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Show Aviator in His Aeroplane 1 . Was Lost in the Clouds London, Aug. 12 J. Arnvstrong Drexel, wealthy American aviator, who has made some reniarkahla flights, came near to success at Lan ark yesterday, when he attempted It beat Brookllns' record for altitude ift an aeroplane flight. Drexel had soar-! soar-! cd to a height of four thousand feet when his machine was lost to view :.mong the clouds and was not seeu again for two hours. A great crowd witnessed his ascent, and waited anxiously for his reappearance. reap-pearance. It-had about given hita up for lost when a telegram brought tim intelligence that he had lost his way and had landed fifteen miles from inn c-tarting place. His supply oi gasoline had become, exhausted and he had been torced to cVscend. His barometer showed an altitude of six thousand reel. i |