No Word of Hawker Since He Left St Johns Believed Lost
Reports say Hawker and his companion Grieve may be lost after their Sopwith aircraft encountered a gale reducing speed to forty miles per hour and exhausting fuel. Crowds waited at Brooklands where Hawker trained, hoping for a landing though experts doubted he could reach shore. The fate of the aviators remains unclear and search forces, sent by the Admiralty, scour the Irish coast amid boisterous weather.
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Hawker
St. John’s
Companion
Brooklands Airdrome
Grieve
Hawker’s
Admiralty
NC-3 sails into harbor after Atlantic flight ordeal
After a 60 mile gale and heavy seas, the seaplane NC-3, flagship of the transatlantic squadron, reached Ponta Delgada under its own power nearly sixty hours from being forced down near the Azores. Commander Towers reports hull and engine damage but successful landing and fuel endurance. Secretary Daniels congratulates Towers and crew. Hawker is reported missing with conflicting updates from London authorities.
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Washington
Ponta Delgada Harbor
Azores
Newfoundland
Lisbon
Plymouth
England
Ponta Delgada
Jackson
Navy Department
Towers
Ponta del Gada
Daniels
Mrs Hawker Awaits Hubby’s Direct Flight to Airdrome
Mrs. Hawker wife of the aviator arrived at the Sopwith airdrome in Brooklands England this afternoon hoping her husband will fly directly to the field. The statement reflects her belief in a direct arrival by air.
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Brooklands
England
Bulletins on the Hawker case near Ireland
London reports uncertainty on the fate of Sopwith pilot Harry Hawker and navigator Grieve. Wireless messages circulate about positions over the Atlantic and off Ireland while British destroyers search the western coast. Later claims place Hawker landing at sea near Dingle Bay or Loop Head, with conflicting reports of the aircraft being found.
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London
Air Ministry
Harry Hawker
Grieve
Taski
Atlantic
Ireland
Lizard
Hawker
Associated Press
Mundale
Dingle Bay
Limerick
Shannon
Exchange Telegraph Company
Admiralty
Loop Head
River Shannon
County Clare
River
Loop
Mystery delayed Hawker landing report unsettles London
May 20 1:45 a m London reports that admiralty quarters in Queenstown denied receiving a wireless despatch from Castletown about Hawker's aircraft landing 40 miles west of the Shannon. The Ballybunnion wireless plant also did not receive the message as London investigates the mysterious case.
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London
Admiralty
Castletown
The
Shannon
Associated Press
Queenstown
Hawker
Shannon River
Tralee
Ireland
Velencia
County Kerr
Dingle Bay
Daily Mail
Ballybunnion
County Kerry
Wife of Commander Towers Receives Safe and Well Cable
May 19 report from Washington states Mrs John H Towers wife of Commander Towers of the seaplane NC 3 and head of the transatlantic flight squadron received a cablegram tonight from her husband at Ponta Delgada reading Safe and well.
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Commander Towers Cables
Washington
John H. Towers
Commander Towers
Ponta Delgada
Hawker famed for Squantum flights in 1910
Harry G. Hawker the Australian aviator who nearly completed the transatlantic flight worked as a mechanician for Tom Sopwith during Squantum air flights in 1910 overseeing the Bleriot engine. Those who knew him recalled a quiet reserved man whose sole hobby was aviation and who predicted a non stop Atlantic crossing within ten years.
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Harry G. Hawker
Massachusetts
Hawker
Tom Sopwith
Sopwith
Hawker’s Flight Feats Propel Australian to Aerial Fame
New York May 19 Hawker a 27 year old Australian began as a mechanic rising to flyer under Sopwith. He set a British duration record of 8 hours 23 minutes on Oct 24 1912 and later altitude marks of 12900 feet and 10520 feet with passengers. He then reached the world altitude record 28500 feet before WWI. He aided Sopwith aircraft development and made two attempts for the London Daily Mail prize in 1918 and 1914, encountering illness and a mishap. Commander Grieve 28, a wireless expert meteorologist and former cruiser Cam pania commander, also served as a flyer.
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New York
Hawker
London Daily Mail
Great Britain
Yarmouth
Dublin
Grieve
Campania
Grand Fleet
Somerville Nine Shuts Out Arlington In Junior High Derby
The Western Junior High School baseball team, the strongest nine of its class in Somerville, defeated Arlington Junior High 8 to 0 yesterday afternoon. The Arlington squad suffered only its second loss of the season.
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Western
Somerville
Arlington Junior High School
Arlington Outfit
Five Hours in Sea Rescue of Nancy Crew After Fog
The Nancy crew spent about five hours afloat after grounding in dense fog near Station 18 on Saturday. They navigated by destroyer guidance and star shells, landed on rough sea, descended to 50 feet for bearings, and were later picked up by the Ionia at 6:20 p.m. Greenwich time after sighting the Tonia. Latitude 30 58 N, Longitude 30 15 W marked their rescue location.
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Ponta del Gada
Washington
Ponta Delgada
Fayal
Gibraltar
Ionia
Weather Bulletin Updates Northward Low Pressure Over West Ireland
The air ministry reports unfavorable conditions for a direct trans Atlantic flight as low pressure over West Ireland moves northward bringing strong southwest winds in southern Ireland. Northwest Ireland shows temporary improvement with favorable landing conditions. Azores winds ease with partly clouded skies and fresh westerlies aiding Mawker's NC 4 leg.
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London
Air Ministry
Mawker
Azores
Lisbon
Ireland
Body of Miss Emma England Found in Connecticut River
The body of Miss Emma England, who drowned four weeks ago at Northumberland New Hampshire, was recovered today in the Connecticut River near McIndoes in St Johnsbury Vermont.
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ST. Johnsbury
Emma England
Northumberland
N. H
Connecticut River
McIndoes
Sailor Collar Blouses Priced at 4 75 Tailoring
Readable line notes 4 75 tailored dimity blouses with sailor collars. Trimmed with colored striped linen and available in white with rose, cobalt, or tan. Includes multiple color options for the vintage style garment.
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