Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-11-20 | Page 1 | Fuel Line Fails Ellsworth on 2140-Mile Polar Flight

Fuel Line Fails Ellsworth On Mile 2140 2140 Polar Flight Copyright 1935 by the North American Newspaper Alliance and the New York Times Company ON BOARD WYATT EARP DUNDEE ISLAND ANTARCTICA Nov 20 By 20 By wireless wireless Lincoln Lincoln Ellsworth sent a aradio aradio radio message from the airplane Polar Star somewhere over Antarctica Antarctica Antarctica tica at 8 o'clock this morning eastern standard time Back fuel fue l flow gauge broke Ellsworth's message was Interpreted Inter Inter- interpreted pr ted here to mean that ho he was turning back in his plane in which he and his pilot Herbert Hollick- Hollick Kenyon Kenon took off oU from Dundee island at o'clock on an attempted attempted attempted at at- tempted mile 2140 flight light across Antarctica from the Weddell sea to the Bay of Whales Ross sea scat The explorer apparently is s attempting to return to his base here before the broken fuel line forces him down downin in the locked ice wastes of Graham land A few hours earlier Ellsworth had messaged Everything looks O. O K as ns he hc reported that thal the plane had passed over Snow Island at o'clock and at flew over James Ross Island The Polar Star was then averaging a speed of about I miles an hour After passing over James Ross island the plane had left open water behind it and was wa flying along the eastern edge of Graham land when Ellsworth s sent nt his brief message about the broken fuel flow gauge broken