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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, ONT.. THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1928 Lonely Isle on Rocky Coast Is Site of Fliers' First Landing Sea Birds and the Lighthouse Keeper's Family Are Almost the Only Occupants of the Tiny, Rock-Bound Island Till Ice Goes in May A LUCKY LANDING New York.--Greenly Island, where the German and Irish aviators landed the Bremen on its pioneer east-to-west flight across the Atlantic ocean, is one of the most isolated of all the inhabited spots along the southern Labrador coast, according to descriptions by those familiar with the Arctic Greenly Island lies approximately 1,100 miles northwest of Mitchel Field, New York, the destination which the trans-Atlantic fliers hoped to reach, and 900 miles from Quebec, from which point the first Canadian welcoming plane left to greet the venturesome air navigators. The island is so small and so unimportant that it is not listed in the gazeteers. Few mariners' tables give its longitude and latitude. And yet, when the intrepid airmen came down there with their gasoline supply virtually exhausted, they selected one of the few places in the entire region where a safe landing might be made. The coasts of Labrador and Newfoundland are rocky and rugged. At j Pump-this time of the year the water is filled I After The Story of the Flight Details from the frozen north revealed a dramatic story of the transatlantic plane Bremen successfully groping through fog and blizzard for the continent of its destination. An auspicious start developed at the end into a battle with the elements as the fliers were some 400 miles off their course, due partly to the failure of the plane's lighting system. For tours the flight was in darkness. Once the plane was 50 feet from the water. A strange river was seen, then a mountain. At last was sighted what appeared to be a sealing steamer. It proved to be the lighthouse on Greenly Island. Shortly after midnight, eastern standard time, on Thursday, the Bremen stood fully fueled for her flight on the runway at Baldonnel Airdrome. Captain Hermann Koehl and Mai. James Fitzmaurice sat at the controls. In a compartment behind sat Baron von Huenefeld, ready to man the fuel with rough and broken ice. Had the breach in a A Solitary Sea Farer CROSSING THE ATLANTIC OCEAN Capt. Franz Romer, intrepid German adventun . daring attempt to cross the Atlantic ocean to I N A CANOE -, clearing from Lisbon In sw York. be a sealing steamer rozen in the island and, although the Bremen was skids or a landing on ice, they fliers attempted to reach the interior | «oin« stron«' two nOTlrs later' of Labrador, a landing would have|over the Atlantic, having passed been fraught with almost insurrr.ount- Costello, Galway, at 2.03 a.m. Foggy descended. The plane broke through able difficulties. Instead they brought weatber Prevailed along the coast. | the Ice, the metal propeller was bent. Flying in Darkness however, the plane ran into clear weather over the Atlantic. All Thursday during the daylight hours the plane traveled westward rapidly. That night, however, a blizzard swept the ocean. The plane lost altitude in the storm conditions and it ivas flying very low. The lighting system failed during j the night. The fliers were unable to >nts and Captain their airplane to rest at a spot where food and shelter were available. Lonely Lighthouse There is a HghOhouse on Greenly Island--Fog Horn Light--which w the mariners to avoid the shoals and rocks to the south. The lighthoui keeper and tis family are usually the chief residents of the island at this time of year. Thus the winter population of the island may be somewhere between 7 and 12 persons. But they | the axle o the landing-gear broken. This was noon on Friday, April 13. Chaos Reported Throughout Italy Strange Customs Holland Alters "Cart Dog Act" The Hague.--There is a marked improvement in the treatment of animals in Holland during recentt years, according to statetments to a correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor by Government officials. A very important addition to T ii c d v it ^ tng legal protection of dogs drawing travellers bays Police Have carts has recently corae int0 force. Started Reign of Terror The Latest Construction Agrah, Austria. -- Newspaper dis-I patches from Rakek, Italy, on the j Itallan-Jugo Slav frontier, quote tra-| vellers as saying that panic and chao3 mghout Italy. The police, :ntly come into force. The existing so-called "Cart Dog Act' of 1910 wa3 not very efficient, and the Anti-Cart Dog League has been trying to improve it for many years. Since Dec. 17, 1927, the act has undergom a very substantial change, mainly in two respects. There will be annual examinations in order to ascertain if led by Fascist Militia, are said to the dogs used. for pulling are of the ive inaugurated a reign of terror in ! required size and quality for this kind i effort to get even with "enemies of |0f work, and under no circumstances iscism." [win a man De allowed to sit on th< Hundreds of persons suspected of cart which is pulled by a dog. sing anti-Fascist, are being arrested j Great work has been achieved ii lily in almost every town of Italy j this direction by the humane societies id thrown into overcrowded prisons, j already mentioned, and also by the One traveller brought a report that j persistent work of the Netherlands bomb outrage at Milan was the j Society for.the Protection of Animals at The Hague, the Sophia-Society Amstordari, and others. afloat. ti-emlst Fascists themselves | who were trying to settle their ac-| count with the reigning dynasty. This report had it that Mussolini had with-I held from King Victor Emmanuel until the last minute his decision not to go to Milan. Other travellers allege that Mussolini has completely terrorized Victor e Emmanuel