Pensacola, Fla., March 25—Naval authorities today expressed the belief that the only hope for the safety of Chief Quartermaster G.K. Wilkenson—missing from the naval air station here since he took the air in a free balloon Tuesday night, is that some vessel in the Gulf of Mexico may have rescued him.
The search for the missing balloon which began yesterday after the arrival of a carrier pigeon with the message stating that the balloon was off St. Andrews Bay, Florida, drifting to see, and only about 100 feet above water, was continued today by a dozen seaplanes, a dirigible, four eagle boats, and a sub-chaser. Other craft along the coast also were putting to sea in the hope that some trace of the bag or its occupants might be discovered.
Commander Robert W. Cabaniss, one of the oldest flyers in the naval service, took personal charge of the search today and ordered the coast and inland territory thoroughly combed.
From the front page of The Charlotte News, Saturday, March 26, 1921
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