ATLANTIC FLOWN
EAST-WEST VIA ICELAND
GERMAN AIRMEN LAND
United Press Association—By Electric Telto
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(Received 25th August, 2 p.m.)
HALIFAX, 24th August.
The German airman, yon Gronau, was forced down by heavy rains at Queensport Harbour, Nova Scotia, at 3.45 p.m.! after crossing the Atlantic from Europei via Iceland and Greenland.
Fog compelled the descent of the captain and his three companions. Also their charts were not detailed sufficiently for them to make Halifax. They pro« eeed here probably on Monday morningl eh route for the United States. With the exception of the fog they expert? eneod no difficulty.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 48, 25 August 1930, Page 10
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