The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-07

with m ooean OF hAecy clouds stretch
ing out on all sides below. Some ex-
cellent photographs were obtained OF
cloud effects. An hour later the
clouds had closed in once more. 1T
was dark, cold and wet In these cloud
banks and at times the air was
"bumpy.'
The FIRST night on the Atlantic was
very dark, but the airship was az well
lighted as an ocean liner and there
was no difficulty in reading the in
struments. All disks and other indi-
Gators were illuminated with radium
paint to guard against failure OF the
lighting system.
The second day was uneventful. The
sea was visible for part OF the time.
Slight trouble developed in the water
jacket of'the starboard amidship, but
II was quickly repaired by Lieutenan Mt
Shotter with piece of copper sheath
ing and the ships supply of chewing
gum. which had to be masticated by
himself and the two engineers.
BEAUTIFUL SKY
PICTURE UNFOLDS
Visibility was poor during the after
noon on account of clouds. low lying
fog and rain, About $40 r. NJ. the
rain ceased and the clouds lifted. and
an exceptionally beautiful sky picture
unfolded itself in the West accord
ing TO the log, which describes 1t in
these words:
BLACK. angry clouds giving place
to clouds of gray mouse color, then
a bright. salmon pink clear sky,
changing lower down the horizon to
darker clouds with a rich golden lin
ing as the sun sinks below the sur
face. The sea is not visible and Is
covered by a fluffy gray feather bead
- Ill IL ft~f. Yn};
tending as far as the eye can reach.
The moon is pust breaking through
the black clouds INN ediately above
1t -
At o'clock on the evening of the
second day the first case of sickness
was reported, one of the engineers
complainingof feverishness At about
the same time the first aerial stow
away was dscovered--a cat that had
been struggled aboard for luck by one
of the crew.
incidentally. ii is noted in this pic
turesQual log that nearly every MEM
Der of the crew had a mascot One Of
the engineer officers wore one of his
wife's silk stockings as a muller
around his neck. while Major Scott
the commander, wore a small gold
charm called Thumbs Up"
WONDERFUL SUNRISE
LIKE WASH DRAWING
, Friday ushered in with a wonder
| full sunrise--the different colors being
the, softest imaginable. just like a
wash drawing
A thin fog partly ohscured the sea
at this time bat in one spot off the
south there was a blue patcn Of sea
! in The center of which doomed an
/ enormous iceberg glitterins in the
sun. It seemed to be about three
hundreds square and I so feet high
Another big berg was sighted In the
distance.
Away from the regions of the ice
lighted as an ocean liner and there
countered. At one point there was a
| long stretch of blue sea with great
expenses of fog on either side 1t
| resembled river flowing between
snow covered banks, This was caused
/ by A warm current of water which
/ prevented the fog from hanging close
tn the surface.
! Later in tbe morning. a great ice
+ field was sighted. composed Of in
numberabIe small hergs showing blue
green under the water and covered
with a coating of frozen snow.
! AT 1880 T. NJ Friday the first land
was sighted through "a break in the
lclouds II was found TO be the north
east coast, Trinity Bay New Found
land. The time from Rathlin island.
north Of Ireland, to this landfali was
exactly 80 hours.
New Foundland WAS crossed at an
elevation of about 500 feet in a thick
fog which cleared as the airship pro-
ceeded farther inland. A message was
received saying that commander Rayn.
ham, of the Martinsyde plane had
gone aloft to greet the dirigible. The
Martinsyde was not sighted but pass
ing over the st Pierre the ayiators
could see the French flag dipped in
lsalute. From there the direction was
for Halifax.