New Britain herald., 1924-08-04

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 Lieut., Wade and Inc commander ni the tighl LiNlL smith, hanprd ah from kirhNalF yesterday mofnlng 10 join Lieut. Nelson, wha made the imp 10 Iceland alone saturday after the three had become separaid ln q log and the fiTsl two had returned 10 Houton Ray. smith won ihrnngh and ieinal Nelson at hnefn llnfnaflord' although he had q hard fight during the latter part of the nlghi, ehholnief- Ing both rain squalls and heaNi log banks,
 story nf ihe Wreck
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 Aboard |, S s, Richmond, Aug, l. The "Boston", the airplane plloteG by Lieut. Leigh Wade ia the American army world flight waF abandoned early this morning The plane Hah taken in tow hs the Richmond Sesier- day after Liali Wade and his me- ehanie, Sergeant Arthur N, ogden had been forced down ar sea by en- zine trouble while negotiating inc hop from KlfkHall, in inc orhn'ys' 10 Iceland.
 The Richmond's effort to salvage the wrecked plane was abandoned when the machine. which had been gradually tlling while being lowed in . heavy sea, eapsigcd. Seeing inc hopelessness of attempting further 10 save it the officers eut II adrif.
 The Richmond then turned about and made for Reikiayik, Iceland.
 Describes Experience
 Lieutenant Wade. on board the Richmond. was naturally chagrined over the i'll fate that had brought his plane to grief and stopped his partici- patton and that of Sergeant ogden in tho flight when 1t was so near con- clusion. but he took the disappoint- ment manfully. Describing his eX- periences Lieut.. Wade said;
 Tt was the first time we had had trouble with the oil pump and our second forced landing in the ltoeo- mile flight. The first was on the Japanese coast when we came down for water.
 "on yesterdays flight, when the trouble came, we signalled Lieut.. Smith by waving that we were forced down; also that the engine. was out of commission, requesting him to advise the patrol. We expected to remain in the water until the Richmond arrived. We saw a merchant vessel at two o'clock in the afternon. but could not attract its attention. An hour later the trawler which rescued us was sighted. We had to signal her with pistol and rife before she noticed us"
 Suffered Prom Cold
 Lieut.. Wade said he and ogden were afraid at first to eat the sand witches and drink the water they had, not knowing how long it would be be- fore they were rescued. They were confident all along, however, that they would sight vessel and eventually reach land, and they kept the plane constantly before the wind. They suf- fered from the cold and from the toss ing about of the wrecked craft by the 
 waves but did not at any time con- sider their position critical. Their chief anxiety was to save the plane and continue the flight after repairs had been made.
 Tt was a tough break after the five months flight" said Wade, "as when the four planes left America the army hoped all four would return. But it's all in the game. We did our best
 Found by British Boat
 The vessel that found Wade and Ogden was the English trawler Rugby, of Grimsby. News of the discovery followed many offers of assistance in the search for tho disabled plane made 10 Read Admiral Magruder, U. $. N., on the Richmond, by the British ad- miralty, the British naval authorities at Rosyth and the Danish authorities at Thornshavn, Farce Islands.
 At five o'clock yesterday afternoon the Richmond sighted the destroyer Billingsley, which had come up to the wrecked plane after the trawler found it. The Billingsley was steamlng "---------~