Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-02
.L|NDBERGHS ESCAPE.
AS PLANE CAPS|zES
in YANGTZE RIVER
Accident Occurs as Colonel
Makes Turn Preliminary
to Flight.
BRITISH SAILORS SPEED
TO RESCUE OF FLYERS
Damaged Craft Is Lifted Aboard
Hermes and Will Be taken
to Shanghai.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HANKOW, October 2.-Thrown into
the turbid flood waters of the Yangtze
River, when their plane capsized here
today, Col. and Mrs. aCharles A. Lind
bergh escaped a fate that had over
taken scores of thousands Of Chinese in
recent weeks.
The plane, bearing the Lindberghs
and Dr. P. z. King, Chinese relief work.
er. upset when one wing struck the
water as the colonel was turning it
about preparatory to taking of from
the river on food survey flight.
Tossed into the swift stream while
wearing their cumbersome flying toys
the flying couple were rescued along
with the doctor by lifeboat crew from
the British aircraft carrier Hermes.
About to Leave for Lake Region.
The plane had just been lowered from
the flying deck of the HermeS, where
Lindbergn had been keeping 1t during
his soJcurn here, with the flying couple
and the physician in the CockpIts.
They were about to leave for the
Tungting Lake region, rs miles south
west of mere.
As the colonel turned the craft about,
the wing dipped into the stream and its
human cargo was catapulted into the
flood.
The Hermes lowered a life boat in
speedy time and scon had the trio safe.
The accident halted the survey flights
which the Flood Relief Commission
had hailed al Of the utmost value. Il
was not believed, however, that the
mishap would seriously interfere with
the Lindberghs' plans for continuing
their flying in the Far East and return
ing to America by air.
Planned Trip 10 Shanghai.
II was learned that Gel. and Mrs.
Lindbargh had planned to go to Shang-
hal in few days, anyway, to get the
plane in shape for the next phase of
their flight, and that an expert already
was in the latter city to Go the work.
The colonel remained as non-com-
plans, but there were increasing indica-
tions that he would go to Europe by
way Of Southern Asia
few hours after the accident mes
sages began to reach the Llndberghs.
The first were from flood relief head
quarters at Shanghai and from T. V.
Soong, Chinese foreign minister and
head of the rehabilitation work.
Soong expressed deep regret that the
accident should have menaced their
lives while they were serving ChinaS
hood sufferers.
Prior to the upset the Lindberghs
notified Edwin S. Cunningham Ameri-
can consul general at Shanghai, that
they were going to that city to have
their plane overhauled and to get
rest. Their message indicated they
would stay at a Shanghai hotel and
that they hoped to be free of official
Second Case Of Trouble.
It was the second case Of serious
trouble for the Lindberghs since leaving
New York July 90 on their flight to the
Far East
August Is they were forced by motor
trouble to descend at Avatcha Bay, on
the southern end Of the Kamchatka
Peninsula. shortly after taking off from
Petropavlovsk for a 987-mile flight to
Memuro, Japan.
Upon repairing the trouble they
started again, but encountered thick
leg bank midway of the Kurile Island
chain, about half way between Petro-
pavlovsk and Nemuro and managed to
land at Ketoi Island, the black hole"
of the Kuriles, up-n finding gap in the
! fog.
The Lindberghs moored their plane
in the dangerous waters near the island
and spent an anxious night. The next
day the japanese steamship Shimushiru
Maru arrived at the scene in response
to orders from the japanese govern
Ment.
Worst Night in Experience.
Lindbergh described that night afioat
as one of the worst in his experience
The Japanese ship next day towed the
plane to safer anchorage on the is
land and stood by during the second
night. Motor trouble developed for
Lindbergh again, and on the third day
the plane was towed by the ship to
Muroton Bay. Is miles distant. There
the Lindberghs spent a day, during
which the motor trouble was overcome.
They started for Nemuro again, but
once more the characteristic fog baked
them, and they were forced down on
the southernmost island of the KurileS,
where they spent another night before
being able to proceed to Nemuro.
THEIR SECOND ACCIDENT.
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