WATCHING ANXIOUSLY

Evening Star, Issue 19841, 14 April 1928, Page 11

WATCHING ANXIOUSLY

NO WORD OF THE BREMEN MANY UNCONFIRMED RUMORS INTENSE INTEREST IN NEW YORK Press Association—Bj Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, April 13. (Received April 14, at 10.55 a.m.) Anxiety agaiu replaced enthusiasm as the afternoon grew late with no definite word of the Bremen, and only a batch of unconfirmed rumors regarding the flyers. Their petrol supply is estimated to be exhausted between four and five o’clock at the earliest, though they might be able to keep afloat for several hours. More than 1,000 people are waiting on the field, while the city’s parks and open spaces are crowded with people scanning the skies. The tops of buildings arc black with persons equipped with field glasses. UNCONFIRMED REPORTS MACHINE SIGHTED. HALIFAX, April 13. (Received April 14, at 10 a.m.) A message from Kingsport states .that a ’plane, behoved to bo the Bi<emeu, was sighted hero at 1Q.30 (Atlantic time) to-day by the captain of a Canadian Government ship. The machine was flying high. Another unconfirmed report stated that the Bremen passed Newfoundland at B.3o.—Australian Press Association. NO NEWS IN LONDON LONDON, April 13. , (Received April 14, at 10 a.m.) The Air Ministry at noon was still without news of the Atlantic flyers. —Australian Press Association. STILL NO HEWS NEW YORK, April 13. (Received April 14, at 1.5 p.m.) Four-thirty to-day, the hour when it was estimated that the Bremen’s fuel supply would bo exhausted, passed without definite news since the mar chine hopped off. The reports from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland are not substantiated. — Australian Press Association-United Service.