Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-13
ICE HOLDS BOWLER
AT PORT BURWELL
Chicago Plane, Damaged in
lam, Waits for Fair
Weather.
BY ROBERT WOOD.

Special to The Star and the Chicago Tribune.
PORT BURWELL. July 13.-The
'Untin' Bowler, the Chicago Tribune.s
Berlin-bound amphiblan airplane. VIII
likely be held here until tomorrow
morning to repair damages to the ship
caused Thursday night by the ice. A
southwest wind came up yesterday
morning and cleared most of the coast
ice. so the Bowler will be safe from
further damage.
The Bowler was in perilous circun1-
stances Thursday night and an ice
chunk half as big as house. drtted
in on the plane and pushed the ship
into its narrow haven. The tide went
out, the ice hung on the rocks, and
the ships tail surfaces hooked over.
The ice anchor supporting the tan as
Semblage was damaged ana corner
of the rudder crushed.
Eskimos piled rocks in IN" chalr OF
the shin 10 relieve the tension on the
tail. The wheels were let down and inc
tail supported by ropes was lashed az
either end to ice chunks. We choppso
sUav at the ice to free the plane, pc
1isI-ino that II would surely be buckled
and urn beyond repair when the tloe
came in, Fortunately, the rising TIDE
LEI the Bowler float first. The ice hoat-
ed ont about an hour later, ana tne
shin had risen enough to clear tne
chunk Yesterday. The strut was Stralgnt
enpd and reinforced and the ruooer
repaired .,.i,,u feeb,e
effort to clear During July the otoAen
ice fills the inlet but curing Lne ~ 4he
months from July until November lhe
water is clear.
Large Plane is Impractical.
A REGULAR commercial air route across
Tho tin of Labrador would necessuate
an alternative course south OF ungaYa
Raw Nevertheless severe condltlons
would be found during the Summer ana
Fall. There the country Is less rugged
and the planes could avoid the change.-
able weather about Cape ChloieE'
large p,\le is, however. unSulIeo iur
living IN this country. Save for a Few
niateaus south Of Ungava Bay we found
no landing spaces along the whole route
from Sault ste. Marie. Landings on
the plateaus could likely be made WITH
ont casualty. but a crackup of the plane
would be almost certain. On the other
hand. there is an abundance OF water
excepting for a stretch OF $50 miles Dc
tween Remi Lake and Hanna Bay:
The Bowler never was out OF gliding
distance of good-siZed body OF water
for a landing on the trip up from Fort
George to Great Whale and from there
to Ungava Bay Fifteen or twenty lakes
could be seen from the Bowler at almost
anv point on the route. Because this
region Is UNEMPLOYED the lakes do not
show on the maps.
Eskimo Gets Panama Hat.
We nitched our Summer clothing into
the water today to relieve the contu-
SION of equipment in the cabin. Only
a panama hat was saved ana BOD GAS
gave that to an Eskimo who had found
him after he had disappeared about two
hours in the hills and got lest on his
wav from the ship to the camp. Today
the native is the admiration of his peo-
pie. He passed the camp with the hood
of his parka pulled from his head and
the big straw hat crushed down over
the ears. =,
some of the bad weather that has
followed the Bowler for the last week
seems TO have passed out over DAVIS
Strait in the direction of Greenland.
A report from Julianhaab. Greenland.
THURSDAY stated that fog hung about
the southwestern coast. Cape Chldley
is an inhospitable place for airplanes
at this time of year. There, of course,
is no spot within hundreds OF miles lot
a land plane to alight. Landing ana
handling a Seaplane in the water is
great problem. Is the experience Of our
pilots has shown. The main harbor at
Port Burwell is damned with ice and
the fjords may be utilized only for
brief period. Twice yesterday at low
tide warm rains on the Arctic ice
precipitated fog. Robert H. Cast. CO.
pilot with Parker D. Cramer. Thursday
thought of taking of and flying back
100 miles to Chino, a fur-bearing
settlement 40 miles inland from Upgava
Bay. where the ship would be safe from
the ice.
There was no certainty about the fuel
supply there. however. and the south
west wind kept the ice driven into the
ford, narrowing the take-of space.
Flying here in the Winter is less CT
problem, although billiards. and drift
ing snow frequently obscure the ground.
Copyright, 1929