Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-10
.R-34 SCARS OVER
GOTHAM FOR HOME;
SA|LSAT MIDNIGHT
Broadway Multitude Views
Great British DirigibIe in
SearChIight Glare.
PASSES 800 FEET ABOVE
CITY AT REDUCED SPEED
well Out to Sea-" Says Farewell
Message to Metropolis From
Air Navigators.

At noon, Washington time. the
R-34 was $50 miles from NineOia.
making sixty knots. and the mes
sage to the Navy Department re-
ported "AI's WELL" 4 message i'm
tercepted n few minutes earlier re-
ported a speed of eighty knots. in
dicatinE fOrty-miIe favorable
wind.
The British dirieibIe R-34 was
345 miles due east Of New York on
her return trip to Scotland mt .:IO
am, Washington time. today. ac-
cOrding to n radio message to the
Navy Department. The message
said: 'R-34 position at II:IO G. VI.
T.. latitude 4O.I5 north; longitude
$3.50 west.''
A later message placed the RIA
$50 miles east and slightly north
of New York at 1913 a.m., making
good ffty-eight knots.
HALIFAX, n. s.. July 1O.-A mes
sage from the R-34 received mt the
naval station here at 1I:I2 am.
gave the position of the dirigibIe
ms latitude Al degrees IL minutes
north. 63 degrees 30 minutes west,
point 2I5 miles due south of
here.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. July 10-The British
rigid dirigible R-34 today is well on
her way toward home. after a stay in
America of eighty-six hours. follow
ing the first nonstop Transatlantic
flight of lighter-than-a ship.
Taking the air at 11:56 o'clock last
night at Roosevelt Field. Mineola
Long Island. the big dirigible passed
over New York city, circled over the
Times building tower at 1915. re-
naming in sight of a dense Broad
way crowd for five minutes before
heading south over lower Manhattan.
and disappeared in an easterly direc-
ton at ZIG am.
For more than an hour the naval
communications office sent wireless
reports of weather conditions at sea
to the RIA, and the wireless sta
tions at the Mineola flying fields
were in communication with her
until nearly 4 am, when the R-34
radio operator requested>that further
weather reports be sent from the
Bar Harbor (Me) radio station.
Announcement by Maj. G. II. Scott.
commander Oh the R-3i, or his lnten-
ton to sail over the city was made in
theaters and restaurants. with the
result that thousands of persons
crowded in Broadway for a glimpse
of the airShip as she passed through
the shafts of light shot skyward
from scores of searchlights. She flew
quite low over Broadway. not being
more than 500 feet in the air and
proceeding at low speed.
News that the big dirigible had left
Roosevelt Field at Mineola. spread
rapidly throughout the greater city
and while Broadway enjoyed the best
view of the airship, she was plainly
from open spaces and the
roofs of buildings throughout the
tower section of the city.
The gigantic Sperry gyroscope in
Brooklyn and searchlights with pene
trating power kept the big gas bag in
view until she passed out of range.
We'll out to sea- was the last mes
sage from the RIA, picked up by the
police headquarters at 2:15 am, al
most an hour after Maj Scott had
fulfilled his promise to pilot his ship
over New York.
Decision Reached in Evening.
The decision to make the start was
reached early last evening when Ma J.