News Hy Times bulletins spread Hamilton flight details citywide
The News Hy Times reports nonstop bulletins from early morning to 7 p m detailing Hamilton's flight. Telephones telegraphs and Reuters-style wires fed updates to hotels, clubs, news agencies, and AP wires, reaching New Jersey cities and Hudson River towns. The Times office connected directly to Governors Island and Jersey City rail sheds, ensuring rapid dissemination to readers and agencies nationwide.
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Hamilton
Tires
Young Men's Christian Association
New Jersey
Hudson
United States
Associated Press Service
Times
Hampton’s
Governors Island
Pennsylvania Raillroad
Jersey City
Hamilton Flew as Extra No. 4
Towermen on alert reported an operator wired that the aviator was 2000 feet aloft and traveling at 150 miles per hour.
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Hamilton
Penylvania
Jersey
Pennsylvania
Princeton
Casher Spencer
Governors Island
South Elizabeth
N. J
Princeton Junction
Hamilton Flight Signals Rise to Philadelphia and Back
The First Company Signal Corps of the New York National Guard cooperated with regulars to signal Hamilton’s flight from Governors Island to Philadelphia and back. Messages relayed via Fort Wood, Singer Building, and Times Building kept dispatchers informed. The Times coordinated with Pennsylvanian dispatchers and Postal Telegraph to broadcast bulletins to hotels and clubs nationwide.
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Hamilton
Philadelphia
Governors Island
First Company
Signal Corps
New York National Guard
Fort Wood
Singer
Times
Paw Huelser
Singer Tower
Sergu
T. Stewart
Pennsylvania Station
Sergt. Haywood
Train crew keeps line open after crash on the 804
A special observation train run on the 804 kept to schedule with three cars detached. Conductor A A Smith handled the throttle while Gerhart, chief clerk, and N Darcy, a representative, led the crew. Assistants kept dispatching and repair work steady.
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Crowds Await Hamilton as He Aims for Yonkers Flight
Spectators along the Hudson from the Battery to Yonkers waited for hours as aviator Hamilton pursued a record flight from Philadelphia. Crowds gathered near Grant’s Tomb and Yonkers offering views over the river while ships and shore patrols watched for the returning plane. A mishap at about 5 PM ended the bid, with observers delaying farewell until sundown.
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Yonkers
Philadelphia
Hamilton
Halley
Upper West Side
Riverside Drive
West Side
The
Hudson
Grant
Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument
Eighty-ninth Street
West Eighty-fourth Street
Salem
City Club of
Meenane
Aegne Abenas
Alon Riverside Drive
Yonk
Photographers capture Curtiss flight from train car
The Pictorial News Company photographed Hamilton’s Albany to New York Curtiss flight from a swaying train. Snapshots at one thousandth to one fifteen hundredth of a second overcame motion and wind, amid cloudy skies, yielding a unique image from Monmouth Junction of train and airship racing.
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Times
Pictorial News Company
Curtiss
Albany
New York
Tan Tiwers
Hamilton
Monmouth Junction
New Brunswick
Trenton
Aviator Hamilton Flies Cross Country From Governors Island
Crowds of about five thousand gather on the Battery sea wall as Charles K. Hamilton’s buff colored biplane lifts from Governors Island and arcs over the bay toward the Jersey shore. By afternoon the throng swells to an estimated twenty thousand as spectators hope for a triumphant homeward flight from Philadelphia.
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Charles K. Hamilton
Governors Island Jast
Castle Williams
Philadelphia
Buttermilk Channel
Governors Island
Hamilton
Jersey
Staten Island
Fiel
Aquarium
Battery Park
Bowling Inn
South Ferry
Bay
Toelphia
Roosevelt
Stretc
Premier J Meet Highlight Sees Oldfield and Curti in Close Half Mile
The event at the ads on June 22 features Curtiss, Barney Oldfield, and Minor R ee in the premier half mile race. Berry makes a balloon ascent today as part of Yesterday Mayestown activities.
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Jen H. Curtisse
Barney Oldez
Minor rEe
Berry
John L Sullivan anxiously buzzes North River for Hamilton’s flight
Special to The New York Times from Jersey City June 13 John L Sullivan on his way to San Francisco to cover the Jeffries Johnson fight hunted for Hamilton after his Jersey City stop. He watched the river for the aviator’s return and promised to relay the stunt’s merit to Hamilton.
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Times Office
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Metuchen
New York
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Rhart
Jersey City
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New York Times
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Penn
John L. Sullivan
San Francisco
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Sullivan
Chicago Limited
Pennsylvania
Boston
Jersey
New Jersey
Staten Island
Manhattan
Daris
Limited
Eibat
Timezs
Hamilton to Fly Into New Britain for Charity July 2
C K Hamilton plans a charity flight into New Britain Connecticut on Saturday July 2. The event will feature a race with an automobile and a side fight to Meriden and New Haven. Hamilton will invite Col Roosevelt to attend when he reaches New York.
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New Britain
Conn
C. K. Hamilton
Meriden
New Haven
Col. Roosevelt
New York
Timed flight chronicle from The Times special train
The Times special tracks Hamilton by rail with bulletins from South Elizabeth to Governors Island. The notes report passing towns and elevations, speeds from 40 to 60 mph, and a 86 mile final distance with Hamilton near Governors Island after a long chase. The piece emphasizes the journey and witness remarks including a mother sighting through field glasses.
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Lawrence
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