Evening star., 1928-04-23
F|TzMAUR|CE LAID
PLANS FOR RESCUE
Flyer Was Ready to Fight
Way to Civilization II Plane
Crashed in Woods.
BY MAI. JAMES c. FITzMAuRlCE

LANE i. sANNNEtG. ApAh 80
After all that happened To the
Bremen and her crew cannot helr
but feel that others, too, may have
crossed the Atlantic westward by aiI
only to crack UP in some remote wilder
ness. I realize that we were saved only
BY providential luck A few more mile,
70 the northward. another hour in the
cir and We would have been far from
any human hahitation
That such a contingency might arise
occurred to me in the course Of the
flight and i tried 10 recall all that
had read of Labrador and the Arctic
The books of DR.. Grenfell and oi
Hudson stuck, and those splendid tales
Of Cooper built around the Indians oi
the North.
What did these books tell OF land
and weather and the things men live
bye I tried TO recall. and did recall
some of IL. for the imp of adventure
had always pinched me and these
stories and these later books had beer
impressed most clearly on my mind.
Lost in ireland.
Indeed. I had even once before been
lost. 1t was in the bog Of Allen, when
with two companions. l wandered fol
three DAYS, living on the bird eggs we
started out TO get. and. finally reaching
some men cutting turf, and SO home tc
q Jolly cood licking.
decided that the first thing TO dc
II we should come down at some remote
point would be to hold conference
We would have 10 discover ways and
means to set back TO civilization. First
Of all. We would have TO take good
rest. and We could take that in the ma
chine From the stars We could gain a
general idea of our whereabouts and
guess in which direction a human habl-
tation would most easily be encountered
For that there was our compass, We
would take il along. As We would have
to travel over soft snow We would re-
cuire snow shoes of some sort. We
carried a small AK in the Bremen. With
this We would improviSe skis and we
Woulo take the AK along to cut fire.
wood
That brought up the question of fires.
We would need these for warmth and
cooking purposes. But none of us had
matches. We had not brought them
because of the risk of fire. To be sure
Baron Won Huenefeld had cigarette
lighter. but should this not work We
would certainly die racked my brain
for q solution, and found it in the start
ing magnetic.
Magnet Is Solution.
We could remove that from the air
plane. II was operated by a handle. II
nnade a good, fat spark. II We took
along some petrol as a precaution We
would be fairly certain TO make flre
under any conditions. There again the
AK would come in handy to chop away
one of the petrol tanks from inside the
machine. tried TO picture now we
would live.
We brought with us some sand
witches and hard boiled eggs and ther-
mos TASKS Of coffee and tea. The bulk
Of this TODD remained untouched and we
could take it along. But that food
would soon be consumed What would
we CO after that? My thought was
that we would travel across country
until we found a river and then make
our way down the river. We could chop
holes In the ice and fish, OF course. We
had no rods or lines or hooks, but we
could use strings and bent pins and red
paper for bait. / had seen that done
successfully in Ireland.
recalled that porcupines were to be
found Ii the north. They would be
easy to catch, and we could eat them.
Possibly there would be other animals,
but probably We. would depend more
than anything else on fishing. One
thing that Observation-Disclosures reading
did for me was 10 give me a frightful
horror of wolves. remembered stories
Of people being chased by packs Of
them. and recalled that the thing 20
do would be 70 kin one. But how Kill
one without being killed? Well. there
was the light signal pistol and had
IS cartridges.
Planned TO Make Sled.
II dswned upon me now that We
uid not possibly travel with the mag
neto and the petrol tank, and the FISH
we might catch, or the animals We
might kill, without having some means
Of transportation. There again with
the Ak We could irnprovise some sort Of
sled, and il we chose river route, We
would not have difficulty in dragging 1t.
We could DO that in turn, Just as Koehl
and had taken turns about in plotting
the Bremen. How would We sleep at
night? Fortunately we we're In heavy
flying suits These would keep US warm
as We walked by day. At night II would
be different. We would face the danger
Of attack by wild animals or freezing
10 death.
In ordinary Winter weather fires
would solve that and we would stand
guard In turn until the break Of day.
II. however. the weather became ex-
trenlely cold, we would have 70 impro-
wise shelter o! some kind. AS thought
back over what ] had read, IL seemed
70 me that some of the Eskim0s made
their igloos by building a framework OF
branches and covering them With snow
In such shelters We could survive the
seRexest cold. l realized that the dis
tznee was enormous. we might be six
months making our way back 10 ciylii-
zation. II the ice broke up, we might
make rough raft and float down
stream stopping only " drag it over
rapids.
Always Optimistic.
Of course. we might not survive, and
remembered wondering in what order
We would 90. II We died Of exhaustion
VINO would be- first and who last, and
what 4 would feel like7 ] remem-
beYs1 Capt SCOTS fate IN the Antarctic
his VINO stepped out into the SNOW
whe1 he realized he was imperiling
tke chances u the others.
But. 81 ] thought IL over, ! fell
very optimistic, OF course, ! Away
fest We would win through. SomehoW
or other. we would get out OF ans
emergency that might arise Pilots
hare N. j suppose, and 10 ] mad nG
great fearg 81 formed the plans tG
offer ny companions IN our first con
terence together should We crash on
lsne
AZ gs over il all now have every
reason " believe that possibly othel
sirshlpa crossed the Atlantic safely
from Europe and that these are hang.
IN. up On the trees " Labrador. Whal
fate o*efb0ck their gallant crews
Were they killed In crashlng7 DiC
they Die VI hunger or exhaustion, oi
are they Of some of them. hghtlnI
their way hack through a wilderness
Of forest and waste of snog7 q
not knoy, but sincerely hope tina
this may be.
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