Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-05-26 | Page 3 | St. Johns First Skeptical; Then it Turns to Rejoicing

course. All reports Indicate the sea was rough that morning, and 11 is doubtful if the tiny lifeboat carried in the Sopwith fuselage could have lived live mlnuf-s, while the plane Itself, with posBlhlv a half load of fuel still remaining, remain-ing, probable would have sunk almost as soon as It hit the water. Whether this supposition Is correct, or whether, as appears ap-pears more probable, the Sopwilh had exhausted the last gallon of gasoline and came gliding down to the side of the first ship sighted, is only a matter of guesswork, guess-work, but if the latter Is the true explanation ex-planation of what happened, then either the Mary rescued them farther alung their own course than would appear from a studv ot the charts, or. because, getting lost or encountering powerful head winds, the biplane had either not made anything like the expected miles per hour or had traveled far off the routs". .ST. JOHNS FIRST SKEPTICAL; THEN IT TURNS TO REJOICING (Chicago Tribune Special Service.) T 10HVS N. V.. May 25. It was a , , ached rhose already long mourning ty iM'lim when a message arrived ', i6." Mm- r" -i-nal station at the Butt ' ewls in the ehrldes, reported both i 1'B,cr Wef record e in-d th e rH,.rj(,ri wlre-er wlre-er an. ' V1 ,,. u!)Ua, r0,e froin less, ami a stuov ci Denmark .smitheru t n ted s 1 jlUc snowed th.i Gho p. ine q( Rmt sl,tp within PosMI 'h credence of ' u id within an hour was giyen the i c P" Jv (,f ., thc after the ne t l "jv' tllP f!ll.t that It circutnstiu.ces. notably t of originated w 1,1 ,',;.,' st ition were given. !10t" TLu"' a, d U rned the grief of the pastgfew days to rejoicing at the two men's s"f?,VV' ni..cturc but it Is believed u S only c ijc-tt rc , .pJ t.0,irKe th:,t cin, tl, i..k i he Ncu-found-from Norfolk w "Id ' ' , midway. r'Bcharrr ,?,c,.r&..fh,:r