Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-15
L|NDBERGHS LAND
At KARAG|N ISLAND
AFTER FAST FLIGHT
Take 10 Hours, 40 Minutes
for 1.067-MiIe Hop
From Alaska.
OF 100 MILES
AN HOUR Is MAINTAINED
Flying Vacationists Are 1900
Miles From Toxic, Next Stop
on Their Globe Trip.

BY the Associated Press.
SEATTLE. August 15-Col. and Mrs.
Charles A. Lindbergh were at Karagin
Island today. having flown to Asia from
Alaska across the Boring Sea.
Their landing on the island on the
east coast Of Siberia after a 1867 mile
flight from Safety Bay, near Nome,
Alaska, was announced by the naval
radio station on St Paul Island.
Several radio stations on the Pacific
Coast received the message saying the
flying vacationers reached the little
volcanic island at 1:49 am, Eastern
standard time (5:4s pm. on Karagan
Island.
The LindberghS left Safety Bay at
9 am. yesterday g pm. Eastern stand
ard tinne) and crossed the northern sea
in 10 hours and 40 minutes. The story
of the fight was told piecemeal in radio
reports sent during its progress.
Speed Kept at 100 Miles.
With a 500-gallon supply Of fuel, the
Iindberph plane left American waters
shortly after the flyers had received
word of clearing weather to the west
ward. Fifteen minutes after the take-
of all Nome watched as the plane dis
appeared toward Asia.
The st. Paul Island Radio Station
made its first contact with the plane 20
minutes after the take-oh ana worked
with it at intervals until Mrs. Lindbergh
advised she was Keeling in her antenna
preparatory to landing.
Vol 7 Tvzdf Eflnen
ship close TO 100 miles an hour-the
fuel-saving gait-throughout After
about two hours of flying Mrs. Lind
bergh reported low fog, a wind Of 5
miles an hour and a smooth sea. She
was attempting to make contact with
Russian wireless stations in Siberia.
Keeping to the north Of the storm
area, the plane continued its steady
progress Mrs. Ltndbergh reported
sighting Cape Navarian. $50 miles west
of St Lawrence Island, at TAO pm.
Eastern standard time, saying the plane
was flying high and the visibility good.
Reports Position.
At $50 pm. alert ears heard Mrs
LindbeTgh report her position as IS
miles south Of Cape Navarin, 5000 feet
In the air and flying over broken fog
along the Siberian coast. She was
trying to communicate with the steamer
Buriat
A message relayed at 1889 pm. said
Plane believed to be passing Wit
genstein Point. Latitude, $3.50; longi
tude, 1890 Flying $500 feet. Fog
out at sea and coast clear inland and
above. Expect to arrive in three hours
unless wind changes. Departure de-
ponds on refueling facilities. Plane |
now conducting tests with radio WOA, |
New York City"
Japan reported its FIRST connection |
with the plane at io40 pm, when (!
Ochiishi radio station announced 1t |
had received a message from Mrs. |
Lindbergh saying they we're passing |
Cape Olutorsk about three-fourths of |
the distance between Nome and Kara !
ginsk.
The flyers approached Cape Govena |
at 1890 am. today. A little more than |
an hour later Mrs. Lindbergh estab- |
lished communication with the Amert- |
can liner President Cleveland.
AT 1897 am, a Seattle amateur in
tercepted a message saying the plane |
had asked the st. Paul station to con-
ttnue sending during the prepare tons
for the landing. The next message an
nounced the landing.
1890 Miles From Toxic.
The LindberghS, because OF crossing
the international cate line IN the BerlnR
Sea. landed in the afternoon of the day
after they took of, whereas their actual
flying time was 10 hours and 40 min
utes
Karagin Island a small body of vol
canic origin. lies about IS miles off the
coast of Kamchatka Peninsula and is
about 1900 miles from Toxic The
Lindberghs originally planned to end
their flight at the Japanese capital, but
while in Nome announced they intended
TO continue on around the world.
To the peasants Of Karagin the plane
viii be strange sight, but the Lind
berghs themselves doubtless will see
strange things there 1t is little more
than trading post with a main viii
lage CT a few crude habitationS. So
little was known Of the island that
Lindbergh, In plotting MS course. was
not sure whether he should stop there
or continue on TO the mainland
That part Of Kamchatks, in the vicin-
ity Ct Karagin Island is described by the
National Geographic Society as desolate
and uninhsbited. To the south. how
ever the flyers viii find RraSs-covered
sand hills and forests with a background
Of volcanic mountains.
Lindbereh previously arranged for q /
cache OF fuel ct Karaginsk to supply
him for the hep to tropaylovsk,
largest town n the Kamchatka PENN
Sula, 800 miles to the south.