Evening star., 1928-04-14
CREW SAFE on ISLAND.
Carry Shamrock and Doll on Hop
Across Atlantic.


NEW YORK, April II OP1.-Having
made the frst nonstop airpiane night
across the North Atlantic from ElasS 70
West, the crew OF tne German JullAele -
T,aononiaue Bremen was safe tooay Oh
lonely icebo.1nd Greenly Island, Quebec,
A. the straits Of BeIleisle, of Labrador.
Any iirx there maye have been II the
r,sest Of fame at the risk OF death on
Frsdnv the 18th was offset by Jour
1eafed clover, a shamrock, carried IN
After 0ahting storm, headwinds and
foy ir its flight from Dublin the plane
came down some or miles snort o. lis
destination. Mitchell Field, and far OIL
its course. at noon yesterday. IL nae
covered some 2.f25 miles IN "a nolfs
and % minutes. airline, and presumably
much more when dcyiatlonS from
course are considered.
Plane Damaged in Landing.
Tae urooeIler was broken and the
landing gear damaged. II was assumed
fF4af this occurred when the plane land
I'd It was regarded as imposSinle iof
tire plane 20 have landed on
the island Itself. which Is a hitie
more than a square mile N area, ahc
a was ASSUMED that the landing was
made on the ice. g..
yzaroy9 Ehrenfrsed Gunther von Huene-
fpia fight sponsor. and participant o.
fsse landing. preparations we're mace
~ taysng fsIrl ard mis- companions. Capt
Herman Koeti. German war nyer aiIo
Sse,49y andant James Fitzmaur1ce of the
Tv4eFa FYee state Air Force, co-piloSS, ~
Eew YORK. ,,.o,
Tlqe Canadian government pairoI
steamer Montcalm. now 10 the ~
Lawrence River, ~lreleaseo tfi@t si's
vas proceeding ~ once some ZOo dn''s,
u ehe sssand 70 take the myers on -
the ship gets through, she sill taEe I'lf
men 70 Kortl4 Sydney, Nova l9ef1eaz; g..
The shamrock was carried V I.Ln I<
maurice last September when ne lfies
g. ~ tse Atlantic Hith Capt. II. II
Neyntosh and brought him saiely par
10 the sands O! EalIyoupton beaCi
vaen the plane was unable 70 llgnt W
uav tnYolgi9 storms oil tf}s TasD cgasS
Wnen tEae Bremen arrived al Bacon
neg from Berlin on March ~ Fl2'
ynaasrsee gave fhe baron his cherished
elsautoek 20 carry 10 America Wnfl
n yas decided that FitNnauficf hnoNle
Fnare the controls "lth KDeib, w
baron. il3 return. gave tbe bl@i9pas
MS most prllsG lscEpieCr. u hii'tt ""'
which ls aiyyQt 81 blcA DIag.
News slow ln Reaching World,
News 9f ti4e GyeFs SAFETY vas sipT
ga reaching lI9e aofs0 because % t'i'
ssa4ated sfl0, wLege ty1ey ianot0. }
sraNe3ed across ti9s ice 10 Hiafs y.
.ssF9ger cog SEC ~ GG0fier ~ D9iei
Esas,at Ikigoes O. Blanc b8D.pfkt, ~
80 mainland oppa5ite Prom there }
s.ent t2y land sire IL niis@ W ron
AunaTf. gsabrse9g, wi2ffe ne i@Dp Sla
tssn g4gst Il to sn an<igtiS N"f4o' .
The FRS message pi@kee bp 81 ~
so5sgss NeN fgaI4Ilanc, Tsaa,
ssEosnf Amour, German pssns 2
.z,t.reiy Island. Wine G0itheaht, 'iliacf
tgigne6y W r. Barrett"
Barrett Is the radio oisetap'f =, P',b %
sTna3r on the iSouibfTn 10 ~ iaWh
a. where the he@tolpclaEd k9YHt y
-neni maintains small station ipi u
nYoteetlou ot fisheries.
Iater Radio station ibA ~ Aail
chester n o.. Dlcked up iiils ifif ssaZ
ego,o the Canadian g9yefbplehI b1at~
- I<gtlsl,tlyg. haya Scotia
German plane landed 81 eferhi
Islsuo. Known Slightly damaged. Gre
well -. -. a..
Then Baron yon H3epefei6 sent ti
Y,,esssge ~ General Manager u fsehb
.ngei ~ ihe North German L49ye Llt
tn New YoTk ,A.u., -
ansde ssfe interpneolsle lsnding, .
gyeenIg Islsud Straits seiie ls1
tcollin4sa 90 EsGs ., G9lAaaH ~