Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-14
OLD GLORY FLYERS
BOAT NOW SOUGHT
Hope Remains That Crew
May Be AfIoat in Rub
Der Vessel.
BY the Associated Press.


NEW YORK, September 14.-Only
the faint hope that a small collapsible
rubber boat with three daring air ad-
venturers had survived the storm
tossed Atlantic since last Wednesday
today remained to searchers for the
occupants of the monoplane Old Glory
after discovery Of the wrecked hulk
Of the giant craft 600 miles off New
foundland.
With a detailed description Of the
recovered wreckage, the searching
steamer Kyle was continuing the
search. There was no trace Of the
boat in the wreckage.
The Kyle indicated the steel fuse
lage Of Old Glory was shattered either
by the force of it's fall or the blows Of
the waves. No mention was made of
the main tank holding 900 gallons of
gasoline, so this huge weight prob
ably went to the bottom.
Wreckage Described.
1.-The ships undercarriage and left
wheel are fairly complete" said the
dispatch received by the New York
lJdlIy AlIIOE, ONIlcu ny w. II. IICdI 81,
hacker of the flight, from Douglas
Muir, it's correspondent aboard the
Kyle. But the wings and supports
are tangled mass of stays, giving
evidence of boisterous weather in this
vicinity, which may give a clue to
the fate of the three brave men who
accompanied Old Glory on this i'll
fated endeaVor."
Aboard the plane when it left Old
Orchard, Me-, for Rome were Lloyd
Bertrand and James D. Hill and their
passenger, Philip A, Payne, managing
editor of the Mirror.
The messages told of the recovery
of 81 feet of wing, with the stars and
stripes painted underneath; three
tanks still containing large supplies
of gasoline, and the ma or portions of
the undercarriage and the left wheel.
Shipping Men Lose Hope.
Shipping men believed continued
search was useless. They pointed TO
the observation Of masters Of vessels
who looked for the plane last week
that the stormy waters would prevent
the survival of the strongest regula-
ton lifeboat.
Finding the ruins of Old Glory gave
renewed hope to Mrs. Bertrand and
Mrs. Payne for the survival of their
husbands and James d. Hill, co-pilot.
1T appears that the greater part
of the plane has been found, with the
exception of the engine" said Mrs.
Bertrand. II am sure that when they
came down in the water the pilots
could have cut the engine from the
plane to get rid of the weight, il 1t
were at all possible"
Tom Payne, st. Petersburg, Fla,
lumber dealer, father of the Old
Glory passenger, said: I'VE are still
clinging to the slightest hope and
are still unwilling to admit. even
to ourselves. that the worst has
happened"
Dole Wreckage Believed Found.
The seas continued to yield frag-
ments of information concerning the
fates of recent aerial expeditions that
evidently ended in tragedy. The
latest came from the Pacific, where
wreckage painted bright yellow
like that of the Golden Eagle of the
Dole flight casualty list, was sighted
September l by sailors aboard the
fishing schooner William ii. Smith.
Ignorant of the transpacific flight
and it's tragic features, the seamen
thought the wreckage merely piece
Of driftwood, and did not pick 1t up.
They sighted it about 1000 miles east
OF the Aleutian Islands at spot
which the plane might have reached
IL it had been blown off It's course,
or through the action of wind and
tide.
The Golden Eagle was piloted In
the race to Honolulu by Jack w.
Frost of New York, with Gordon
Scott as navigator.