and is only waiting for pro-. posals from his own black shirt fol-kingly power him- es to Koehl's long experience three ing in Germany stood them in good j stead. _ srio-us i Daybreak gave them opportunity to ocally , correct their direction. The weather, from ' however, became I self. An Estate Agent Proposes Marriage graph line wai The location 'm gonna give you make yourself Mrs. the extreme ' and it was only with great difficulty Henry H. Jones. I'm the very best to or, is Blanc that the plane could be kept up. j be had in the matrimonial line and I if some 100 j Off the cast of Newfoundland they \ won't take "No" for an answer. Plenty jn. There is struck a heavy fog and began to wan- of women are crazy to get a chance at . Sometimes der. They tried to fly above it, but me; since you're a good friend of mes it does at 2000 feet the fog still enveloped ' mine, though, I'm making you the first in flashed out j them. They descended to within 50 offer. And let me tell you right now est, the tele-1 feet of the waves but had to climb : you'll be making the biggest mistake lission. | upward again because of the high seas of your life if you don't grab of tie island is refer-1 running and threatening to engulf while you southern extremity of them. !you say" elle Isle, which stretch j Then they saw land, it was a wood- j ilea between the Gulf ed country and they flew over it try- j ce and the Atlantic hig In vain to locate their position. i get r whadda Lcbradc ing Labrador and Net straits 3 Point Amour, where located. It was from t'-.is station that the wireless operator flashed the first news to the world of the arrival of the fliers at Greenly Island. Closed to Navigation The island itself is less than three quarters of a mile long and at its widest point only a half- they flew over a large river which they could not identify. A large mountain loomed in their path. Again the Bremen headed upward and over* It. Finally they saw what they took to The modern woman has been eighed and found wanting--every-I thing under the sun. "Oh, Dick," cried the wife hysterically, "I've lost my diamond ring, and I can't find it anywhere." "Never mind," said the husband, "I found it pocket." She--"What' Did that cake pain in the stomach He--'No. That cake-eater who just left gives me a pain in the neck." Sex Equality Washington Post.--The modern man does not want preferential protection to which she is not entitled. Where is the woman who would glory in military conscription, vlded she be assigned to duties to which she is suited. The work of men during the late war, In Britain as well as in the United States, proved that the fair sex had fewer slackers than the male side. . the ( i hi! of some 85 feet rising on the north section of the island and a hill some 20 feet high on the south. It is on this southern hill that the lighthouse, a luge octagonal tower, is located. A white light flashes from its peak, which on clear nights is visible for approximately 15 miles. The landing of the fliers at Greenly Island preceded by about one month the time when navigation will be open. Blanc Sablon Bay and the Straits of Belle Isle freeze over about the middle of December. The ice begins to but prevents navigation for another month until the middle of June, navigators say. Aside from its significance to navigators who sail the Labrador coast, Greenly Island Is best known to naturalists. Sea birds known as puffins abound there and numerous species of fish tttract their attention. Within another month the Ashing fleets will begin to gather for the trip up the Straits of Belle Isle, as soon as ice conditions will permit, and the chief industry of that region--fishing and sealing--will be under way for the S-4 Ill-Fated Submarine In Dry Dock Hinkler Tells Adventures of Historic Trip Further Details Bring Out Full Significance of the Flight to Australia (The following communication from the Christian Science Monitor's special correspondent in Brisbane, giving picturesque details of Bert Hhikler's recent flight from London to Australia, witfclh supplement the inadequate reports about that great achievement hitherto available. It will be remembered that in his great exploit of flying 13,0-00 miles in 15 days, alone, Hinkler was able to make five new flying records, and there is no doubt that this notable performance will be counted as one of the outstanding pioneering feats in the history of aviation.) Brisbane, Queens!.--"You are a wonderful young man, Bert," said the Mayor of Bundaberg in t>b;e course of the civic welcome accorded Bert Hinkler in his native town, as soon as the airman stepped out of the cockpit of his- tiny Avro-Avian machine on completing his Australian trip. "We are all proud of you, and we are here to pay you the homage and respect you have justly earned in accomplishing that deed." Tile "deed" in question was briefly this: Hinkler made the quickest flight from London to Australia, having flown the 13,000 miles in 15 days 2% hours as against the previous record of 28 days; he made the world's longest flight in a light airplane: the first non-stop flight from London to Rome, tre fastest journey from England to India and the longest solo flight. The flight was made in a little 30-horse-power machine, running costs being altogether £55 --£45 for gasoline (representing a consumption of 450 gallons) and £10 for oil. The whole en- Auto Finding Favor On Roads of Turkey Constantinople.