SUCCESS AT LAST

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10562, 16 April 1928, Page 5

SUCCESS AT LAST

GERMAN AVIATORS’ CROSS ATLANTIC. BREMEN FORCED DOWN NEAR NEWFOUNDLAND. - A SATE LANDING ’ EUROPE AND AMERICA ANXIOUSLY AWAIT NEWS. United Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copyright (Australian Press Association.) NEW YORK, April 13. Anxiety again replaced enthusiasm ■as the. afternoon grew late with no definite word of the Bremen, and only, a batch of unconfirmed rumors regarding the'fliers,' Their petrol supply is estimated to be exhausted, between 4 and 5 o’clock at the earliest, though they might be adle to keep afloat for several hours. More - than 1900 are waiting at Mitchell Field, while the city’s parks and open spaces are crowded with peoplo scanning the skies. The tops of. buildings arc black with persons equipped with field glasses.

OVER NEW If O U NDLAND. United Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copy right (Australian Press Association.) (Received April 14, noon.; HALIT AX, April 13. A messago from King’s Port states, that a plane, believed-to be the Bremen, was sighted there at 10.30 p.m., Atlantic time, by the captain of a Canadian Government ship. The machine was flying high. Another unconfirmed report staled that tlie Bremen passed Newfoundland at 8.30 p.m. Australian Press Assn. —United Service. NEW' YORK, April 13. At 4.30 p.m. to-day, the hour when it was estimated the Bremen’s fuel supply would be exhausted, there was still no definite news since the machine hopped oil. Reports from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland are net substantiated. FORCED DOWN ON GREEN LEY ISLAND. United Press Assu. by El. Tel. Copyright (Australian Press Association.) (Received April 14, 2 p.m.) ST. JOHNS, April 13. The Bremen was reported this evening at Greenley Island, Newfoundland. A second message states that at 6.30 eastern standard time' a message from a Marconi wireless operator at Point Armour, stated that the plane was at Greenley Island, in the western entrance to Belle' Isle straits. . The weather was thick. No further details were available. Manchester, New Hampshire, at 7.15 p.m., reports that an amateur wireless operator picked up a message from tlie Canadian Government station at Louisburg, Nova Scotia, stating that a plane, believed to be the Bremen, crossed the Bay of Fundy at 7 o’clock. The machine was too distant to identify. Auatralian Press Assn. —United- Service. (Received April 14, 3 p.m.) NEW” YORK, April 13. The Post and Telegraph Co. lias announced that it has received confirmation from Point Armour. .Labrador, that the Bremen was forced down on Greenley Island. There are no details. (Australian Press Association.) (Received April 14, 3 0.m.) NEW YORK, April 13. A Philadelphia message states that a wireless message to the Loudon Times, believed to have been sent by a member of the Bremen’s crew, and stating that the machine made a sale landing on Belle Isle, was picked up by an operator at Reading railway station. The message read; “Landed Belle Isle 6.6 p.m.,. Atlantic time. All well; unaided.” The signature was not deciphered. THE FIRST MESSAGE. LANDING NECESSITATED BY LACK OF FUEL. STRONG HEADWINDS ON THE TRIP. United Press Assn. by El. Tel. Copyright (Australian Press Association.' • (Received April 15, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK,'April 13. Confirmation of the safe landing of tlie Bremen at Greenley. Island. Labrador, was received by a wireless message to tlie North German Lloyd office from Baron Von Lluenefeld, one of the crew, as follows: "Macfe safe intermediate landing on Greenley island necessitated by lack of fuel and strong headwinds encountered on the way.”

