SAVED IN TIME

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 15 October 1927, Page 5

SAVED IN TIME

MISS ELDER’S ESCAPE.

’PLANE TOOK FIE.E.

WHILE BEING SALVED

BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPY’RIGHT. LONDON, Oct. 13.

The captain of the steamer Barendroecht wirelessed that the machine took fire while being salved. Muss Elder and Captain Haldemann are being landed at the Azores on October 15. \ later message states that the nature of Miss Elder’s unexpected rescue was enhanced by the' fact that the plane took fire almost at the instant its occupants boarded the ship, and burned furiously to the water’s edge. It- was on almost exactly the correct course nt tlio time of tlio misli&pj <inci experts are of opinion that, .having covered more than half the journej and reached the good weather area, it was most likely they would have reached Paris, because the monoplane wa.s almost an exact counterpart oi Lindbergh’s. Lebourget was a scene or constant excitement, the American girl’s flight l>eing on everyone’s lips. At midday 50,000 people were waiting, but as the afternoon wore on with the monotonous repetition from the coastal outlooks ‘‘no sign,” the crowd dwidled. Aviators of all nationalities, including Germans, journalists, photographers. and members of the welcome committee discussed the chances, and none held out hox>e. The Lebourget wireless men listened to ships along the route questioning each other, while London and Dublin could also he heard calling ships. The Government had instructed all naval stations to send out .seaplanes to search. Two trunks, filled with pretty clothes are awaiting Miss Elder, and a special boudoir has been fitted up as a surprise for her