The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-07
R-34 IS TORN
OFF M00R|KG
BY H|CKW|[D
300 Men Seize Ropes, Saw
ing Giant Aifship,
DAMAGE DONE IS SLIGHT
Commander Plans 10 Meet
Wilson's S Ship at Sea,

MlNEOLA, ~ Y, July Tho
R-j4 was torn from her mooring
ropes this morning by violent gust
OF wind. The crosS-girder to which
the rope was attached, broke under
the strain, ripping a hole SIX feet by
three feet in the gas bag The giant
dirlg.blc was saved from being blown
away by 800 men who selyed ropes
hanging from her sides and held her
down with great difficulty. "a
Major Scott announced definitely
al noon that the R-A would start or
is return journey a, o'clock to.
morrow morning. flying over Boston.
The RIA will not circle New York
before turning east. he said.
Major Scot, announced later that
an effort would be made TO shape the
R-J1s course so that il would pass
over the George Washington which
IS bringing President Wilson home.
Men Swept of Feet.
The breeze stiiien,d when the SUI
arose today and the American arm,
mechanics had all trey could do to
hold the mammoth alrship. As she
swayed in the wind. the clingng men
were swept off their feet in relays.
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,ne sa"e course nome tnat she ioi-
io"eu on her historic inRn' 70 'ne
new "ofId, passing over boston ana
pfooaoIy turning east before sne
reaches northern Newfoundland.
Inc oiiicers explain that they DO not
expect the same difficulties they ex-
pericneed during their westward voy'
age as weather reports promise west
erly winds and arrangements hav
been made by which they hope to OBJ
tain fuller and more frequent niorma-
tion about weather conditions on their
way home.
= Half an hour before the sun rises
| tomorrow morning the giant British
dirigible R-A will cast loose from
her mooring at Roosevelt field and
speed into the east. homcward bound
from her historic flight across the
Atlantic.
Official Hour Set.
The official hour set by her COM
mander. Mai. G. II. Scott is m.
but il is admittedly dependent on the
eaprices of the weather.
An unlocked for change in the
weather will pos,pone the departure
for a, least a day as Maior Scott has