Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-07-07
CREW OF D|R|G|BLE
HAGGARD AND TIRED
BY TRIP OVERSEAS
Only Enough Petrol Left for
Ninety Minutes of
Travelling.
REACHES ROOSEVELT FIELD
AT 9:54 SUNDAY MORNING
Soldiers Grab Huge Hawsers
and Anchor Giant Craft to
Moorings.
DRENCHED By WATER BALLAST
Major Pritchard Jumps From Air
ship In Parachute and Lands
Safely.
REACHES ROOSEVELT FIELD
AT 9:54 SUNDAY MORNING
DRENCHED By WATER BALLAST
Major Pritchard Jumps From Air
ship in Parachute and Lands
Safely.
NY Associa,ndprnsa]

MIN NEOLA, y. Y. July b.-Cireat Brit
aims super-dirigibie, R-34. the first
lighter than-air machine TO cross the
Atlantic ocean. anchored here at Roose-
veit Flying Field at 1854 y. NJ. today
u:54 Greenwich mean time), after an
aerial voyage OF los hours and twelve
minutes which cove.cd 3,i30 knots.
or approximately $500 land miles.
Passing through dense banks OF
only at rare intervals the R-34 was
forced to cruise 2.050 knots to reach
Trinity ,l Bay. \. r.. from East For-
there to Mineola.
When the super Zeppelin arrived
here she had left only enough METRO, to
keep her moving ninety minutes long
four and : hair days. was, :ssp.sls weary All al
happy at the successful completion OF
ns xossen enosniI,m1ahking ni,1 TX trip The return
Grew Appears HasEard.
Haggard. unshaven,their eyes blood
shot from the long vigil and lines OF
care bitten deep on their faces Major
officers showed plainly the effects OF
the anxious hours through which they
lived Yesterday while they were cruis-
Winds and terrific eisetrieal M Ste Storms. Issss
was haunted by 5000 devils" said
Leutsnant Guy Harris. the me,eorol-
With the R-s4 long overdue at IT'S
destination. petrol supply running low
Ana Mnt, buffeted by strong head winds.
Major oxse !, scett decided yesterday while
over tne BAY or Fundy TO send a wire
less call TO the American Navy Depart
IL feml ~ wero 10 De ] prepared to give assistance
measure of precaution. and did not in
uicate encouragement
Loses Hoodoo OF Air.
chssars n,ie destroyers and submarine
on on the way TO Mineoia. Once clear of
me boesaa Bay g., OF Fundy the atmospheric
| the time II took the air was rradnaii,.
left In its wake.
me Rat headed southwest out
Maine her nose pointed for Cape { cd.
Win the United States destroyer Ban,
eroat cat hanging on her tail and in con-
The destroyer stuck close in the
wake or the monster. running under
s1rced 10 graft. until Cape Cod was reach
ed. and then the dirigble cut across
s,dnr 1T had aS been decided on the voyage
H Wind came ane Ioas, mn ~, that unless fayoring
to land at Montauk Point. P and nd ieaGlu earlu
sent sent ,out",ns nut ing "a wireless message was
with the cape @ left na behna hanaouhoemsa, hewnsa.
fortune hnaliy favored 'iI the dirisible' dnMeSge'
Hu ehe "lHd Seered to her favor
Decide to Reach Mineol..
She ran true, and before the tin end ~
Long Island was reached il was de-.
s,nen Soai aimos, 10 60 on to Mineols. with the
ses.iiealiy ses.issy above the island and headed
Rooseysl, ss ssn Field 100 miles away. 'o
aiir.s,nle aira,a came within range of the
wei, wire'ess Es telephone installed al Roose-
and and narsa rie.a oy the navy radio service.
r.shsd; nsiis During the night the wireless
esIls ess from the R-34 were received by
the navy RADIO station in New York.
Over the wireless telephone IL wa,
explained to Major Scott that a larrs
par. par OF the crew assembled TO assist
tauk i'"int IN moto r:rucks in the ex
pectaiion that he would tie up there
ana sir ;. tnat consequently preparations
completed.
= The map-"oth balloon was sighted
~ the diT &c about Q o'clock and
Sss rsia s later srussd xai sSss sSou, Rgsse 10
unti, u,G1e wnrd at leigh. OF aoou. 1000 feet
'h:hS was III readiness for the landing.
Jumps from AIrship.
While the R-34 was circlinr ths 6e,d
at at, great height. Major prstchard
iu ianded safs,v ns WIN sar a parachute. He
smlingly hurried indoors bel am an
mbu..ace that had been rushed 10
the scene could reach him. This was
nearly half hour before the dirlsi ible
Lieutenant Hoyt. u. s. ", the ground
ool,..'r. on.. y; q assembled on the f".L
lorc' - more than 500 soldiers md
SaiIo:i ready for ins:ams sctin,i as tine
E-o4 circled over and lower. When
she was only 200 feet above tho
ground a huge hawser was let go from
unaer her nose. British noncommis.,
sioncd Officers. with American soldiers
and sailors, shouted gieetully as they
seized tho rope and hung on. =
Then water ballast was dropped fro,,
the te.wSrd end OF the dirigible AMI
her nose tipped. Then she began to de-
scend. Five more guide lines wsra
dEopped' and landing parties grasped
them as the water ballast was dropped
from the stern.
Drenched With Water M
In both operations at bow and stern
the landing crews were drenched by tha
cascading water. Major Scott directed
all the details OF the landing, and IL
was carried out as smoothly as though.
the inexperienced landing crew had
been anchoring dirigibles all their lives.
The hawsers were attached to, con-