--Prior to the WotM War there were no automobiles nor farm tractors in Turkey. Now, the report of the Ministry of Agriculture shows, tfhere are 3,000 tractors In use, imported from America and Germany The United States Trade Commissioner finds 6,000 passengers cars in use, 1,500 trucks and buses and 400 motorcycles. the heat haze, are as misty as part* of England. I felt as if I were flying into the door of a furnace. It almost set fire to my face. It was- a difficult section. I had wet teat in Arabia, but it was- not nearly as severe as that in the Northern Territory." Hinkler said that he left Darwin at 7 o'clock on the murning of February 26, and, after two hours, passed over Katdierine Waters. He then turned into the desert, where t'ee flying conditions were bad. The sun was in his face, and there was a strong head wind, with clouds of dust. After about live hours battling against adverse conditions he thought it was time to look for a landing place. Seeing a windmill in the distance, he decided to land, as he thought he would at least be able to get water and he might be able to see somebody who could tell him where he was, as the on-V map Oe had was an imperfect one. A Lone Aborigine He landed safely and got a drink of water, but he could see no one. A short time afterward an aborigine camo along, and though he could barely speak English he made the aviator understand that he was between Brunette Downs and Alexandra station. He tried to fly hto machine, but t 3 heat was so great and the air so Wit Welcome Home tralia AN ACE OF THE ACES . after a Alight of 15% da terprise was undertaken with the smallest possible margin of funds, Hinkler having failed to secure financial backing in London. The London-to-Rome Record Talking over trie adventure of this remarkable flight Hinkler said: "Mr? longest hop was 1200 miles from London to Rome. I dodged the mountains and followed the rivers down. I knew of two aerodromes on this part of the Mediterranean coast, but darkness found me between them, so I decided to push on to Rome. Though it was dark, the moon came out and I managed to do it by 8.45 p..m. I had been in the air for 12 tours and 40 minutes. When I left London, I wore a sweater, a coat, Jumper, and an overcoat, but as I went southeast into a warmer climate I had to shed them. The' whole route between (Enfeland and Australia is littered with my discarded clothes." Arab Tents and Camels After that, Hinkler said he seemed to remember nothing but endless stretches of desert, with occasional Arab tents and camels. Once after landing in Libya fee was trying to clear a space for taking off, when a party of Arabs rode up. Not! knowing whether they would prove friendly or hostile, he made overtures to them and finally so-cured their assistance in making the clearing. Soon he was flying over more desert until he came to the stony wastes of Pales- % he floi getting frc i Vic ria Point had i ;aid. VIEW OF THE SUB AS SHE APPEARS TO-DAY The Charlestown navy yard wa3 flooded and the craft which sank off Prov'nc wed into the harbor, where she will now undergo repair*. Hinkler "A wall of water ceased me, but I managed to beat it. I had just landed when it came down in sheets, and I could not see 100 yards. "I landed at Darwin about 5.55 p.m., after flying over the sea practically all the way from Bima on the Malay Archipelago. I found Bima inconvenient. I put up in a native's hut, but could not sleep. I was out at 4 p.m. ready to start for Darwin. I had a full load out of the mountains, and then made for the open sea. My Arst sight of Australia Bathurst Island, and it caused great joy in the cockpit." Rigors of Northern Territory Hinkler said his biggest thrill on the trip came after he had landed at Darwin, and he plunged into a thick haze round Anthony's Lagoon. "Perhaps I did not understand the conditions," he said. "I always- imagined that Australia was a place of good visibility, but some parts, owing to for the night. Next off and landed near Alexandra station, where ve was given breakfast and entertained by the station manager. He then rose, and in another 40 miles saw Rankine township, of a few houses, on the edge of a vast plain. When he was receiving his direction before leaving Darwin, Hinkler was told that he could not miss Alexandra station. "As that station is 16,000 square miles- in area I could not easily miss it," Hinkler said, "but as a landmark it was of little use to me." "I struck rainstorms up above Gladstone, Queensland," Hinkler went on. "There was- a strong head wind, and I followed the railway. Then I j came down the Dawson Valley, and ' at Baralaba I circled around to wave greetings to my aunt. For three weeks I rose between .3 and 5 in the morning," added Hinkler, "and I have seen 21 sunrises in successions, many of them over different countries. Carriage Built for Long Grass "The engine ran perfectly," he said. "I sat behind the engine throughout this long trip, and it never missed its steady, droning beat. The extreme regularity and reliability became monotonous." He explained that his machine was fitted with a patent undercarriage which gave him a very wide wheel track, making the machine very stable on the ground, despite any wind that might be blowing. Also, the carriage had no axle in the ordinary way. Therefore, in landing in long grass there was nothing to hinder the machine. By a special contrivance tee wheels were drawn back as the wings were folded, thereby avoiding throwing any extra weight on the tail. This made the machine just as handy to move ebout when the wings- were folded as when thejr were open. In two or tifctree places Hinkler landed in a strong wind, and the undercarriage worked admirably, keeping the machine stable. All over the machine were fitted little special techalemite nipples, and with his grease can be could oil the machine from the cockpit without walking round. The flight to Australia has been accomplished previously by Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith, Parer and Mcintosh, Sir Alan Cobham. and the Italian airman, de Plnedo. De Pinedo Included Australia in a flight around the world. The shortest time hither- . to occupied in the Journey from London to Australia was 28 (Jays, by the Smith brothers, and Sir Alan Cobham. The Smiths were the first to fly to this country in 1919.