Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-26
BRITISH AV|ATORS
ARRIVE IN LONDON
TUESDAY EVENING
All England Wildly Excited
by News of Flyers
Escape.
BOAT BOUND FROM NORFOLK
RESCUES MEN I'm MlD.OCEAN
Water Pump Breaks Down After
Plane Had Travelled 1,loo
Miles Toward Goal.
MACHINE is NOT SALyaGED
Survivors Are Aboard Admiralty Yes
sci and Will Reach Port
Some Time Today.
BOAT BOUND FROM NORFOLK
RESCUES MEN IN MlD.OCEAN
MACHINE is NOT sALvAGEp
IRy Axnciztni pre.,

.ND Do.>' May -o.-MlSSing for six
Gays and virtually given up for lost.
harry q. Hawker and his navigator.
N'eutenant commander Mackenzie
Grieve. British airmen. who essayed a
hisht across the Atlantic Ocean. with!
out protection against disaster saye
what their frail airplane afforded. are
safe tonight aboard British warship
eff the Orkneys. Tomorrow thev will
reach the mainland and proceed to
London. where they will be acclalmed
as men returned TO life
Some l.lJ0. miles out from New
ioundland and 500 from the Irish
coast on Monday May 10, the av,a-
tors making the best of an engine
which was failing to function proner.
ly, were forced to alight on the water
The lt;le Danish steamer Mary, bound
from New Orleans and Norfolk, Va.
for Aarhuus. Denmark, picked the
wavfarers up and continued on her
northward voyage.
Lacking wireless outfit. the can
tam OF the steamer was Obliged 10
withhoid Win, the good tidings OF the rescue
untii he was opposite the Butt OF
Lewis. where the information was
/ siSnaieu by means OF flags. that Hawk
or and Grieve were aboard his ship.
Destroyers Overtnle Ninry.
Immediately word was flashed to
y,
! destroyers TO overtake the Danish yes-
! sci and obtain continuation This was
dohe. and one OF the destroyers took
me alrmen off. and later transferred
them TO the hagship Revenge. From
this safe haven Hawker sent mes
sage tonight that his machine had
stopped owing TO the blocking of the
water circulation system
When the airplane sped away from
FER starting point rilot Hawker let
loose his wheels and undergearinE,
merely tightening the weight OF the
MIA chine by A considerable amount bmt
ma king possible landing on the soil
nt ireland more hazardous venture
rms, however. prC'5ahiy proved of
nufh adHantaSe when il became ncces-
sarN To aiight on the surface of the
water. The airp!ane remained afloa,
without difficulty during the hon; and
half IL took the Danish steamer to
come up and effect a rescue
All England stirred.
All England IS stirred by the news
OF the safety OF the two stout-hearted
dNiators. hut owing to the difficulties
Q: communication some time mus, pass
before the full details of one OF the
most remarkable voyases ever UNDER
taken are known. The one person i'm
England who had always held hone
was Mrs Hawker. She always main
tanned that Providence would protect
condolences from all cla sses Of ne. pie.
including the King. she said today chat
she mad never ceased to believe thai
sometime and in some way her hus-
band would come back.
liawker has sent the following
message from the Revenge TO the
Daily Mail:
My machine stopped owing to the
water filter in the feed pipe from the
radiator - the water pump being
blocked with refuse, such as solder
the like shaking loose in the radiator
II was no fault OF the Rolls Royce
motor which ran absolutely perfectly
from start to finish, even when all
the ,, water had boiled away.
we had no trouble in landing on
me sea where we were picked up By
the tramp ship Mary. after being in
me wafer for ninety minutes. We
leave nl Tnurso at H. NJ Monday. sar
riNinS in London Tuesday evening"
tirpianc Not Snrcd
1t is officially announced by the
Admiralty that the aviators were
picked up in latitude io:2O, longitude
The airplane. Sopwith machine.
was not salvagcd.
The first report of the aviators since
the iump-of" last sunday came when
me Mary rounded the Butt of Lewis
today and wiswagEed the fact that
she had Hawker and Grieve aboard.
Saved hands of Sopwith airplanc."
was the signal.
sent out by the flass from the Butt,
which is the most northwesterly point
or the Hehridcs group off Scotland
Yes, iaconically replied the Mary
The Admiralty Immediately sen, ou.
fast torpedo boat destroyer In an
endeavor 70 intercept the Mary and
take off the avators There was An
anxious wait Tor several hours when
the word was flashed that the de-
stroyer had come across the steamer s
and transferred Hawker and GrIeve
and was taking them to Thurso. on the
northern coast Of Scotland. abou. 100
miles east OF the Butt OF Lewis The
DESTROYER Revenge reported 20 the
Admiralty this evening that Hawker
ana Grieve would sleep on board to-
night The aviators will reach London
at o'clock Tuesday evening
All Hons Was Lost.
The news OF the rescue has electri-
ned ali britain. All destroyers after
q thorough search OF the Atlantic for
500 miles from the Irish coast had
given up the quest. and there Mas
no hope that the airmen
were alive. This morning. however,
the for'orn hope that the ay!ators I
might be picked up by some craft
without wireless WAS realized The
Danish steamer Mary. crawling along Z
at nine knots. WAS the lucky ycsssl
and her brief message TO the watchers