The Archive · 1929

Passenger's Heroism

Prince von Schaumburg-Lippe [crawled from the wreckage, and with blood styeaming from his face and hands, went to a cottage near by.

stammered in English, "Have you a telephone? There being no telephone at the cottage, the Prine managed to find his way to. th nearest telephon to communicate with Croydon, It-Commander Kidston jumped clear of the plane as it came down. Me tried to got the other passengers out, but was driven back by the flames. He was taken by ear to the Cottage Hospital at Cateth Before this, however, he also telephoned the news of the disaster to Croydon, The Secretary of State for Air has sent the following message to. the German Minister of Transport: "The Air Council have heard with profound regret of the accident to" the Luttland's air liner 1-003 while ex rote from Croydon to Amstor~ dam and the loss of life involved."—British Wireless through Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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