ILL LUCK.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 154, 2 July 1927, Page 9

ILL LUCK.

gyitfyS GREAT FLIGHT. Jfretiv* Reached But Elements prevent Landing. $&m DOWN INTO SEA. Association.—Copyright.) (Received 9.30 a.m.i

-■ LONDON*. July 1. -f&e attempt of Commander Byrd, M Ms companions. Aeosta. Noville SPlaie&en. to emulate the achieve*Sj tit Captain C. Lindbergh by jitf&offi New York to Paris, culin misfortune, though the Satire was attained. Roosevelt Field. Long Island, nf YoTK, at 5.24 a.m., on Wednesday, ij'S'iitors in their monoplane America; jfe hiring been over P ar '"» descended sea at Ver-sur-Mer, on the coast ||Si# **& on Fridar moi*ni»g,i|tef r "* en re P or ted ovef NewffflSfeMi and after being in touch by zSjjgiS With Ships at sea, the Anierica over Lands End at 1.30 pg; # faursd&y. fjereifter many conflicting messages rtrt taMsted. including a report that landed some miles from Wwt stated that signals had been sttit froS Le Bourget and other places jgifileivbuf to give the flyers their impression Being that direetjg lid Been lost. fft§ fenifs passed without bringing £#iiite fifcws of the airplafte, and after jiijiiipt aniiety increased, then, just {#«« one o'clock this morning, it was sported that Le Bourget had picked up JaiiirfreHi Gemma rider Byrd. He was klieffd to be near at hand, southward of te lonrget. At?one time Commander Byrd ap-*ired-ta be quite close to Le Bourget. fteisages were sent that be was matting to land, but apparently he gjktt te Ideate the aerodrome in the iffStSi and rain and went off southm- - Setxehlights did their Best, rockets Ttrt lent tip and wireless messages giving Commander Byrd ■iterul for estimating bis bearings. ifctawWie similar messages Were being itgitta asking for indications where te }&&, including one from Commander Saying he had euough petrol te Ifct tid and a-half hours, Bui be was tSfoiM to land anywhere. Another iifttte asked that aeroplanes should fc Km up to guide him. ;'/- Feuad By Fishermen; ! it terp>l«* this mdrMhg the situatiaa. iris regarded as so dangerous thai iftirksksß stations in France with the eiSftka of Le Havre were 6fdered tc Mp TfiMf sd that Commander Byrd ; s iifeages might be received. iiiftjgeltihned in torrents throughout tieaijtiL The waiting crowds at L« target were drenched, but thev wilted ppHJ|v.. Sen elme the report that Conimindei fcrff kid landed at Issy, on the out flirts of Paris: The story wis fuij It described dani'ipie t&eTiiachine, and it was generally ttMfci until it proved lo be untrue. It faflwftla; ruifimir that €bramindef Byre" Ml imae down heir Chartres, smashing tfctrtekme. ; At forithe mystery wis most eSmjitli hat later came the news of fht ttlipi it Ver-sur^Mer. fairTSsefij miking for the shore as i rtSftt ei finding an abandoned aeroplani flalfiaf ffl tte water, found Cdramiidei Lieutenant Noviile asleep or tfe'bewi. flfest'conflicting messages poured ii rtftraing how tie airmen reached fclu ilM* Commander Bvrd cleared up tfit fcifieiing opinions of* how the inachim %# down lf siyiilg that he eMeav ] iifttt irf land on the sandy coast. Kill ftp wheels collapsed in the sand. He tfeefofe, skimmed out to sea, whert ttß collapsible boat wis got out, and ii fcffcey Safely reached the shore; >}liß flyirs ire now sleeping it the Ifktteale and orders have been gives fl|t ftey are nbt to be disturbed; ■$*. nidnopiine is anchored close tc ** ariiting eke fall of the tide te fi»f I! salvaging it. Tbe exteiit ol has iiot vet been astertoned. ;Jtis koped that Byrd himself wiß per- ■ Bnperihtehd the landing of the when the party will motor" tc *Bat'iftef a reception at Caen. -- and Noviile were cheerful whei gWd» iiid inquired where they were. ; they had experienced a ter- »* night, and for half the time bad •» tke slightest idea of their location Cvjjk-:*fcrt Acdsta, pil6t, and Balchen. btiot, are also at the lighthouse. they were over Paris at 2 -*sWt in the morning, but 60on afterwere utterly lost, it Vef-sur-Mer heard aii ' e ' ut not ' nTe ßtigite the inofficial report from Cherbourg vJPtt tfekt the America is still in the |3ffi|"** «ife, and is eipected to be :.w*W-iilore at low tide; The airmen *»;»®. chartered by pressmen Wpkotogfaphere, left Le Bourget irtih S!«*tely the message of the landing at was received.