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The Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck, Mandan, Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota
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England's Princess Lowenstein-Wortheim and aviators Hamilton and Minchin missing on transatlantic flight to Ottawa in St. Raphael monoplane. Overdue since Wednesday takeoff; fuel exhausted without contact by Sept. 2. Search to begin over Newfoundland and Canadian wilderness. (187 chars)
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Signal Station Near St. Johns Closed, Believing Further Watch Useless
Ottawa, Ont., Sept. 2.--()--Anxious eyes today gazed toward the Atlantic and the Newfoundland wilderness to learn the fate of England's flying princess and her two daring escorts of the air.
Long overdue in at Ottawa, the monoplane St. Raphael, carrying Princess Lowenstein-Wortheim, Captain Leslie Hamilton and Colonel Frederick F. Minchin, held the attention of two continents as a waning hope for its safe arrival gave way to preparations for a hunt over land and sea.
The most generous estimates of the plane's fuel supply gave it a flying period of 44 hours, barring accident, but at 10:32 o'clock, eastern daylight time, last night--the expiration of the estimated fuel limit--no word had been received from the craft. The plane hopped off at 7:32 o'clock, London time (or 2:32 o'clock, eastern daylight time Wednesday morning). Captain Hamilton had estimated he would make the trip in 37 hours.
Lighthouses Keep Vigil
Lighthouses dotting the northeastern Atlantic coast kept a vain vigil through the night, while radio stations listened intently for the cheering messages that did not come.
Flares penetrated the darkness about flying fields to guide the plane to a landing in case it reaches Newfoundland behind schedule.
Constant vigil through the day in Newfoundland was ended at midnight, local time. The signal station above St. Johns was closed, in the belief that further watch was hopeless.
Throngs at Lindbergh field, the destination of the St. Raphael, waited patiently through the day. Mrs. Hamilton, the young wife of the co-pilot of the St. Raphael, was confident and cheerful despite the absence of news of the plane's location since it was reported passing out to sea off the Irish coast at noon Wednesday.
Anxiety Increases
Anxiety for the safety of the plane increased with the passing hours.
The provincial government prepared to send airplanes in search of the St. Raphael, on the first report indicating it may have descended anywhere between the Labrador and Quebec-Ontario boundaries. Captain Robinson, who piloted the plane sent in search of Nungesser and Coli, was one of those ready to start on the hunt.
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Newfoundland
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Sept. 2
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no word received after fuel limit expired; search preparations underway over land and sea between labrador and quebec-ontario boundaries
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The monoplane St. Raphael, overdue in Ottawa after departing London at 7:32 o'clock London time (2:32 o'clock eastern daylight time Wednesday morning), carried Princess Lowenstein-Wortheim, Captain Leslie Hamilton, and Colonel Frederick F. Minchin. Estimated 37-hour flight with 44-hour fuel supply; limit passed at 10:32 o'clock eastern daylight time last night without contact. Lighthouses and radio stations maintained vigil; signal station near St. Johns closed at midnight local time. Throngs waited at Lindbergh field; provincial government to send airplanes for search.