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Show -SDH GLARE IS BLAMED FOfiiSIP Ruth Nichols, Intrepid Woman Wom-an Flier, Suffers Injuries As Plane Cracks Up On Take-Off For Atlantic Hop ST. JOHNS, N. R., June 23. (U.R) Miss Ruth Nichols, 32-year-old Kye, N. Y., society girl, was undergoing hospital treatment today for injuries suffered when her white and gold monoplane, in which she had planned . to be the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic At-lantic ocean, cracked up In landing land-ing here on the first leg of the journey. Although physicians believed Miss Nichols was not seriously injured, in-jured, they planned to make several sev-eral X-ray pictures of her back. They reported that a preliminary .examination showed she suffered a strained back and a wrenched ligament liga-ment as well as a laceration of the right leg. Her Lockheed-Vega monoplane was badly damaged by the crash. The under-carriage, of special construction con-struction for the proposed flight, was smashed. The engine also was damaged and partly torn from the fuselage. New I'Luie Needed Clarence Chamberlain, trans-At-lantie flyer and technical advisor to Miss Nichols, who arived shortly short-ly after the crash, was reported in a conversation with Miss Nichols to have expressed the opinion - a new plane would be necessary before be-fore she could make another attempt at-tempt at the long overwater hop. Aviation experts said that at best it would take several weeks to put her craft in flying condition. Miss Nichols took off from the Floyd Bennett airport in New York City at 3 :22 p. m. yesterday to make a record flight to the local city airport here. Due to the direction of the wind, Miss Nichols was forced to attempt a landing into the sun. The glare of the setting sun against the windshield wind-shield of the craft caused her to overshoot the runway and the plane tipped up on its nose. She was lifted from the craft and taken to the local hospital. . |