DESCENT IN BOG
ATLANTIC FLYERS
BATTLE WITH STORM
FORCED LANDING NEAR ST. JOHN'S
United I'rcss Association— By Electric Telegraph— Copyright. , (Received September 15, 1.35 p.m.) MONTREAL, September 14. The United Press agency correspondent at St. John's, Newfoundland, states that the Atlantic flyers, Kichman and Merrill, were forced to, bring their aeroplane down in a marsh nearby at 2.20 p.m. (New York time) today: The flyers battled with hailstorms, sleet, and high winds for the .entire distance. Shortage of fuel and poor visibility made a landing imperative. The aeroplane's landing gear wa3 buried in the soft mud of a desolate bog. The craft apparently was not damaged, but it is, not possible ta extricate it and probably it will be necessary to dismantle it and carry it out piece by piece.
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Evening Post, Issue 66, 15 September 1936, Page 10
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130DESCENT IN BOG Evening Post, Issue 66, 15 September 1936, Page 10
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