Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-05-19
NAVY STILL HOPES
FOR N(3's SAFETY
,.f Report at Naval Academy
Nothing Has Been Heard
II Towers and Crew
uopss WANE WITH TTME

~ rs.p0rts by wireless at the
alleiIiy are to the effect that
.s been heard Of Command,
s ana his comrades IN the
,. heard Of 800 miles from
z5res. The Naval Academy
Z, lee touch with the Navy De
J, y a,4f a1,i would receive the news.
'lt,.,.l IS soon as Il reached this.
Ii3.,s. las not been abandoned that
,,..,,iiI Towers and his crew OF
! ,,av wtll re found safe. but there Ii.
. dunbt that II is getting DINNER
at,l, eyer, hour. While the wireless
st.l, ea.sll the craft Is equipped
be able to work II the plane
,lI ne water. there was also 3
airelsa telephone with radius of.
8tt, MICS. anu IL this WAS still IN
perblllg condition, chances would
f,of il having attracted some atten,
Tn b this time.
several dispatches were received
during sunday from Rear Admiral.
Jackson. commanding the destroyer
torre which patrolled the course Of.
tic light and which now Is engaged
Ii searching the waters In the vicinity
Ii the Azores for the missing plane,
b,it lila reports gave no information
ii the success og the search.
ltli the destroyers east Of station le
ald the battleships Texas and Flor.
illa have been ordered to join In the
search. although officers on duty at
ilts Department prosepsed 70 have no.
fears FOR the personal safety Of the
commander ana HIS associates.
Reports Of weather conditions IN
vicinity Of lac islands, however, were
uot encouraging.
At 9.3O o'clock Sunday morning
Admiral Jackson filed this qnessage
pFesent weather conditions westerly
raie sRy overcast. visibility eight
niles, sen rough Forecast is for
stronE soatllwesterly or westerly
wlnds ,eaay.. becoming westerly %
n0rthwestefly and diminishing III We
loriiY sunday night OF early Monday
morning This message coupled with
cahle from London reporting Lioyds
Is bulletining the. Nc,1 sunk I20
miles Us The island os Flores and the
fact that l.teutenant- Commander Read
considered The weather too uncertain
ID Attempt the second leg Of his
fight gaYe rise to some anxiety for
tlle crew of the missing plane.
Visibility III eight miles indicates
4 rideily misty weather which would
make ii necessary for the destroyers
engaged IN searching for the NC.3 to
come within about two miles of her
before TIE keenest of Iookouts would
he able Ia make out the low lying
etafi as hard TO see as rowb0at.
Tle destroyer Harding. which first
sighted The wreck of the NC.1 after
i Ald hcef abandoned hy the crew, re
pgfed lItc right wing and one pontOon
81 DC fixing boat badly damaged and
cue Propeller damaged. In view Of
ihf absenee II any report Of damage
infatfssi ID making q landing on the
viitsf ii believed that Lieutenant
toatilanifsr Bellingers little ship
Vas badly battered ny the waves sub
seqaepl 3 HE time she left the Rir.
elFl1 second In interest to the fate.
asefs and his comrades is held
4, daring attenipt of Harry g Haw.
te sitstralan aviator, with Lieu.
is.tlilfs anlmander Greve. Of the Brit
So N.ly@ ta make the trans. a atlantic
one dash from Newfoundland
IL Ifol.ld distance Of about 2,000
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