Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-09
u. S. FLIERS in
HALIFAX READY
FOR NEW LAP
Expect TO Start on Second
Leg of the Atlantic
Trip Today
BIZ Associated Press.

CHATHAM, Mass, May D.
Tho naval scaplanc MOI, miss
ing since late yesterday when
she was forced to descend be-
cause of engine trouble while
attempting IL flight from Rock
away to Halifax, was towcd into
Chatham llarbor by u motorboat
from the Chatham aviation sta
tion Mt about $50 o'clock this
morning. The Nod was first
sighted by guard ut the sta
ton.
The members of the crew of
the NC-4 reported that they
were comfortable and that they
had passed the night OH calm
sea. Only ono engine of the sea-
plane was in service, the others
having been disabled OH the trip
from Rockaway.
Three Engines Fail
When sighted at daybreak the
n. c. was trying to reach port
under her own power. Seaplanes
stationed here were sent out to rem
der any needed assistance but the
crew of the N. C. signalled that all
on board were safe and that all
though three of the four engines
had gone dead" they had been
able to make considerable progress
during the night in the smooth sea.
The n. C. was about 100 miles
off Chatham on the route to Cape
Sable when she was obliged to de-
scend to the water. One of the en-
gines had been giving trouble for
some time, but Lieut.. Commander
A. c. Read kept his machine going
on the other three while efforts were
being made to overcome it. More
trouble developed, and when the
fiiers finally came down they had
only one engine working.
officials at the air station here
said the machine would be repaired
imm ediately and would probably
return to Rockaway Beach Wheth-
er the return flight would be started
to-day depended on the time requir-
cd for repairs as we'll as weather
conditions.
Halifax, n. s., May 9.-Comman-
der John II. Towers, who brought
the two giant seaplanes safely to
port after a flight of $40 miles from
Rockaway Point, in nine hours, an
,nounced that he expected to get
away this morning on the second
leg of the journey which will take
the aircraft to Trepassey, n. f., a
distance of 460 miles.
Commandr Towers based his eX-
pectation on a report of Professor
Alexander McAdie, the meteorologi-
cal expert at Harvard University,
who sent the word from Halifax yes
terday morning which decided the
aviators to take the air. Professor
McAdie said last night that the pres
cnt favorable atmospheric conditions
were likely to continue for another
"a hours at least.
Hunt Missing Plano
Meanwhile destroyers and other
craft are searching for the missing
NC-4 commanded by Lieutenant
Commander A. G. Read, which fell
behind the other craft because of
engine trouble. When midway be-
tween the destroyer McDermut, sta
toned at Cape Cod. and the Kimber-
ley, which was number in the
chain, Read reported that he would
be forced to descend because of a
defective engine.
The McDermut was seen to steam
off at full speed to the assistance of
the NC-4, but late last night no
word had been received aboard the
II. S. S. Baltimore. the mother ship
SldIloHCu IlGI Z, W NiittI SilN
had been picked up. The airmen
reported, that at the point at which
the NC-4 was compelled to come
down. the sea was reasonably calm
and they expected no serious diff
Guilty would be encountered in rescu-
ing the men or saving the plane.
Over Worst Test
All the aviators agree that the
first leg of the trans Atlantic jour
ney called for the most severe test
and all are delighted with the way
in which the two hydroairplaner
performed They say the new me-
neurological equipment stood up es-
pecially we'll.
At times the two planes were out
of sight of each other. but they ad-
hered closely to the schedule fixed
before the start and flew up 'he har-
Dor within l 0 minutes of each other
If the present weather conditions
continue and a start is made to.
morrow on the second leg of the triT
the aviators plan to hug the Nova
Scotia coast until they are off Louis
berg and then head directly for New
foundland. After the experience
gained on the run to Halifax the
Americans declared they are abso-
lutely confident of completing the