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1907 June 4. Tuesday at Baddeck. 67 Times Dispatch 4 Apr 1907 Richmond Va. DUMONT'S AIRSHIP SOLD FOR $80 NEW YORK, April 3.——The airship which was brought to this country by Santos Dumont for exhibition at the St. Louis Exposition, and which was seized by the customs officials for non-payment of duty, was sold to-day for $80. It was one of the several articles disposed of the general appraiser's store in the annual sale of unclaimed goods. Tribune New York 4 Apr-1907 BROOKLYN MAN BUYS AIRSHIP. What If the Bridge Is Jammed?——It's the One Dumont Didn't Race With. The airship with which the Santos-Dumont did not sail against any American expert was sold at auction yesterday at the sale of unclaimed goods in the seizure rooms of the Custom House. It was bought by a Brooklyn man, whether to avoid the bridge crush or not was not stated. After the bidding for the airship has run up to $80, the auctioneer announced that B.J. Green, of Brooklyn, had drawn the prize. Santos-Dumont brought the airship, which is of the familiar dirigible balloon type, to race, he said, against American inventors at the St. Louis Exposition. Roy Knabenshue, Captain Thomas Baldwin and Leo Stevens and a few others fell over themselves accepting the Brazilian's challenges. A few days later big holes were found cut in the gas bag, and Santos-Dumont, who said that he was positive that he did not know who cut them, sailed away. Consul, the chimpanzee that acquire worldwide fame some years ago though attending a dinner, was also sold. The auctioneer described him as the most highly accomplished and educated animal in the world and famous for his table manners. The only trouble with Consul at the sale yesterday was that he was dead and stuffed, and even the auctioneer's plea that "he was just as beautiful as ever" failed to arouse the bidders to any great extent, and Consul went to a member of the Swan's Club for $83. Herald New York 4 Apr - 1907. Mr. Santos-Dumont's airship, imported for exhibition at the St. Louis Exposition, was one of the articles offered for sale by the auctioneer at the customs sale in the Appraiser's Stores yesterday and brought $80. B. J. Green, of No. 40 Richard street, Brooklyn, was the purchaser, and said he would navigate the air with the ship. Herald New York 4 Apr - 1907. I'LL FLY TO POLE, SAYS WELLMAN Tells Aero Club He Is Sure His New Airship Will Solve Arctic Mystery. REPLIES TO THE DOUBTERS Insists He Has Plan to Overcome Weight of Snow on Balloon——Artificial Serpent for Ballast. Walter Wellman described to members of the Aero Club last night how he expects to reach the Pole next summer from his base in Spitzbergen in the gigantic dirigible balloon built for him in Paris last year. He arrived from Europe on the steamship Kaiser Willhelm II. yesterday morning, and after attending the marriage of his daughter, in Washington, he will sail next week to complete his preparations for the aerial voyage. He expects to reach Spitzbergen, where three men were left last summer in charge of the skeleton framework of a balloon shed, early in June and at a favorable opportunity in July or August he plans to launch his airship and set sail for the Pole. But he said last night that he and Major Hersey had no intention of following the example of Andre and "deliberately commit suicide." Andre knew that the chances were vastly against his success, Mr Wellman said, but because his sincerity has bee questioned he feared more to return [[cutoff]] Eagle - Brroklyn 4 Apr - 1907. AN AERO CATAMARAN [[image]] An Aero-Catamaran Made by a French Aeronaut Who Will Attempt to fly from MaMnchester to London. The Bellamy Model on the Lake at Weybridge. Herald[?] New York 5 Apr - 1907. demonstra- Will- just thoroughly over- extra seats, -amps, 500 BLOMERTH, and 77th st overhauled and painted: has her tube, searchlight and rear t larger car. L.C. 186 Her- WANTED- -ault. 1907 or 1906 model. particulars to B. Warren 06. 71 Broadway te automobile few hours day airing: have my own experi- asonable rental. RESPONSI- [[?]] of Prey with Old Machine Damages It, but [[?]]. s upset by a strong gust of ame violently to the ground. Dumont was not injured, but was seriously damaged. The ade at Saint Cyr. Heral New York 5 Apr-1907. In the Realm of Aeronautics. Among the airship competitors this year will be Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone. Now that Edison has decided to drop regular work, he may join in the fascinating experiments in traveling by the aerial line.——St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The most attractive field for the exercise of high inventive talent is offered by aeronautics. Busy brains in every part of the world are engaged upon preparations for the great international carnival at St. Louis next October, and it would not be surprising if our esteemed contemporary's suggestion were adopted by Mr. Edison.
