DISASTER FEARED.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 212, 8 September 1927, Page 7

DISASTER FEARED.

S.O.S. FROM OLD GLORY.

Two Cunard Liners Rush To

The Rescue.

SEARCH SO PAR UNSUCCESSFUL

(By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.)

(Received 9 a.m.) NEW YORK, September 7. A message broadcasted from the monoplane Old Glory, which took-off from Maine for Rome yesterday afternoon, was picked up early this morning. It is believed she has been forced down to the sea at a point between 700 and 900 miles eastwavd and slightly north of Newfoundland. Two Cunard liners, the Transylvania and the Carmania, swung off their course in an endeavour to reach the airmen. A 'plane has been sent to their assistance. Numerous messages reporting progress were received before the S.O.S. was picked up, but none have been received since. There is, therefore, scant hope that the Old Glory is still in the air. JThe Carmania's position was about 170 miles from the 'plane when the distress call was received. The Transylvania was about 83 miles away. Both expected to reach the spot before dark. Fokker, the builder of the monoplane, estimated that the Old Glory would keep afloat several hours with her tanks emptied. ON THE WING. Two Canadian 'Planes Again Moving. ON THEIR WAY TO ENGLAND. (Received 11.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, September 7. The Canadian monoplane the Sir John Carling, which set off recently to fly from London, Ontario, to London, England, and was forced to temporarily i abandon the flight, took-off from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, this morning for London. She is piloted by Captain Terry Tully, with Lieutenant James Metcalf as navigator. A message from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, states that the Canadian monoplane Royal Windsor arrived there at 12.50 p.m. to-day from Portland, Maine, with Messrs. Duke Schiller and Phil Wood on board. She had left Portland early in the morning in a third attempt to fly to Windsor, England, from Windsor, Ontario. ■ i MESSAGE FROM LINER. SEARCH OVER 30-MILE AREA. (Received 9.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, September 7. •' A message from the Transylvania states that she has reached the position given out by the monoplane and has searched over an area of 30 miles. The search has so far been unsuccessful. NO TRACE FOUND. ____ i MESSAGE FROM TRANSYLVANIA , (Received 10 a.m.) NEW YORK, September 7. Mr. John Harman, a journalist on board the Transylvania, in a radio message to the United Press, says: "There is now every reason to- believe that the Old Glory and her crew have been lost. No word has been received nor has any trace been -found of the missing 'plane since this morning when the S.O.S. message was picked up in the midAtlantic. "Since the S.O.S. was received Captain Bone has been making a rigid search on the spot, from which the monoplane was last heard of, but without result." DOLE RACE SEARCH. ABANDONED BY U.S.A. NAVY. WASHINGTON, September 7. The Navy Department announces that the search for the seven aviators who were lost on the flight to Hawaii for the Dole prize has ended without any trace of them being found. The searching vessels steamed more than 100,000 miles and consumed 3,000.000 gallons of fuel. EARLY MORNING CALL. MONOPLANE FLYING HEAVILY. NEW YORK, September 7. The Radio Corporation of America announced at 4 a.m. to-day the receipt of wireless messages from the steamers Carmania and Lapland 6aying those vessels had received S.O.S. calls the 'plane. The position of the latter was not stated. Yesterday afternoon the machine was sighted passing over Newfoundland at a speed of 100 miles an hour, and at midnight on Tuesday it was. reported to have been seen 350 miles east of St. John's. . Earlier dispatches sent by-wireless by Mr. Bertaud, who had with him as copilot, Mr. Jd de Wilt Hill, complained tha' Old Glory was flying heavily, but that was being remedied as the supply I of petrol was consumed. Mr. Philip Payne, a New York journalist, leaped aboard the 'plane as it left Old Orchard, and is being carried as j passenger.