THE ISOLATED AVIATORS

Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17384, 21 April 1928, Page 7

THE ISOLATED AVIATORS

BARON'S NARROW ESCAPE FALL INTO LAKE. SAVED BY FITZMAURICE. (By Tnlrcraph.-—rrnss Assn. —Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) MONTREAL, April 19. A despatch from Murray Bay, Quebec, reveals the fact that Major Fitzmaurice saved Baron von Iluclmefold from drowning after the Bremen landed at" Greenly Island. The machine descended with great force upon the thin cover of ice on a small lake used as a reservoir and broke through. Thaws had prevailed for several days previously and hail produced pools of water several feet deep under the ice. The Baron was walking away from the machine in an exhausted condition when he fell headlong into the water. .Major Fitzmaurice, in spite of the fact that he was partially stunned by the force or the landing, leaped in to the rescue. The intense cold of the water was already freezing the Baron's clothes, and lie was helpless. The Bremen's pilot, llerr Koehl, helped .Major Fitzmaurice to drag the Baron to the lighthouse. A message from Montreal says Miss Junkers thinks more than one plane will be necessary to take all the material to Greenly needed for the Bremen. One machine is to be sent by the Ford Company. This will be flown by Lieutenants' Bennett and Balchen, who were pilots with Commander Byrd on his Polar expedition. Mr Edsel Ford has invited the Bremen's crew to be his guests at Dearborn: The plane to be sent is of the allmetal three-motor type. Mr Ford has also offered to place a fleet of motor cars at the fliers' disposal.