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FLYING BOAT STRUCK
TOUGH HEAD WINDS
NEW YORK, October 20 (A.A.P.).
' . Captain Charles Martin, commander of
. the. flying boat Bermuda Queen, said on arrival
by air from Boston that he had a sufficient
supply and., reserve of petrol when he. left..
Poole, England, for Baltimore.
Captain - Martin ached : "Head
:Winds buffeted , us and I decided
we would not make an effort to
go oh ; to Gander, - Newfoundland,
arid almost certainly sacrifice the
lives of. all- those people. So I set
her down."
. VThir.ty -seven passengers of the
Bertmida Queen issued a. signed
statement' in Which they declared
tHat 'in' their opinion the plane
was-: grossly -overcrowded. -
The screams of babies and chil
dren, ."tearing every -mother's
heart to pieces" during their or
deal, on' the crippled -flying boat
Bermuda Queen, as It tossed on
the' stormy. Atlantic,,: on .October.
14, were described by .rescued
passengers .who arrived at1-' Boston
to-day bri the rescue -shlp;,Bibb,.--
; Mrs. Albert Richie, of Andover,
New Brunswick, said:. "Every
creak of the plane, every sound
of the sea told us that if . was.
too late to hope we and our
babies would be saved."
All members of the crew of
the Bermuda Queen declined . to
discuss the accident.
One of . the passengers said the
aircraft could not get; above 2000
feet altitude for an hour .and .a;
half after, leaving , Forties,:' Ire--
land. ' ' ' ; , " : " '-jr.';
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