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Show CAPTAIN ALCOCK HAS GRAPHIC RECITAL OF GREAT SEA JOURNEY BY CAPTAIN JOHN ALCOCK In London Dally Mall, 1 Special Cable to I'nivorsal Service. j I OXPON. Jun.e 1?. 'e hae tv;d a tnr:''lo .hivni'v. 'Vo o;:!r- i.-; that wo ' nr.' h ro at all o s- an c',- saw thr i Mi'i, ir.oon or star lr boars v saw nor.o of thoin. The fo.; was cr d,-e aial at timo-s wo had to despond to wuluu Ihi' foot of tho .--ca. Koi four I'.o-i; G-c ir.i.-'iinr w.is oo crod b- a s'-o'l ot Wi l 1 ', vr-ait o- lunnuu; tl-rovh a s'o-d c::n. At .rxl.T f.M-c t 1 . tos w a .o o, -;r that u- - od -! dh--t'i' ''M not w or .mm 1 for a V v.v- or.U it u i- crx ala :-m.; e l.v-;: th. 'oop, J do b.-''.-o. a:-d did a ei y stc-p It MM i;-,. , ;.; ,M1 W O OM1o ,'1 ooir:o .--tuuis. lor I had no mui-o . f 1,. 1 !70tt. i" ho w i u.hn w ovo f a o: a hie all the w a ' . mo?tly from the ncrthwe-st, and at tlr.s: 'rem the southwest. We said before leaving Xeour. that we would make the trip In sixim hours, but ve never thought v;s rrii 1 wo-uld co it. An hour and a half before we sa-s- In: we had r.o certain idea where -?-xrt , but we believed we were o::" GihsMT-a ' thereabout?. : Our delight in sighrlr.g Fasuil isiz and Turbo-it Island u'ive rr.hes wer. ci Clifden) -was great. The rootle zi j Gaiway Ebore did ret Enow ho re ! when we landed and though; we vers j scouts looking for AlcoS: i We er.-untered no ur: ?rese-er. crrii'lrz-! crrii'lrz-! and did not sutfer from e-:I'i c-r exhi-:?::-;2 j except when looking over t,. size. .-2 the sleet chewed bits out of cjr :'a:fa. ! We drank coffee and also ate r ir.; -s and chocolate in tlie middle c: tls ;;-r- r.ev. . . I -Our experience has shewn that ihe At-I At-I lanttc flight is practicable, hu: I thmk 1 should be made no: wi:h ar. sercch.-; ! or a sP3P:ar.e. but wirh a r.--r We had plenty of reserve fuel lerL i j used cn'.y two-th:rd? 01 cur The only thing th.it upset me was :o the machine damaged at the er.: ci in r.i?ht. From abc-ve. the be? where r; larded looked like ?. iove'y i:e d. be: macbine sank into ii up to the axl;s aei fc-U over oa her r.esc. |