Evening star., 1932-05-14
.RE|CHERS RESCUED;
FRIED HERO AGAIN
Ocean Flyer Picked Up on
Raging Sea 1870 Miles
From Dublin.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, May 14.-Capt. George
Fried of the United States liner Presi-
dent Roosevelt, veteran OF two of the
most thrilling rescues Of the sea in the
last half dozen years, has achieved an
other laurel.
The veteran skipper and his equally
famous chief officer, Harry Manning,
launched a hfeboat about so miles off
the southernmost point of Ireland last
night and picked up Lou Reichers,
transatlantic flyer, out of a raging sea-
Reichers was approximately 1So miles
from Dublin. the second stop of his at
tempted flight to Paris, when disaster
befelI him.
Reichers was suffering from a broken
nose and several minor injuries incur
red In his landing amid the high waves.
he had several cuts on his face
He was brought to the ship by the
boats crew and placed in the care Of
ships Surgeon Mulligan.
The fuselage of the plane was dam
aged and one wing cracked up.
Re1cherS was forced down, he said,
by the damage to the plane and by lack
of gasoline.
Starting from Newark N. J.. he
landed at Harbor Grace, Newfoundland,
early yesterday morning
He took off again at $50 am. yes
terday, hoping to reach Dublin by 8
pm, Eastern standard time, then pro-
ceed to Paris. He sought to cut in half
the time of Col Charles A. LindberQh.
made in his flight in 1927
First Great Rescue in 1926.
Capt. FTieds first great rescue was
the crew OF the British freighter An
tlnoe in midatlantic on January 27,
1926. 1t is one Of the epics Of Atlantic
storms.
When he came alongsiC, the storm
was unabated and the Antinoe was
listing badly. She was unable even to
show light.
He called for a volunteer crew 10
man hfeboat. They brought II men
back to the Roosevelt.
During the night of the second dav
the fury of the storm died down some
what and although the gale still blew
ana the sea was pounding the dis
treSSed freighter, First Oficer Hitler.
IN charge of the volunteer rescue crew
decided to take a chance. They
reached the Antinoe again and brought
the remaining IL OF the starving crew
to the Roosevelt.
Capt. Fried and his crew were
awarded medals b. King George and
President Coolidge gave the Navy Gross
to the captain.
On January "a, 1929, Capt. Fried,
then IN command of the liner America
rescued the entire crew of the Italian
steamer Florida just before it sank.
Parade Held on Broadway.
The resuce was carried out In a
heavy gale and snow Squall by a life
boat crew in charge of Chief Oficer
manning, who rescued Reichers yes
terday.
A crowd of 10000 cheered the can
tain and the crew of the America when
she landed with the rescued men at
Hoboken two days later. A big parade
was held on Broadway, in New York.
Capt. Fried was heaped with honors at
Washington and praised by President
Coolidge.
Premier MuSSolini and the Italian
government sent their thanks to the
United States and later awarded medals
to the captain and eight members of
the crew.
In November, 1880, Capt. Fried
brought his ship alongside the Swedish
cargo steamer Ovidia, sinking off the
Grand Banks of Newfoundland, but the
Mauretania, which arrived shortly be-
fore the America, took of the 27 men
and l woman from the sinking ship.
Capt. Fried was born in Worcester.
Mass, SIS years ago. He served in the
Spanish American War and in the Navy
from 1900 to 1918.