The Washington times., 1924-10-25
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EVANSVILLE. Ind, oct. 2b.-
The United States airship shenan.
doah, en- route 10 Lalxehurst. N. u.
from San Diego, passed ovs- Evans
vile at SIS q. IN. she was going
northeast and travelling At . rapid
rate. Weather, clear and calm.
Forest Fires Are SEEN.
ABOARD UNITED STATES AIR
SHIP SHENANDOAH. Oct. Is via
Radio to international News eerv-
Ice Smoke from the burning
forests in the foothills d the
Ozarlks filled the navigating cabin
as we sailed over southwest Arlxan-
sas on the last homeward. bound leg
Of this record breaking lO,oO0-nlIle
cruise. Through the haze Of early
autumn and the slowly rising
blankets Of smoke. towns and the
struggling network OF narrow yellow
roads were indistinct Ind difficult
to identity as the ship sped north.
ward as dusk advanced from the
east to meet the ship high Ia the
skies.
Eyes Affected.
Darkness had already fallen on
the earth more than 8 half mile
Nal Saa1a
flames eating the brush Of the
forests glowed through the gloom
In strange figure Of curves ana
pungent clouds floating upward
and even higher than the ship. In
the triangular living quarters,
muffled in woollined flying suits
against the chilly night. snuggied
deeper in their sleeping bags on
70 escape the penetrating fumes
torches Glickered ghOst-lilge in the
murk an the men. on watch moved
back and forth along the narrow
carefully each hour tanks, shifting
big Gas bags when they expanded
as the ship rose to higher attitudes.
Though the head winds con.
tinued, they diminished in tensity
after darkness fell and the Shen-
andoah rapidly increased her speed
from thirty to thirty-five miles IN
hour.
In the cool Of the evening she
was more than ton heavier than
during the day and she tilted at
an angle Of three degrees to main
tain her equilibrium. She was
riding smoothly In striking con-
| trast to the night passage through
the Rockies when in that higher
latitude she was 5000 pounds over
weight and tilted at an angle q -
degrees,
Fertile farms and prosperous
started to disappear az the Shen-
andcah left eastern Texas behind
and was over the Red River
q few minutes before o, m. She
slipped across the southeast cor
ner Of Oklahoma and was over the
little village Of Morris Ferry, Ark,
ct AT p. m. Broad rectangular
fields Of green, bright painted farm
houses and imposing barns with
straight paved highways gave place
TO little clearings among the hills,
weather-beaten houses and scantlly
titled farms with winding dirt roads
90 the ship sailed further across
| Arkansas.
Lights of Hot Springs outlined
its broad, branching Main street at
0;67 p. m. Little Rock was a
wonderful sight 1900 feet below
| when the Shenandoah rode over at
forty miles an hour at $3.50 p. m.
Like a great carving, the capitol
building stood out under the soft
| glow Of footiights. The sharp
/ tracery OF the two bridges over the
Arkansas River was reflected from
the water, while from roofs or
black blocks between the bright
streets dozens Of signals were flash
Ing greetings. Whistles sounded
through the night.
Lakehurst by Saturday
The course as laid out by Lieu
tenant Commander Hancock, navi-
eating officer, from here will be
4 uNCLOoo OOMCoOOAOg hNhsS NuuC8us
KY; Dayton, Ohio; Cumberland.
Nd, and York Pa. Lieutenant
Commander Lansdowne, captain Of
the ship, Is anxious to head the
Shenandoah into the big hangar
at Lakehurst, ". j., Saturday be.
fore night falls upon the Gran
berry patches and scrub pines of
New Jersey.
The first accident Of the voyage
occurred gust before casting of
from the mooring mast at Fort
Worth when the motor in the rear
gondola kicked back and broke the
wrist Of G. III. Broom, aviation
chief Nmachinist mate, OF Atlantic
City. He Ia returning on the Shen.
andoah. Franklin Masters, avia-
ton chief rigger. OF Akron, Ohio,
who was left In the hospital at
San Diego for an appendicitis opera