New Britain herald., 1929-02-28

Colonel Lindbergh'S thoughts were on his predicament. and how bes to emerge from it. Finally ht reached over to Miss Morrow. seat ed at his side. and told her. abov. the roar of the motor. they probabl would turn over when they landed.
 Explosion Precautions He showed her how to take the cushions from the planes seats and place them around her body. with others about her head so that the shock of the crash would be lessen. ed. Then. to guard against explo- sion of the gasoline when the plane turned over he unanswered back and forth over the field until all but the dregs in the tank were ex- hauSted.
 He waved to army mechanics and officers below. pointing to his dam- aged landing gear. and then shot out of space onto the laad, lighting gracefully on one wheel and the tan skid. It seemed for a moment the plane would come 10 rest without mishap. but the loose end of the axle struck the ground and it ca reened forward. and turned over, first on it's nose and then on it's back.
 Field attendants helped the avi- ator and Miss Morrow, the latter ob- viously badly frightened, through the windows to the ground. Lind- bergh's first word. turning to her were. Are you all right?"
 She noticed he grasped his right shoulder. as if in pain. but when he protested he was not hurt she al- lowed him to escort her off the field to an embassy car, which took them to Mexico City. There at the Nor TOW home he remarked after a while the pain in his shoulder was grow ing more intense. and Mrs. Morrow insisted on calling a physician.
 Shoulder Thrown Out
 Dr. Sydney Unfelder discovered the shoulder was dislocated. An ef- fort was made to administer an anaesthetic at the Morrow home but when this failed the aviator was taken to the Lady Cowdray hospital for the operation.
 his right arm and shoulder bandage1 heavily and shrouded in a gray overcoat, and insisted on driving an automobile with Miss Morrow and her sister Elizabeth to Valbueno field to inspect his plane and the damage done to it. He used his left haIi in driving.
 The sight of the plane, propeller twisted, one wing smashed, and landing gear gone, brought a frown to his face. Then he smiled. gave some instructions looking to its re- pair. and brushing aside would be questioners. went back to the em- bassy.
 The evening he spent in the bosom of the Morrow family with Anne, and friends of the ambassador Colonel Lindbergh expressed de- sire to see Hal Mangum. owner of a ranch in Chihuahua where he once hunted. Mangum with his wife was registered at the Regis Hotel here and visited the aviator when he learned he was wanted.
 What was learned of the accident did not come from Colonel Lind bergh or his fiancee. To reporters friends and army officers alike after the crash he made only his sphinx like remark, T have nothing to say" when they asked him where he had been and where he had lost the wheel to his plane.
 ',Iust a MisI,ap''
 He did broaden his remarks a little as he left the field to so to the embassy. This is not an accl- dent. It's just a mishap." he said.
 He is understood to have told friends also that Anne bore up bravely throughout their ordeal and did not hamper him in any way in his maneuvering to bring the plane down.
 Throughout he would not indt- cate where the two went for their picric.
 The plane which crashed was the four passenger Travelair monoplane City of Wichita" borrowed last week by the aviator for his flight here to be with his fiancee. At the field it was believed repairs could