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Show three seaplanes last night, the N'C.4 lead- j ing by about four miles. In the distance , the lights on the planes gleamed like stars, and ail of them, flying low, disappeared disap-peared in a few minutes. They were plainly visible in the bright moonlight, and tho roar of their motors could be heard for a long distance. No Surprise at Trepassey. TREPASSEY, N. F., May 17. Arrival of the NC-4 at the Azores aroused great enthusiasm at the naijal air station here today, but caused no surprise, as everyone every-one attached to the base has felt supreme su-preme confidence that at least one of the great aircraft would be able to make the long "hop" successfully. Some anxiety is felt for the NC-1 and ! the NC-3, but it is believed their crews are in no serious danger, unless they have strayed far from the destroyer patrol pa-trol posted all the way across the Atlantic. At-lantic. The mother ship Aroostook sailed late today to catch the planes at Plymouth, England, ! The crew of the destroyer Ward, which arrived here today, reported sighting the |