New Britain herald., 1927-05-12
SEARCH IS MADE | FOR LOST PLIERS
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that the airplane heard was follow ing the approximate course mapped out by Captain Coli for the trans atlantic machine.
 Harbor Grace is near the isthmus connecting the Avalon and Purin peninsulas at the southeastern end of Newfoundland. Conception and Trinity bays are to the north of this isthmus and Placentia bay to the south. Apparently the airplane which was heard passed over the isthmus northwest of Harbor Grace, proceeding southwesterly and suc- ceeded in making Placentia bay. {
 St. Pierre. the only dependency left to France on the North Ameri- can continent, lies at the mouth of Placentia bay. Emile Gaboury. French consul Herea. has wired the governor of St. Pierre suggesting that the bay be searched for the Nungesser plane.
 Possible Locations
 St. Johns N. F.. May 12 R1If the airplane which three reputable residents of Harbor Grace report having heard whirring through the fog last Monday morning was that of Captains Nungesser and Coli there is . wide variety of possibilities as to what happened to it afterward.
 The two men, Peter O'Brien. . farmer, and Captain John Stapleton, who gave the first report yesterday, said they distinctly heard the noise of an airplane engine but could not see the plane because of the fog. Mrs. Hinto. wife of the superintendent of the Imperial Cable at Harbor Grace. reported today that she also heard it.
 Second Largest Town Harbor Grace. 25 miles in an air line northwest of St. Johns, is the second largest town in Newfound- land. with 8 population of 5000. The main part of the town is on a hill overlooking Conception bay. in which is located Bell island with its famous iron mines. O'Brien's farm is behind the hill.
 The whole eastern coast of the colony is cut up into great penin- sulas. On the southernmost of these Is the city of St. Johns, capital of Newfoundland. Across Conception bay Is another on which Harbor Grace is situated. On the other side of this second peninsula is Trinity bay. which cuts so deeply into the island that it almost meets the waters of Placentia bay on the southern coast of Newfoundland. which is roughly triangular in shape.
 Is Fishing Country
 Newfoundland is primarily fish, ing country and except for few numbering, paper mill and mine set dement's in the interior the popu- lation is almost exclusively cen tered on the peninsulas and the shores of the innumerable bays and coves. A railroad skirts the shore of Conception bay.
 An airplane flying due west over Harbor Grace would cross the pc. ninsula to Trinity bay which at that point is Is miles wide. Keeping the same course it would cross a mar. row neck to the head of Placentia bay, known as Arnold's Cove, ter miles above the water and it would strike into the interior of southern Newfoundland. a desolate and rugged region of forests and rocks but south of the mountainous district On a due west course these condi. tions would continue for more than 200 miles until the plane passed north of Port-Aux-Basques and reached the Gulf of St. Lawrence. A slight turn to the southward would give a passage over the Atlantic to Cabot strait, between Newfound. land and Cape Breton and thus into the same gulf.
 Agrees With Plans
 This would harmonize with plans