Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1919-05-28
The SOPWiTH machine FELL into SEA.
Crowd Of VilIagefs Near Surbiton Gathers and
Showers Mrs HaWkGr With congratulations

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six days and virtually given up
as lost, Harry G Hawker and his
navigator, Lieut.. Commander
Mackenzie Grieve, British air
men who cssayed a flight across
tho. Atlantic ocean without PRO
lection against disaster save
what their fraiI airplane afforded
are safe aboard tonight a British
warship off the Orkneys. To
morrow they will reach the main
and and proceed to London
where they will be acclaimed as
men returned to- life.
Some 100 miles out from
Newfoundland and 800 from the
Irish coast, on Monday, May 10,
the aviators making the best Of
al engine which was failing to
function properly, were forced to
alght on the water. The little
Danish steamer Mary bound from
New Orleans and Norfolk for
Aarhuus, Denmark picked the
wayfarers up and continued on
her northward voyage.
Lacking a wireless outfit, the
captain of the steamer was OBJ.
liged to withhold the good It'd
ings of the rescue until he was
opposite Butt of Lewis, where
the information was signalled by
means OF flags that ltawker and
! Grieve were aboard his ship.
Immediately word was flashed
to the British admiralty. which
sent out destrOyers to OVertalie
the Danish vessel and obtain con
firnation. This was done and
one Of the destroyers took the air
men off and later transferred
them to the flagship Revenge.
From this safe haven HaWller
sent naeysage tonight that his
machine had stopped owing to
the blocking OF the water sys-
tenn,
When the airl lane sped away
from her starting point Pilot
! GaWker let loose his wheels and
l1nder@earing, thereby igh. .ening
| the weight Of the machine by a
considerable amount, but making
a possible landing on the soil of
Ireland d more hazardous ven-
ture. This, however, probably,
proved of much advantage when
il became necessary to a]lght on
the surface of the water. The
airplane remained afoat without
difficulty during the hour and
half it took the Danish steamer
to come up and effect a rescue.
London, May 25.-Hawker has
sent the following message from
the Revenge to the Daily N all f.,
'N'y machine stopped owing to
the water filter in the feed pipe
from the radiator to the water
I pump being blocked with refuse,
such as solder, the like shaking
loose in the radiator.
1T was no fault of the Rolls
Royce motor, which was absolute
ly perfect from start to finish
even when all the water had
bo1lcd away.
1--WE had no trouble in landing on
the sea, where we were picked up
by the tramp ship Mary, after
DSlUO III lIlt w dlCl JOI ~ III IL
utes. We leave Thursday at2 p
m Monday, arriving in London
Tuesday evening,
Mrs Hawker, wife Of the avia-
tor, received the news from the
Mary early this morning at her
home near Surbiton and posted a
notice outside her home, reading;
"Mr Hawker has been found.
He is On the boat Mary bound
for Denmark.
A crowd Of the villagers soon
gathered and showered Mrs
Hawker with congratulations.
London. Nav 25.-The London
Daily Mail, which offered a purse
Of $50. 900 for the first flight by a
heavier than air craft across the
Atlantic ocean, will give Hawker
and Grieve a consolation prize OF
< 600 Mounds