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rLCOK AND PKOWN LAND IN -RALAND " Much of Oversea Flight Was Made Through Fog With Occasional Drizzle Which Hampered Progress London June 15.-(By the Associat -*ed Press.)-The final goal of all the ambitions which flying men have ven . tured to dream since the Wright rothers first rose from the earth in heavier than air machine, were re ned this morning, when two young ish officers Capt. 'John Alcock d Lieut. Arthur W. Brown, landed on the Irish coast after the first non . stop flight across the Atlantic ocean. Their voyage was without accident and without incident, so far as can be learned. It was a straight away clean cut flight achieved in sixteen hours and twelve minutes-from New Foundland to Clifden Island, a dis tance of more than 1,9u0 miles. But the brief and modest descrip - tion which comes fro mthe airmen at Clifden tells of an adventurous and amazing hazardous enterprise. Fog pnd mists hung over the North At lantic and the Vickeys-Vimy biplane climbed and struggled to extricate herself from the folds of the air plane's worst enemy. She rose to 11,000 feet, swooped c down almost to the surface of the sea, and at times the two navigators found themselves flying upside down only ten feet above the water. Before coming to earth near the Clifden wireless station Alcock cir- 1 cled the wireless aerial, seeking the best spot to reach the earth. But no suitable ground was found, so he chanced it in a bog. The wrelnas staff rushed to eiv . aid of the aviators. They found Brown dazed and Alcock temporarily aeaiened by the force of the impact. As soon as t. .. - - -e to be es-. corted to the wireless station they - telegraphed the news to their friends; then had breakfast. "That is the best way to cross the 4 Atlantic,"' said Lieut. Brown after he had eaten. Capt. Alcock explained the silence of his radio instrument during the trip by saying that the wireless pro pelled blew off soon after the air plane left Newfoundlan. "We were mum.. jammed by strong wireless signals not intended for us." he added. When word was received here of - the accident to the machine in landing I arrangements were made for me- t chanics to leave London immediately to make repairs. Word came from Clifden this after- 8 noon that the pilot and the naviga tor of the biplane were leaving for Galway whence Lieut. Brown planned to travel by train to London, arriv ing there on Tuesday morning. Capt. Alcock, however, hoped to be able to fly to London in the machine which made the record flight as soon as it I could be repaired. It was planned to have him give an exhibition over Lon don in the machine, if possible. The aero club received a message from Clifden not long after the trans atlantic flight landed, srgned by them, which merely stated that they had completed the flight in sixteen hours 1 and twelve minutes. They requested instructions from the club. Keep Machine Intact. s In repl ythe club telegraphed Capt. Alcock: 'Keep machine intact until obser ver arrives." The air ministry stated that certain marks were put on the airplane at Newfoundland which must be offi cially identified by a member of the royal air force before the bight is declared to be officially completed. It was said at the ministry that it was probable one of its orficials would leave Dublin in an airp~lane to re landl by train. St. Johns, N. F., June 15.-The tri umphant crossing of thie Atlantic by Capt. Jack 'Alcock and iLeut. Arthur Whitson Brown will not deter other airmen here from emulating the feat, according to announcement made by other orders today. The London aDily Mail's $50,000 prize for the first nonstop flight hay ,ing fallen to the Vickers-Vimy ma chine, crews of the other airplanes being assembled here are devoting their attention to a contest for the speedliest voyage across the ocean. They expect the British air ministry or private enthusiasts to offer speed prizes. News of the arrival of Alcock and Brown in Ireland spreadl like wildfire andl caused jubilation. T[he British aiirmnen expressed their (delight that America having won first honors by an interruptedi transoceanic flight, (reat Britain was able to even score by triumphing in the nonstop passage. CAPT. A LCOCKS STORY OF F LIGHT London, JTune 15.-Describing the experienes of himself anad lieu. Brown, Capt. Alcock, in a message from Galway to '[he [Daily Mall says: "We had a terrible journey. The wondler is we are here at all. We scarcely saw the sun or moon or stars. For hours we .sawv none of them. The fog wvas dense and at times we had to dlescend within 300 feet of the sea. "For four hours our machine was covered with a sheet of ice carried by frozen sleet. At another time the fog was so (lense that my speed indicator did not work for a few minutes and~ it was very alarm ing. "We looped the loop, I (do believe, and dlid a very steep spiral. We did some very comic stunts, for I have had no sense of horizon. "'The winds were favorable all the way, northwest and at timeA southwvest. We said in Newfound land that we would (d0 the trip in sixteen hours, but we never thought we could, An hour and a half before we saw land we had no cer tain idea where we were, but be lieved we were at Galway or there abouts. "Our delight in seeing Eastal vile! west of Clifden, was great. V4O .people did not know who we veto an dthought we were scouts ooking for Alcock. -"We encountered no unforseen onditions. We did not suffer from :old or exhaustion except when tooking over . the side; then the sleet chewed bits out our faces. We drank coffee and ale and ate sandwiches and chocolate. "Our flight has shown that the A~tlantic flight is practicable, but [ think it should be done, not with in aiplane or seaplane, but with lying boats. "We had plenty of reserve fuel eft, using only two- thirds of our supply. "The only thing that upset me was to see the machine at the end ;et damaged. From above the bog ooked like a lovely field, but' the nachine sank into it to the axle and well over on to her side." CHILD SHOT BY PLAYMATE Rock Hill, June 15.-Little Jane ,obb London, the three-year-old laughter of Mr. and Mrs. John R. 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