The Columbus dispatch., 1919-05-28
HAWKER SAVED
BY A STEAMER
AFTER GIVEN UP AS LOST
WORLD is ELECTRIFIED BY
ANNOUNCEMENT OF
RESCUE.
Picked Up BY Little Danish Steamer
Transferred TO Torpedo Boat.
Landed Safely in
London.


LONDON, May 25.-Harry G.
Hawker and Lieutenant Command
er Mackenzie Grieve. the two air.
men who started last Sunday in an
attempt to fly across the ocean from
st. Johns, N. F., have been picked
up at sea and landed in Scotland
Both men are in perfect health.
1t is officially announced by the
admiralty that the aviators were
picked up in latitude 50.25. longi-
tude $3.50, having alighted close to
the little Danish steamer Mary ow-
ing to a stoppage of circulation in
the water pipes between the radiator
and the water pump.
The airplane, Sopwith machine,
was not salvaged.
The first report of the aviators
since the Jump off" last Sunday
when the Mary, which was bound
from Norfolk to Aarhuus. rounded
the Butt of Lewis today and wig
wagged the fact that she had
Hawker and Grieve aboard.
Saved hands of Sopwith air
planet" was the signal.
rs it Hawker?" was the question
sent out by the flags from the Butt,
which is the most northwesterly
point of the Hebrides group off Scot
land.
"Yes," laconically replied the
Mary.
Intercept Steamers.
The admiralty Immediately sent
out fast torpedo boat destroyer in
an endeavor to intercept the Mary
and take off the aviators. There was
an anxious wait of several hours,
when the word was flashed that the
steamer and transferred Hawker
and Grieve and was taking them to
Thurso, on the northern coast of
Scotland, about 100 miles east Of
the Butt of Lewis.
The destroyer, the Revenge, re-
ported 10 the admiralty this even
ing that Hawker and Grieve would
sleep on board tonight. The avia-
tors will reach London at o'clOe
Thursday evening.
The news of the rescue has cleo
trifed all Britain. All destroyers.
after a thorough search ct the At
lantic for 800 miles from the Irish
coast, had given up the quest and
there was practically no hope that
the airmen we're alive.
This morning, however, the for
lorn hope that the aviators might
be picked up by some craft without
wireless was realized. The Danish
setamer Mary, crowling along at 9
knots, was the lucky vessel, and her
brief message to the watchers at the
Butt of Lewis, as she proceeded on
her way to Scotland left the public
to speculate wonderingly over the
details OF the airmen's adventures.
London wfldly Excited.
The admiralty Immediately dis
patched destroyers from northern
points to intercept the Mary, and the
Daily Mail instructed all signal sta
tions to try to communicate with
the captain with the urgent request
to land the aviators at some Scot
tish port. The admiralty quest sue
ceeded, and a wireless message came
from the destroyer Woolsun late in
the evening that she had overtaken
the Mary and had transferred the
aviatOrs.
Nothing except some great battle
has excited London more than to-
days unexpected tidings The pub
lie was disposed to question wheth-
er the first report could be trusted,
and the admiralty statement that il
was taking measures to verify the
report indicated doubt which the
Woolsuns message dispelled.
Inc HouSSt f1dWhSI HoLlS near
Surbiton was quickly the center of
interest. Crowds of people swarmed
there. Mrs. Hawker, who had only
on Saturday received a telegram of
coincidence from King George, said
Il had a presentment all along
that | should see my husband again.
was confident all the time. al
though every one eondoled with me.
! am now overjoyed and too over
come to talk now