WANDERING ABOUT THE SKIES. PLANE LOST IN FOG FOR FOLK HOURS. CANADIAN ICEBREAKER AND PLANES TO LEAVE FOR SPOT. United Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copyright (Australian Proas Association.) (Received April 15, 5.5 p.m.) QUEBEC, April 14. The first message detailing the flight stated that the Bremen wan-' dere-d about the skies, was lost in a dense fog for four hours, and was forced to land at 5.50 Eastern standard time. The machine was damaged which possibly will delay her Eight to New York lor some days. Food and shelter are obtainable. The Government icebreaker Montcalm left the Gulf of St. Lawrence to-day under forced steam for Point Armour (Labrador) to bring the airmen to Canada on’Sunday o.r Monday. ; Two Canadian planes are leaving to-day or to-morrow tu rescue the airmen. PLANE BADLY DAMAGED., CANADA CGNURATULATES AIRMEN. Uuilud Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copyright; (Australian Press Association.) (Received April 15, 5.5 p.m.) QUEBECj April 14. The first definite news from the filers says the plane is so badly damaged that they are unable to continue the flight for several days. The airmen are in good condition. OTTAWA, April 14. The Prime. Minister sent a telegram of congratulation upon the .safe arrival of the German airmen on Canadian territory. AH business was held up while the news was read. Colonel Jlalston announced in Parliament that , the .Bremen was forced down in a snowstorm on Greenley Island where the lighthouse ivas situated. He said the fliers would bo well cared for by the lighthouse employees. •- , PROPOSED' DISPATCH OF RELIEF PLANIS. GREENLEY ISLAND ICEBOUND. AVIATORS MAY REACH NEW YORK IN FEW DAYS. United PreßS Assn by El. Tel. Conyriglir. (Australian Press .Association.) (Received April 15, 5.5 p.m.) ,-aL ; .NEW' YORK; April; 14v ), The New York Times received a message--from Halifax radio station stating that the Canadian Press and Canadian Pacific Railways confirmed the landing of the-Bremen .on Greenley Island.- The machine is lihflam-, aged and Wie erdw ,is safe.

The New York correspondent of tho Ullstin Agency of Berlin has just wirelessly telephoned liis proprietors tho ■ following despatch ;—“All tho circumstances inchoate that the report that the Bremen landed at Greenley Island is trues • I am trying to get confirmation by wireless, and as soon as it is obtained, a Junkers airplane, the only one of its kind in the United States, and which has Ueen kept hero as a sample machine, will probably try to reach there, as no other means of getting to tlio island quickly exists. GreenIcy Island is heavily icebound, and trading vessels will probably not venture into northern waters, for a month. The only, other possibility; is sending dog sleclge teams from Quebec.” Herr Henry Seliopzel, North German - Ifioyd representative, sent the following message to Baron von Huenefclcl: “In view of the. reported damage and on account of lack of fuel, your machine, the Junker Fl 3, will be sent to you ,to continue flight.” ■ 'lhero are conflicting reports concerning the time of landing. Furthermore, it is now stated that the machine is only slightly damaged, although tlie aviators, are uninjured. Efforts are being made to'-secure an airplane equipped with skis at Boston or Quebec, in an effort to reach the fliers. It is likely they will Uc brought to New York within* the course of the next few days.' There is some belief that if tlie Bremen -is not too seriously damaged she may be able to continue from Greenley Island to New York. The remoteness of Greenley Island, oil which tlie aviators landed, is emphasised by the delay which occurred in the word of their safety reaching the outside world. The messengers had to traverse twenty miles between tlie island and the radio station either on foot or by dog team over the ice, LTUENEFELJ)’8 MOT!IKU AN D KOEHL’B WIFE. * HOMES SURROUNDED BY CHEERIN'G CROWDS. EX-KAISER CONOR AT U LACKS AVIATORS. United Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copyright

