Some time later, in company with John Sharp, an aeronaut, whom Tom had
rescued from Lake Carlopa, after the airman had nearly lost his life in
a burning balloon, the young inventor made a big airship, called the Red
Cloud. With Mr. Damon, Tom made several trips in this craft, as set
forth in the book, "Tom Swift and His Airship."
It was after this that Tom and his father built a submarine boat, and
went under the ocean for sunken treasure, and, following that trip Tom
built a speedy electric runabout, and by a remarkable run in that, with
Mr. Damon, saved a bank from ruin, bringing gold in time to stave off a
panic.
"Tom Swift and His Wireless Message" told of the young inventor's plan
to save the castaways of Earthquake Island, and how he accomplished it
by constructing a wireless plant from the remains of the wrecked airship
Whizzer. After Tom got back from Earthquake Island he went with Mr.
Barcoe Jenks, whom he met on the ill-fated bit of land, to discover the
secret of the diamond makers. They found the mysterious men, but the
trip was not entirely successful, for the mountain containing the cave
where the diamonds were made was destroyed by a lightning shock, just as
Mr.
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