Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-05-27

LONDON, May 26,-Harry Hawke
and Mackenzie Grieve set foot
British soil today, nearly week af
er they had been given up for lost
their attempt to fly from Newfount
land to Ireland in a Sopwith air
plane.
The aviators, who are the create:
national heroes of the moment. liant
ed at Thurso. Scotland, from Il
British destroyer Revenge. The r.
venge took them from the DAMS =
tramp steamer Mary, which piclt
them up in mid-ocean early last Mo-
day after they had been forced to d.
scend in the sea.
. Hawker and Grieve were schedule
to start this afternoon from Thurs
for London, where judging from al
indications, they will be given a roya
welcome tomorrow.
Britain has been jubilating ever
since the news spread like wild fiji
over the land that Hawker aEd
Grieve had been saved.
Mrs. Grieve Overcome
Grieve, Immediately upon landino'
sent the following message to H.;
PARENTS:
Safe, will wire later"
When news of the rescue was fret
received, the Sopwith Airplane con-
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.firmaton. Later it was confirmC /
by an airplane courier.
Services of Thanksgiving
A throng gathered around tAa
home of Hawker in Surbiton, ne,
London. The town was beflagged, / :
1T has not been since thew ar. t.
the church the evening service wa
one of thanksgiving.
Mrs. Hawker received a Telegram
n orr GfJ II lEati SlfNf hn Iii
queen, who a few days earlier hal
sent her a telegram of coincidence 3
the supposed death of her husban
According to dispatches receive
bere from Thurso, that village pre-
pared to give Hawker and Grieve
big popular demonstration when they
start for London. 10
Blessing in Disguise
Oficials at the admiralty believe
that the clogged feed pipe, tn.
forced Hawker to descend within
easy reach of the steamer Mary whi' y
saved him, was blessing In disguis
Had he continued on his voyage, the,
pointed out, he would have run fntu
a hurricane which probably wou;
have dashed his machine into til"
sea far from aid.
This storm would have been e:,-
countered by Hawker about tw
hours after he passed the spot whe; =
he came down.
The first direct word from Hawke :
received here was a message to tn
Daily Mail, who offered $4,000 priz
for the first transatlantic fligh
Revenge, in scapa Flow (where tt
German fleet is interned) and saiG
THE machine stopped owing g.
the filter feed pipe from the radiato
to the water, pump being blocke
with refuse like solder shifting loos
in the radiator. 1t was no fault c.
the motor which was perfect frorl
start to finish. There was no troubl
in landing on the water. A DOR
picked us up after an hour and Il
half"
Hawker and Grieve started fror,
Newfoundland the afternoon of Sun
day, May IS, in an effort to fly to
Ireland. They dropped from sigh
and were given up for lost by Brit
ISL officials, Yesterday the Danish
leisurely past the north of Scotland
on it's voyage from New Orleans to
Denmark. displayed a signal saying
it had saved the hands of the Sop
with airplane. This signal was seen
by the Lloyds signal station at the
Butt of Lewis. The station imme-
diately asked "is it Hawker?"
Had Covered 1000 Miles,"
Eyes," was spelled out by the
signaler on the ship, and the Mary
proceeded on her way. The news
was telegraphed to the admiralty
offices in London and orders were is
sued to remove the aviators and
land them. A destroyer overhauled
the Mary and took off Hawker and
Grieve. The following official an
nouncement was made today:
"Hawker and Grieve landed at
Thurso. They will arrive in Lon
don at o'clock Tuesday evening.
Both are in good health. They alight-
ed 500 miles west of Ireland on &C
count of engine trouble. The air.
plane was not saved
The. aviators had covered about
1 900 miles on their 1,950-mile trip
from Newfoundland where they Were
forced down. Their average speed
for that distance was more than 1LJ
miles an hour.
The steamer Mary apparently car
ried no, wireless. This would &C
count for the fact that no word OF
the rescue was heard all during the
week while hopes faded until Haw-
ker and Grieve were almost unlVer-
sally believed to have persisted IN
their attempt to be the first men to
fly across the Atlantic.