(Australian Press <V.ssooiatiouJ (Received April- 15, 5.5 p.m.) BERLIN, April 1-1. The happiest women in Germany are Baron Von llueuefcld’s aged mother and Lieut. Koehl's young wife. Cheering crowds surrounded their houses all day long. The former repeatedly came on to the porch, over which was nailed a gilded horseshoe, and acknowledged the acclamations. The ex-Kaiser cabled congratulations to tlie aviators, paying a special tribute to' tlie German aeroplane industry, wliiih, though gagged, was able to construct a machine capable of performing such a feat. BEFORE THE GOOD NEWB. THRILLING -TIMES JN LONDON AND BERLIN. FALSE RUMORS OF .ARRIVAL LX NEW YORK. VIVID DESCRIPTION OF LANDING. JOY-TURNS TO ANGER. Uni tail Press Assu. by El. Tel. Copyright (Australian Press Association.) (Received April 10, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, April l<i Every Atlantic flight has been responsible for an extraordinary series of circumstantfiil reports, milorUuiatelv without foundation, but watching the progress of the Bremen from Loudon was thrilling in the extreme When she disappeared from Ireland on Thursday morning absolutely nc> word was received iu England until 4.10 on Saturday afternoon, approximately thirty-five hours after the start. Alter the evening papers published the fact that it- was feared another tragedy had happened, an urgent message was received from New! York stating that, the Bremen passed over Kings Port, Nova Scotia, at 3.4-5 G.M.T., the position and time Correspondingly approximate with wliero the plane .should be. Be lieving it was merely another rumor small attention was paid to it, but in the succeeding hour came message upon message, from various centres along the American coast. The Bremen was scan and heard by several. It was reported that she was flying so high that she was a. mere speck in the sky. In every case the time and position were approximately right. The reports aroused widespread interest. The climax came at night. There was a thrilling anticipation when lav the news agency tape machines at by the news afency tape machines at 9.55 “Direct wireless telephone messago from New York'to Berlin announces tlie arrival of tlie Bremen at Mitchell Field, New York, threcquartors of an hour ago. An enormous crowd greeted the fliers Bands’ plaj ed the German and American national anthems as the machine landed.’’ Then followed a vain wait for direct confirmation from New York. An hour passed without result, when came the stunning announcement that each and every message was without foundation. The effect in Berlin was electrical. Earlier iu the day when the machine was overdue at Newfoundland German papers published tlie gloomiest series of circumstantial reports. Towards evening they transformed Berlin into a city of wild joy. An uncontrollaLik crowd seized newspapers and rushed to tho cafes, wildly proclaiming the Atlantic Victory. Thereafter, a second report definitely announced that the Bremen had crossed the Atlantic ut four o’clock G.M.T. and was due at New York at 8 p.m. The cruel wireless,s telephone rumor is thus far unaccounted for, but is attributed to New York irresponsi-

bless aiming to set doubts sit . rest. The Germans gave themselves over to unrestrained rejoicings. The scenes were reminiscent of Paris on the occasion of the false Nungesser-Coh rumor. Crowds stunned Lieut. Koehl’s home, his wife’s face beaming with delight. Who said “1 am overjoyed. I always knew he would win tiirqugh, and I will tell him so presently when I speak to him over the Atlantic telephone,” " Even the broadcast stations sent, out vivid descriptions of the landing, and the welcome news wus also spread by thousands of loud -speakers in parks and open places, but the joy was turned to anger on realisation that tho reports were without foundation the ROMANTIC FiTZMAUiUCE. TYPICAL DAREDEVIL IRISHMAN United /Preen Assn, by El, 'Tel. Copyright Australian Press Assn.—United Service. (Received April Id, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, April U. John Redfern, a linotype operator of. Sheffield, father-in-law of Commandant ■ Ffeihaunee, says.Fitrtiiaurice is a regular dare-devil, typical of the dashihg good humored IrishHis marriage; was a real love affair. yMr .Redfern’>s daughter was only sixteen years of age wlien she met Fitznmurice, who joined the British army when -only fifteen. He served ;in France with the 17th Lancers, and the West lv'eiits. .“Unknown to each other, Fitumaurice and I,” i said Mr Redforh, ‘‘were in; the' saraof I'.rench 3 oh the Somme in ;IRI6,

