Evening star., 1924-10-15

was so prosaic a thing as the delivery
| by Germany of part of the war SET
| tlement due the United States as one
of the victorious nations in the great
war-a delivery, however which was
rendered romantic by the very circum-
| stances of it's inception and execu-
| ton.
So arrived the ZR-3, Goliath of the
| air, fashioned in the famous Zeppelin
works at FriedrichShafen, Germany.
| and destined to take her place along
side the Shenandoah as one of the
main units in Americas array OF
aircraft.
The ZR-3 was sighted over New
York at 1850 this morning.
She first hove into view at Coney
Island, flying high and headed toward
the heart of New York City.
After circling Manhattan five times
the ship headed for Lakehurst, n. j.
Watched BY Crowd.
Crowds hurrying to work halted
in groups in the streets and looked
upward at the giant Zeppelin, es-
corted by two airplanes, sailing ma
jectically over their heads.
The Zeppelin passed swiftly over
Brooklyn. Hats were tossed into the
air and general bedlam broke loose
as the delighted spectators passed the
Slad tlulnSS along.
The great craft passed over the tip
of Manhattan Island Iext and pro-
ceeded directly over the center of
the city Harbor craft greeted the
Zeppelin with shrill blasts and fac
tory whistles likewise dinned their
greeting.
The shining brilliance of the ZR-3
was blurred by a morning mist which
hung over the city. Only the hun
dreds of persons who had gone to the
roofs of high buildings were able
clearly to see the craft
The Zeppelin reached New York 70
hours and Is minutes after leaving
Friedrichshafen. The speed of the
Leviathan of the air for the entire
trip was twice that of the swifest
ocean liner plying the Atlantic Ocean.
Left Germany Sunday.
Leaving the German Zeppelin sta
tion Sunday morning at 6:35 o'clock.
the ZR-3 followed a direct course to
| the Azores, passing over those islands
Monday shortly before noon The
giant craft had intended to pass over
Bermuda but later changed her course
northward, passing near Nova Scotia
and then moving down the Atlantic
Coast
The first point on the North Ameri-
passed was Brier Island, situated at
the eastern side of the entrance to the
Bay of Fundy. Communication again
was established with the dirigible at
the Boston Navy Yard, which reported
at o'clock this morning that she was
120 miles off shore. Fifteen minutes
later the following message from Com
mander Steele was picked up at Chat
ham. Mass:
Cape Cod lights on port beam.
Speed 50 knots an hour. Headed for
Boston,"
A message of greeting directed to
Mayor Curley of that city also was
received
PASSES Over Boston.
The ZR-3 passed over Boston at
AIS, and followed the shore route to-
ward New York till lower Connecti-
cut was reached. There the ship
headed across Long Island Sound to
Mitchell Field, headquarters of the
Army Air Service. Thence the ZR-3
followed the air mail route over Long
Island and Brooklyn to New York
Harbor
More than 80 radio messages, most
OF them to friends and relatives of
the dirigible's crew in Germany, were
sent from the ship this morning.
While the Zeppelin was cruising
over boston ner wireless flashed
message to a person by the name of
Ludwig, living in Gluckstadt, on the
River Elbe. 1t was signed sons"
and read, America reached. Boston
below US. Greetings"
Many other personal messages.
some addressed to Cologne, others to
Stuttgart, followed during the next
few hours.
The messages plainly showed that
every person aboard the ZR-3 was
delighted that the passage across the
Atlantic had been made safely.
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