Show OVER CHANNEL IN A DIRIGIBLE Passengers in Airship Break BreakAll BreakAll BreakAll All Records From France to England and Startle Sun Sunday Sunday day Crowds in London UDUS no 0 Oft Oct tt It Another chapter LOM Lo was wan added to the history of atia ola llon loll t when heu the French dirigible mode made the voyage o age from to London in the time Ume of Mix aux hours hour a D journey Journe requiring seven bourn b II by the trains null nod boats Corn Com 1 I Ic 45 40 miles mile of Turin lurt nod about 1 i mile by h air route to London It was the first occasion on which a dirigible bassoon balloon has bas crossed the Eng Bog English English lish channel The overwater route occupied 46 U minutes The Clement Bayard with a orew crew of six nix left at this morning and reached London Louden without a astop astop stop atop at about in the afternoon The atmospheric conditions were per feet and the big airship traveled with vitha witha a slight alight breeze behind The behavior of the dirigible was splendid and the motor worked to per faction The passengers experienced no dis die discomfort discomfort comfort and were only oney troubled by the then mist in crossing the tha English channel Won Wins a H Voyage A most meat eventful voyage it was with nothing to 10 interrupt the smooth swing lag Ins motion of the balloon which aver aVOr averaged averaged aged 48 as to n 77 S miles mUes an hour An alti altitude tude tyde varying from to feet was maintained and all along the fl over the tit land the aeronauts were cheered by thousands of spectators The balloon made mad a safe sate and easy land Jand landing tag ing at Wormwood Scrubs The n dirigible carried M Clement of the Clemen in command Baudry and LePrince steersmen Seba tier engineer and designer design r two me clanks and Arthur Philp Philip Du Cros CrOll member of the British parliament rep representing representing representing resenting the British parliamentary aerial defense committee Only these theae seven seyen were aboard although the airship air airship ship can accommodate 39 34 passengers in addition to the crew The course c was WIlS by way of ot Amiens Abbeville and Boulogne and the balloon was waa steered readily by b aid of orthe the com corn compass compass pass The French government pro provided provided provided vided three destroyers destroyer which followed the dirigible across the he channel The reached rea cued Boulogne ai at a 1020 10 0 and Folkestone at atno no 1120 Arrive diver Oer London The balloon arrived over oyer London just justas as the streets were filled tiled with the great Sunday crowds leaving leading the churches The appearance of oC the mon monster monster ster over the housetops caused the people to wonder and hundreds of or thou thousands thousands sands gathered to watch the aeronauts The rne aeronauts now experienced some trouble with the varying air On this account they circled St SL Pauls and the Tower bridge twice dipped several sev several several eral times Umes and close to the tops of buildings They passed over Oer the houses houlles of ot par parliament ar and along to Hyde Park where were there was wan a wild scramble of or spec spectators tatora The dirigible landed after describing large descending clr dr Continued OB DB lae Twe OVER CHANNEL IN A DIRIGIBLE Continued from rn rage e One cles des by a detachment of ot soldiers M Clement declared he was exceeding exceedingly ly pleased with the behavior of ot the ship Slake Make Remarkable Trip Paris Oct 16 Henry the Dutch aviator and bolder holder of at the tho worlds world altitude record and M 31 La Le Gagneux the French aviator each with a II passenger made a remarkable trip In biplanes to today today day ds from Paris to Brussels They started with an interval of ot an hour and a half halt In an attempt to win the offered by b the Automobile club and the offered by b the municipality l of Paris for a successful ful flight with a passenger to Brussels and re return return return turn after reaching the Bel Eel Belgian Belgian gian capital left almost Immediately on the return trip and arrived safely this afternoon at St 81 Quentin Le Lo LeGagneux LeGagneux Gagneux decided to stop for the night In Brussels and will start for Paris early tomorrow morning The distance between the two points Is la about miles as aa the crow flies files and the distance between Brussels and St Quentin approximates 80 miles the daring Hollander therefore covered about miles with a Ii passenger On the trip to Brussels both aviators made a II landing at St Quentin to re replenish replenish their gasoline made a second landing a little further along to inquire the tho way The weather was waa ideal and the trip was waa without Iii covered the distance to Brussels In five hours bours and 38 minutes Le Gagneux with only one stop made it in five fhe hours |