Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-03
1000 MILES TO GO,
GRAF SPEEDING UP
Position Indicated as 425
Miles West of Azores at q
O'Clock This Morning.
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Residents of Horta were greatly disap-
! pointed at not sighting the Graf.
The message to the Navy Department
said the Zeppelin was heading north
westward, presumably indicating it haC
chosen a northern rather than a south
erly course and would pass north OF
Bermuda, sighting it's first land Sun
day somewhere along the northeastern
United States Atlantic seaboard.
Presenting continuing head winds, in
the face OF which the Graf would be
able TO make only its last reported So
miles an hour. the ship might be- eX-
pected to reach New York, before
berthing at Lakehurst, N. j., at abou,
IL am. Sunday.
If such should be the case, the Yep
pelin would have completed its Ger
many-to- journey in approx
mately IS hours. Further delay in APP
preaching the Atlantic seaboard. OF
change from the northerly Great Circle
route from the Azores to the Southerly
would increase the time necessary To
complete the flight.
Messages from aboard the Graf Yep
pelin indicated a pleasant voyage. with
the Is passengers singing, playing
cards and watching the Atlantic pan
Drama below them. 1t was cloudy part
of the time and at other times the ad-
verse winds made the ship roll slightly
but no one had any fault to find with
the performance of the Zeppelin.
The Graf Zeppelin passed high over
Gibraltar at 10 pm. Thursday, Eastern
standard time. entering the Atlantic
phase of its trip and leaving that Of the
Mediterranean and European mainland
behind.
! 1t was cloudy and the fortress rock
itself could not be seen by the passcn-
gers who had been awakened three
times for last glimpse of Europe. AT
the last awakening they did see lights
at Ceuta, on the opposite African shore.
Up to this point progress of the Yep
pelin had been slow, but thereafter its
position was reported at short intervals
as advanced astonishingly TO the west.
Early Friday afternoon the Casablanca.
Morocco. wireless station heard the
craft was 500 miles west Of Gibraltar.
At 3 pm. Eastern standard time, the
mail bundles were dropped over Santa
Maria and at 9 pm. Greenwich meridian
time, the Zeppelin reported it was over
San Miguel Island and going strong
No ships reported sighting the Yep
pelin since 1t was seen by the British
Anthea, so miles or so within the Medi-
terranesn entrance to the Straits OF
Gibraltar at 2:30 am. Friday.
Visibility Fair at Bermuda.
Not entirely clear sailing lay ahead of
the Graf, as DR.. James H. Kimball
meteorological at the New York Weather
Bureau. said. Minor disturbances,
hardly the kind which would greatly
disturb the giant dirigible lay between
it and port at Lakehurst, N. J. A low
pressure area moved northward from
Cape Hatteras last night but DR.. Kim
ball thought it would have passed be-
fore the Graf reached its vicinity. Visi-
bility at Bermuda was fair, with north
easterly wind prevailing.
Besides its Is passengers, its single
stowaway, of whom so little has been
said, and its crew of Al officers and
men, the Zeppelin has a large load of
mail and freight The IS bags Of mail
aboard the dirigible contain 30.3s7 let
tiers and 81 ,499 post cards.