The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1919-05-30
NAZIMONA
OPERA HOUSE
TUESDAY
Showing Continuously from 12:so r.
N. to 1880 P. NJ.
Performance about : hours long
HAWKER,S SIMPLE EPIC
ON HIS ADVENTURE
In an Interview He Tells the Story
OF How He Flew Through Clear At
mosphere, Fogs, Clouds and Storms
on an Unknown Course.

on an 1lknOWu SOuiscs
London, May 26.-1t was only
through the exercise of the most ex-
pert seamanship on the part OF the
crew of the Danish steamer Mary that
the rescue of Harry Hawker and Mac
kenziez Grieve was effected in the
heavy sea in which the little Sopwith
plane was forced to make landing
last Monday morning, Ia. 1-2 hours
after starting from St. Johns, to fly
across the Atlantic.
Details of the rescue as related by
Hawker was telepraphed to the
Daily Mail tonight from Thurso,
Scotland, where Hawker and Grieve
landed after spending the night as
guests of Admiral Fremantle in Scapa
Flow.
Trouble in the filter system de-
veloped 5 1-2 hours after leaving st.
Johns, giving the airmen an intima-
ton that their flight was destined to
end in distress.
With the simplicity of all epic mar
ratives Hawker told the story this af-
teronon.
eve had the most difficult ground
for the take-off from St. Johns, he
said, '.but once away, We climbed very
well.
"Ten minutes after the start, we
had passed from firm clear weather
into banks of fog. We got we'll above
them, however, and Immediately lost
sight of the sea.
''The sky was clear as could be for
the first four hours, but then the Wis
ibility became very bad. w encount-
cred heavy cloud banks and eventual
ly flew into heavy storm with rain
squalls.
at this time we were, flying above
the clouds at about $1,000 feet. About
5 IL, hours out, because Of the filter
choking, the temperature of the water
cooling the engines began to rise, but
after descending. several thousand feet
We overcame- the difficulty.
s. Everything went we'll again for
few, hours when the circulation sys-
TEN choked again and the temperature
of thewater rose to the boiling point.
"Of course We realized that until
the pipe was cleared, Hawher said,
eve couldn't rise much higher with
out using lot of motor power. When
we were IL 1-3 hours off from st.
Johns, our circulation system was
still troubling us and we realized
that we couldn't go on without using
up all our motor power before reach
ing land! ~ 1890
""Then eemade the fateful decision
20 play safe so we changed our course
and began to fly diagonally across
the main shipping route. We had been
on this course for two hours and a
half when to our great relief we sight
ed the little Danish steamer that
picked us up.
CAS- soon as we sighted the ship, we
set off our very light distress signals.
They were answered promptly and we
flew on for about 9 miles farther and
landed just ahead of the steamer.
"The sea was very rough ard des-
p;te the utmost efforts of the crew it
was an hour and a half after our
landing before they managed to get
us on board.
"The crew of the Mary made the
rescue at great risk to themsei es.
The small boat was launcehd only af-
ter the greatest difficulty and it was
thrown about like chip on the rough
sea stirred up by the heavy north
east gale that was blowing.
Because of the heavy sea running
it was impossible to salve our ma
chine. It is probably still afloat in the
middle of the Atlantic.
Altogether, before being picked up,
we had been IA hours out from the
coast of Newfoundland. We were pick
ed up at $50 Monday morning, Green
wich time.
Captain Duhn and the Danish
crew Of the Mary extended to us the
greatest kindness and made US as
comfortable as they possibly could.
"off Loeb Erribol the British de-
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