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Two In Plane Escape In Newark Bay Crash.

Schneider, Ex-Transcontinental Record-Holder, And Student Pilot Rescued By Police.

Two aviators escaped with only minor bruises and a thorough wetting last night when their three-seat, open-cockpit biplane developed motor trouble soon after taking off from the Jersey City Airport and fell into Newark Bay 200 feet off Droyer's Point, Jersey City. The men were rescued by police, who went to their aid in a collapsible rowboat kept at the field. ...

Source: New York Times; May 16, 1935; page 25