Very different is the tragic story of the gallant Transatlantic
flight attempted by the British airman, Mr. Hawker, and his companion, Commander Grieve. They started from St. John's lest Sunday evening on what was obviously a neck-or-nothing journey. They carried with them a very small boat, which was not at all likely to live in a heavy sea, and in order to save weight they &upped their under-carriage immediately after the start. If the aeroplane had reached the land on this aide, their landing would have been heavy in any ease. But from the time when they started to the time when we go to press on Thursday, not a single word lute been heard of them. It has been noted as significant end ominous that even in the early stage of the flight they replied to none of the wireless messages sent to them. One theory is that in the intense cold off the Newfound. land coast the oil in the engines was frozen.
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