the water pump. The
airplane, a Sopwith machine, was not
s%alvaged.
The first report of the aviators since
their famous Jump off" last Sunday
came when the Mary. which was bound
from Norfolk to Aarhuus, rounded the
Butt of Lewis to-day and wig wagged
the fact that she had Hawker and
Grieve aboard.
Saved hands of Sopwith ~airplane!"
was the signal.
out by the flags from the Butt. which
is the most northwesterly point of the
Hebrides group off Scotland.
Yes" laconically replied the Mary.
, The admiralty Immediately sent out
a fast torpedo boat destroyer in an
endeavor to intercept the Mary and
take off the aviatoA. There was an
anxious wait of several hours. when
the word was flashed that the de-
stroyer had come across the steamer
and transferred Hawker and Grieve,
and was taking them to Thurso. on
the northern coast of Scotland, about
100 miles east of the Butt of Lewis.
The destroyer. the Revenge, reported
! to the admiralty this evening that Haw-
ker and Grieve were asleep on board
tonight. The aviators will reach Lon
don at seven o'clock Tuesday evening.
The news of the rescue has ~electri-
fed all Britain. Eight destroyers
after a thorough search of the Atlantic.
for 900 miles from the Irish coast
had given IN the quest. and there was
practically no hope that the airmen
were alive.
This morning. however. the forlorn
hope that the aviators might be picked
up by some craft without wireless was
! realized. The Danish steamer Mary,
era W along at nine knots, was the
lucky vessel, and her brief message to
the watchers at the Butt of Lewis, as
she proceeded on her was to Scotland,
left the public to s~peculatively swon-
dering over the details of the airmen's
adventures.
The admiralty Immediately dispatched
d~estroyers from northern points to in
tercept the Mary, and the Daily Mail
instructed all signal stations to try to
communicate with the captain with the
urgent request to land the a~viators at
some Scottish port. The admiralty quest
succeeded and a wireless message came
from the destroyer Woolsun late in the
evening that she had overtaken the Mary
and had transferred the aviators.
Nothing except some great battle has
excited London more than to-day's un-
expected tidings. The public was dis
posed to question whether the first re.
port could be trusted. and the admiralty
statement that it was taking measures
to verify the report indicated doubt,
which the Woolsun's message dispell-
ed.
The modest Hawker home near Sur
biton was quickly the center of inter-
est. Crowds of people swarmed there.
Mrs, Hawker, who had only on Saturday
King George, said:
Il had a premonition all along that
should see my husband again. ! was con-
1dent all the time, although everyone
condoled with me, | am overjoyed and
too overcome to talk now"
London. May 25.-The London Daily
Mail, which offered a purse of $4,000 for
the first flight by a Observation-Disclosures craft
across the Atlantic ocean, will give Haw-
ker and Grieve a consolation prize of 5000
pounds.
GOVT. WANTS $1,000. 600, 900
DN HT