The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-09-13
3 PASSENGERS
OF ILL-FATED
SHIP MISSING
Parts of Other Planes RepOrt.
ed Found ut Two Widely
Separated Points
Secrets of Nungesser-Coli, st.
Raphael and CARING Flights
May BE Learned


New York, Sept. l2.--tP)-Water-
logged wreckage reported found 1T
three widely separated points ut sea
today provided clews regarding 10
brave adventurers who vanished into
Atlantic skies in their great gamble
against the deep.
The north Atlantic began yesterday
to yield its secrets concerning the
lost monoplane Old Glory, and pos
sibly the lost expedition of Nunges-
ser and Coli. the monoplane st.
Raphael. which carried Princess
Lowenstein Wertheim, and the mono
plane Sir John CARING.
Wreckage Of the Old Glory was
reported found by the steam ship
Kyle. . rudder and part of an un-
identified plane were found on the
beach near Newquay. Cornwall, Eng
land, and . French fishing schooner
reported having sighted airplane
wreckage three weeks ago 400 miles
east of Halifax. No trace of the
flyers was reported.
Partly Submerged
The schooner sighted the wreckaee
partially submerged about $50 miles
off Sable Island, a graveyard of the
Atlantic. In report to the French
hospital ship Jeanne D'Arc. now at
Halifax, the schooner advised that
the plane was u "ycllowish color with
black lettering"
Douglas Muir, newspaper man Of
st. Johns, N. f., on board the steamer
Kyle. sent the following message
from the ship, which had been char
tered by the New York Daily Mirror
to search for Old Glory:
Located wreck Of Old Glory, lati-
tude 5l.l7 north, longitude 1928
west. at a:3O p. M, no signs Of crew.
Particulars follow"
Goo Miles East Of Newfou ndland
After its fall the Old Glory evi-
IDENTIFY had been washed by the waves
to position 100 miles northeast Of
the one It occupied when it broadcast
its appeal for help, and its position
as five hours out Of Newfoundland.
east The wreckaRe was found about
600 miles east Of Newfoundland, in
an area that had not been traversed
by the four ocean liners that Joined
in the search.
Old Glory took off from Old Or
chard Beach. Maine, last Tuesday
with Lloyd Bertaud and James d.
Hill, veterans Of the air mail. as
pilots. and Philip A. Payne, managing
editor Of the New York Daily Mir
ror, as passenger It was last sighted
by the $. s. California about 350
miles off the Newfoundland coast.
Four hours later the sos was picked
up by the steamers Carmania, Lap
land, Pennsylvania and American
Merchant
Charles Nungcsser and Francois
Coli hoped from lie Bourget for New
York on May 3, and disappeared.
On August 81. Princess Lowenstein-
Wertheim, with Colonel Frederick G..
Minchin and Captain Leslie Hamilton,
left Upavon. England, IN the St.
Raphael for Ottawa.
Captain Terrence h. Tully and
Lieutenant James V. Medcalf and
their plane Sir John CARING. bound
from London, Ontario. to London,
England, left Harbor Grace, N. F.,
September 7.
Wives Are Optimistic
The advices regarding the wreck
age of Old Glory caused Mrs. Lloyd
Bertaud ana Mrs. Philip A. Payne to
he optimistic regarding their hus-
bands.
ut Is possible that some boat with
out wireless picked them up" said
Mrs. Bertaud. I'VE might not hear
Tor two or three weeks, and they
could still be safe"