WRECK OF MISSING ’PLANE

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 297, 14 September 1927, Page 11

WRECK OF MISSING ’PLANE

FOUND OFF NEWFOUNDLAND BY SEARCHING STEAMER NO SIGN OF CREW A searching vessel has discovered the wrecked monoplane Old Glory, which left Maine on Tuesday of last week for Rome. There were no signs of the crew, Lloyd Bertaud and J. D. Hill, or the passenger, Philip Payne, a New York pressman.

By Telegraph.—Press Association. —Copyright.

(Rec. September 13, 7.45 p.m.) New York, September 12. The steamer Kyle, searching for Old .Glory off Newfoundland, reports the Cndinjr of the wrecked ’plane, but no #ign of the crew.—A.P.A. and “Sun.” (Rec. September 13, 8 p.m.) . New York, September I'2. The “Daily Mirror,” of which Mr. Philip Payne, who was a passenger on Old Glory, is editor, received a radio message from the vessel that it sent in search of Old Glory, has reported the finding of the wreckage of the aeroplane, about 650 miles off Newfoundland. Other details are not yet available. AEROPLANE wreckage found IN CORNWALL (Rec. September 13, 8.15 p.m.) London, September 13. 'An aeroplane’s rudder and part of a wing have been washed ashore' at Newquay, Cornwall. They have not yet been identified. ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO CROSS ; •. ATLANTIC. fO START FROM IRELAND (Rec. September 13, 7.45 p.m.) London, September 12. Mclntosh, who will be accompanied by the Irish Free State Air Commander, Fitzmaurice, says he is assured the aeroplane Princess Xenia has a good chance of crossing the Atlantic from Ireland as soon as the weather moderates. “We shall not be foolhardy. It is hard that good lives arc thrown away in a good cause, but it is possible to be too sentimental. Our machine can, definitely do the range, Mid everything is properly oiganised.” . LEVINE TO LEAVE FOR FAR EAST (Rec. September 13, 7.45 p.m.) London, September 12. Determined to win tlie record for a non-stop flight, Levine is planning to leave on Thursday for the Far East.

NEW ZEALANDER BUYS AN AEROPLANE TO BRING TO DOMINION (Rec. September 13, 7.39 p.m.) London. September 12. Mr. T. Douglas Mill, a New Zealander, has bought an aeroplane to take home. He will make his first long flight to Venice, to witness the Schneider Cup, taking as passenger Captain Isitt, of the New Zealand Air Force.—Sydney "Sun” Cable. COLLISION IN AIR AVIATORS’ MIRACULOUS 1 ESCAPE (Rec. September 13, 7.45 p.m.) Rome, September 12. Two aviators had a miraculous escape at Brescia. They were flying in clouds of a height of 1000 feet, then suddenly collided head on, and fell interlocked to the aerodrome, where the machines burst into flames. Fortunately four mechanics dragged the aviators clear of the burning ’planes, and they suffered only minor injuries. BALLOON RACE Detroit, September 12. The English balloon The Bee landed on Sunday night at Randolph, Virginia. Eight balloons in the international race are now down. BALLOONS ALL DOWN (Rec. September 13, 7.45 p.m.) New York, September 12. A Detroit message states that all the balloons are down. The. indications arc that the United States entry, the Detroit, is the winner, having landed in Georgia a few miles farther than any other.—A.P.A. and “Sun.”