FLYING-BOAT FORCED DOWN ON SEA
Washed Against Rocky Coast MACHINE TOTAL LOSS (Received May 13, 11.47 p.m.) Melbourne, May 13. Carrying live members of the Victorian Aero Club on their way to shoot pheasants at King Island, in Bass Strait, midway between the mainland and Tasmania, a three-engined Saro Windhover metal flying-boat was forced down on the sea half a mile from the island. The machine left Melbourne at 3 p in. and is believed to have been overtaken by darkness. A steamer and several motor-launches joined in the search. Fifty motor-cars stood on the beach with headlights pointing seaward to assist the searchers. A later message states that rescuers located the seaplane at about 9 p.m., but before they could reach it the wind blew it to a rocky shore, where it became a total loss. The occupants scrambled ashore safely. The pilot of the machine was Mr. Cecil Clark and the navigator Mr. C. Gatenby. The machine is owned by the Matthews Aviation Company.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 194, 14 May 1936, Page 9
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