The New York herald., 1922-08-22
LOST FLIERS LAND
AT LONG BEACH in
A FISHING SMACK
Rescued After the Seaplane
Ambassador III. Is
Wrecked at Sea.
MISSING FORTY HOURS
Three Men Brought In in
Front of the Hotel Mas
sau Early To-day.
NOBODY WAS INJURED
Fliers Start at Once for
New York-Navy Had
Searched in Vain.
NOBODY WAS INJURED

The three passengers of the sea-
plane Ambassador II. of the Aero
marine Airways Corporation, which
had been missing since Sunday morning,
when 1t started on flight from
Eighty-third street and the Hudson
River to Fire Island. were landed at
1880 o'clock at Long Beach from a
fishing smack. They went to the Mas
sau Hotel and a few minutes later
caught train for New York. The sea-
plane, it was stated, was abandoned at
sea. The survivors made no statement
before leaving Long Beach, but all of
them looked to be in good health and
as if they had not been injured by their
experience.
The seaplane Nina Of the corpora
ton and the submarine chaser Service,
which had been searching for the
missing seaplane since Sunday night,
put into the Delaware Breakwater late
last night, reporting that they had
obtained no trace of the Ambassador
H. Early this morning Mr.. Smith de-
clared that If the missing seaplane
had not been found the Nina and the
Service, together with other planes Of
the corporation and of the Navy.
would have put out to sea again in
an effort to find her. No details had
been received of the adventures of
the men in the Ambassador when Mr..
Smith made his statement that she had
landed at Long Beach.
Search Begun sunday.
The search for the missing seaplane
was begun Sunday and all day and
night the wireless OF the Navy Depart
ment sent messages into space in vain
attempt to pick up the plane or some
ship which might have seen IL. All day
yesterday the search continued. The
Navy Department ordered its fleet OF
submarine chasers out to scout the
waters Of the Atlantic coast. Several
reports that the plane had been sighted
drifting proved groundless.
The Ambassador, with Pilot Miller, his
mechanician Harold Thompson. and the
passenger had left the airport at the
Hudson River and Eighty-sixth street
early Sunday morning when the pas
senger appeared about o'clock and en-
gagged the plane for trip to the Fire
island lightship and return. The plane
started away with good stiff breeze
and Pilot Miller waved to the men on
the dock as he circled and headed out
to sea.
Major B. L. Smith, manager of the
Aeromarine Airways, conducted the
search and sent out converted sub
marine chaser, which Is used by the
planes as a sort of mother ship, to find
thte missing plane
The feet of three flying boats. in
Guiding the Nina, a fourteen passenger; ;
the Ritz-Carlton. smaller. was dispatched
to search.
A report from the Coast Guard sta
tion at Long Beach, l.. l.. that the plane
was seen on Sunday headed toward
Fire Island Light sent searching parties
to that vicinity.
No Food I'm Plane.
There was no food aboard the Am
bassador and little water. The search
ers carried supplies of food and water
for the missing men should they be
found alive.
Major Smith said yesterday he had
little fear for the safety OF the men In
the plane. "The worst that can happen
is forced landing, which I believe was
made" ne said. During the war sea-
planes were In trouble and remained
out occasionally more than forty-eight
hours The Ambassador was perfectly
seawor. ny under such conditions as ex-
L..
Miller IL a most competent man. having
served In the naval flying forces and
had plenty OF experience both In aviation
and In seamanship before he took up
commercial flying for our company"
Division of the scouting. airplanes
OF the Atlantic feet was ordered out in
an effort 10 pick UP the missing men
early I'm the day. Division 2 was held