Fit-zmuiirice later joined the Air Force and earned tin; reputation of a during • pilot., He was one of the party selected to raid Berlin in 11)18, hut the project was cancelled by the armistice. He joined the Free. State Air Force in 1921.” Fit EE STATE JUBILANT. Mlt.S FITZMAURICE OVERCOMK. “HE’LL I)0> iNO MOliEi STUNT; FLYING.” United I'rcsu Assn, by El.. Tel.’Copyriicht (Australian Press Association./ (Received. .April Id, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, April 14. The Free State i-s jubilant at the Bremen’s success. Dublin reports that after a night of anxiety Mrs Fitxmaurico was informed'' at two o’clock on Saturday .morning' that her husband was safe, and she expressed .deep .thankfulness. Mrs, Fitzmaurice was overcome by emotion on hearing the ,news of thfe safe arrival of her . husband. She said he had achieved his life’s anibi;tion, as lie had talked for ten .years of .flying the Atlantic, “but he will do no more stunt flying if I can stop him. I have not slept since my husband left,” she, added. The Governor-General, Mr McNeill, and Air Cosgrave, issued a statement praising the, achievement, and expressing gratification that an Irishman was associated with the venture. Tiie Civic Guard ami the Free State Army jointly pay tribute to the success "as the combination of German thoroughness and Irish courage.

I'TTZMA Ulf ICE BESSJ MIS'J J C BEFORE START. • DON’T THINK THERE IS A STORTING CHANCE.” United Press Assn, by 81. Tel. OoityrigJA (Australian Press Association.) (Received April Id, d.d p.m'.) LONDON, April 11. The .Daily Express aviation correspondent reveals that Commandant Fit/jnaurice, on the night Before departure, said to him : “I don’t think there is a sporting chance.” Nevertheless. ho was desperately keen. He knew odds were against success, hut lie went into the adventure, with Ins eyes open, lie added: “For a decent chance we want three engines and sixty hours’ fuel and wireless. Teraonallv. I think navigation will be th e chief cause of our lailure. There is nothing to go on when one is flying uncharted sens against the rotation of the earth. Nobody knows vvliat magnetic effect this will have on the instruments.” Fitzmaurice wolfed at the idea that paraffin oil would avoid the peril of ice on the wings, saving it would all be evaporated before they, left the Irish coast. A noted cross-Channel pilot advanced the theory that magnetic influences might so disturb instruments that even the altimeter might- he so affected as to register ' thousands of feet high when actually Hying close to the sea. EXCITEMENT IN NEW YORK. INQUIRIES UPSET TELEPHONE CONNECTION. FLIERS' SAFETY APPARENTLY ASSURED. United Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copyright (Australian Press Association.) (Received'April 15, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK. April 14. With the possille exception of Lindbergh’s flight to Paris, no aviation event has so stirred this city and the rest of’ the country as the Bremen hop, apart from thousands crowding Mitchell Field in expectation of the fliers’ arrival. Such news as was available throughout the night and day was broadcast by radio. The newspaper offices, received thousands of messages of inquiry, and even at this late hour it is difficult to make telephone connection with any metropolitan journal due to the continuous flow of.requests for information. The fliers’ safety is now apparently assured, and messages of felicitation are being sent to them and to Europe, the British war veterans here being the first, to wireless congratulations to Commandant Fitzmauric*-, and Commander Byrd cabling congratulations to the German nation. There is a complete lack of details as to the manner of, and the reason for, landing on Greenley Island. MRS HTNCHCLIFFE STILL HOPES." MLSSING- HUSBAND MAY BE WITH ESKIMOS. United Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copyright (Australian Press Association.) (deceived April 15. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, April 14. Airs Hinchelifle said Hinclidiite told her, before he was starting on his fatal flight, that he might have to -strike in a north-westerly direction. This is exactly what happened to the Bremen. Fifty miles to the north of Greenley Island lies the desolate Eskimo country, where it is likely Captain Hincheliffe landed. "If as J. expect,” she; said, “the Eskimos are taking care of him 1 will not resign hope until mid-June, when the melting snows will euaUo. him to communicate with us.”

