The Indianapolis times., 1929-11-06
SIX killed AS
Plane BURNS
after CRASH
German Prince and English
Naval Officer Only
Survivors.
SHIP DIVES IN FOREST
Heavy Fog Thought Cause;
Royal Co-PiIot May
SuCCumb.
SHIP DIVES IN FOREST
BY ARCH RODGERS
United Press STAFF Correspondent

GODSTONE. SURREY. England,
Nov Ga tri-motored Lufthansa
passenger plane, with eight persons
aboard, including the Prince Eugene
Won Schaumburg-Lippe, crashed
into woods at Marden park near
here today.
Six bodies were recovered from
The wreckage, which caught fire
when it crashed. One passenger and
one member Of the crew escaped
alive, but with injuries.
The plane was demolished.
The two who escaped were Prince
Eugene. who was second pilot of
the plane, and Lieutenant Com
mander B. G.. Glen -Kidston, retired
British naval officer, a passenger.
The prince was injured seriously.
Glen-Kidston was cut and bruised,
but was able to depart for London.
The plane, en- route from Croy-
don airdome to Amsterdam and
Berlin, ran into bad weather shortly
after starting its trip. Visibility was
poor and the pilot apparently at
tempted to return to Croydon.
Loses Bearings
Flying over a heavily wooded
region, the pilot lost his bearings
in the thick fog and the plane
crashed into a clump of trees on a
high hill. The sound of the crash
was heard a mile away.
The plane burst into flames as it
struck the trees. Police had con-
siderable difficulty in locating the
wreckage due to the fog.
A young woman who was nearby
at the time of the crash saved the
life of the German prince. She was
Mrs. H. r. Meredith, who ran to
the scene of the wreck and pulled
Prince Eugene from the edge of the
burning craft.
The dead:
D. L. Jones, H. S. Casper, G.. Milne.
all English passengers; First Pilot
Rodchinke, Wireless Operator Niklas,
and Mechanic Ullrich.
Besides the narrow escape Of the
scion of the ancient German house
of Schaumburg-Lippe, the accident
furnished another chapter in the
charmed life of Glen-KidSton. The
former naval officers good fortune
has carried him through many ad-
ventures in the air. under the sea
and in motor racing.
Served on Subs
He served on submarines before
his retirement and took up aviation
this year. With a sportsman friend
he purchased the giant passenger
airplane from which Alfred Loew-
enStein, Belgian financier. fell to mis-
death in the English channel last
year.
Glen-Kidston hired LoeWenstein'5
former pilot to take him and his
companion on q big game hunting
expedition in Kenya Colony, Africa.
The plane crashed near Nairobi and
they narrowly escaped death.
Prince Eugene, who is distant
relative of the wife of the former
German Kaiser, Princess Herm:ne,
recently had taken up commercial
aviation.
DR.. D. l.. Greig, who attended the
prince, told the United Press that
he was injured very badly" and
was still unconscious in Greig' 5
surgery.
Courage Is Praised
The courage Of Prince Eugene was
praised by workmen who reached
the scene Of the crash shortly after
Mrs. Meredith. They said he at
tempted to direct them in rescuing
the passengers. although he was
suffering terrible pain.
Mrs. Meredith found the prince
living near the wreck, which was
still blazing. She pulled him away
and he was hurried to DR.. Grleg S
nursing home.
His face was burned almost be-
yond recognition.
FILMS LOST IN CRASH