WRECKED AT SEA—MR WELLMAN'S VENTURE FAILS. The Wellman dirigible balloon “The America,” which was originally designed to make the journey to the North Pole, left Atlantic City on Saturday morning (15th inst.) to make the first attempt to cross from the United States to England. Almost, immediately after leaving the airship was enveloped in fog. Wireless communication was kept up between the shore and the “vessel.” Wellman could not have chosen a more unfortunate time, as twenty-four hours after his ship left land, it is supposed she was caught in a gale 480 miles out at sea—the after effects of the typhoon in Cuba. The airship was abandoned and the crew rescued by the steamer Trent.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 17, 26 October 1910, Page 28

WRECKED AT SEA—MR WELLMAN'S VENTURE FAILS. The Wellman dirigible balloon “The America,” which was originally designed to make the journey to the North Pole, left Atlantic City on Saturday morning (15th inst.) to make the first attempt to cross from the United States to England. Almost, immediately after leaving the airship was enveloped in fog. Wireless communication was kept up between the shore and the “vessel.” Wellman could not have chosen a more unfortunate time, as twenty-four hours after his ship left land, it is supposed she was caught in a gale 480 miles out at sea—the after effects of the typhoon in Cuba. The airship was abandoned and the crew rescued by the steamer Trent.