EXPERT’S ADVICE ON -M'!..VATIC SERVICE AIRSHIPS MORE PRACTICAL THAN PLANES. United Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copyright (Australian Press Association.! , (Received April 15, 5.5. p.m.) LONDON, April 14, Air Scmpill, President of the Royal Aeronautical Society, while warmly congratulating the fliers anil admiring their pluck, «iuitiative and skill, says they must not he led away to believe the day of frequent crossings of the Atlantic in either direction is necessarily nearer. Personally he is inclined to the view that the Atlantic air service will only he made practicable by airship. Though aeroplanes are not ruled out. living boats must be used to ensure safety and regularity- , CONGRATULATIONS TO AIR COSGRAVE United Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copyright (Australian Press Association.) (Received April 15, II p.m.) LONDON, April 15. Sir A. Hoare, Air Minister, and the .German Ambassador at London sent congratulatory messages ■ to Mr Cosgrave on the success of Tho flight, ~ , NO E UETHERi REPORTS United Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copyright (Australian Press Association.) (Received April 15, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK. April 14, No further reports of importance have been received . concerning Bremen. ” : : ; : 'i 1 » ' -■ ■ ' ■' THIRTY-FOUR AND A-ITALF HOURS IN AIR PLANE! OO'VEREDI AT LEAST 2i20 MILES United Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copyright (Australian Press Association.) (Received April 15, 11 p.m.) NEW YORK, April 14. The calculations made here indL cate the distance between the point of departure and the landing of the plane is 2125. miles, although the machine probably flew further, due to fog. The flight consumed 34 hours 32 minutes. Wind'- and not compass ; valuation, . is. believed to h{ive> been ’the chidf• • contributing) factor, .wliibl!;-:

threw the ship off her course, a sidewind probably taking them further and further north every hour uftci departure. ATI/ANTIC FLIC UTS. SUCCESSES AND FAILURES. \ ' ’ The success ,of the Bremen marks the first flight across the Atlantic, from Europe to America. This flight lias always been considered dangerous owing to the unfavorable winds caused My. the earth’s rotation. .Several attempts have been made, but all have ended in disaster, or at least no further news has been heard of the aviators, the last effort being made by Captain Hincheliffe and the Hon. Elsie Mackay, who left England on March. 14 last. Lust year two attempts were made each of • which failed. Captain Nungesser and Captain Coli, famous French flying aces, rose from Lo Bourget, France, in the -‘White Bird” on May 8, bound for New York, but after being sighted over England no further traces were ever discovered although the wild lands of northern Canada were repeatedly searched. On August 51 last year Captain Hamilton, Colonel Minch in and Princess Loweii,stein-Wirtheim, left England in the plane St. Raphael bound for Canada. The plane was last sighted at Galway Bay, Ireland. Several• aviators have achieved successful flights from America or Canada to Europe, 'lire first of these were Sir John. Alcock and Sir Arthur Whit-ten Brown, who, in June, 1919. flow from Si Johns, Newfoundland, to Ireland (1890 miles) in Kiln s 12min winning the Daily Mail tfo.ooo prize. The next sucer-’.ss was Wy Captain Lindbergh, on May 20.- 1927, who crossed from Non York lo Paris {3,639 miles) in TP hours. A month later the Atlantic was crossed by Clarence Chamberlin, who covered the 2923 miles from New York to Eisleben, Germany, in 42 J hours, and he was followed three weeks afterwards by Commander Byrd., who crossed from New York to Ver-sur-Mer, b ranee (3600 miles) in 42 hours. The South Atlantic was crossed by the intrepid French aviators, Captain Costes and Lieut. Uebrix (who returned to Paris on Saturday after a flight round Europe and Asia'. Du October J. 4 and 15 last in the plane Nungesser- ' Coli. they flew* from Senegal. Africa, to Port Natal, Brazil, 2150 miles, in 19 hours 5 minutes. Captain St. Roman and M. Mumieyres, French aviators, had attempted the same flight on May 5 and disappeared, hut natives «.u the Amazon river in Brazil reported the finding of plane wreckage corresponding to the French machine.