MISSING TRAWLER
NO NEWS OF THE ENDEAVOUR. (By Telegraph— Press Association— Copyright) (Received December 22, 9.40 a.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. There is no news of the missing trawler Endeavour, overdue from the Macquaries. Owing to the fact that the Federal trawler Endeavour has been considerably overdue from Macquarie Island, anxiety is felt for her safety. In the House of Representatives in Melbourne on the 17th the Minister for Trade and Customs made a statement in connection with the matter. He said that he made the statement in order that members might know the exact facts of the case, and not be unnecessarily alarmed. The Endeavour was now eight or nine days overdue, and the position had become serious. The vessel had gone to Macquarie Island for the Meteorological Department to take a party to relieve the members of the Mawson Expedition who had been left there. She was to have brought the others back. He had received a wireless message from Macqaarie Island to the effect that the Endeavour left on the 3rd instant, but her departure was unobserved on account of the fog at the time. It was understood that she was making for Hobart, which port, it was expected, she would reach in under five days. She had 90 tons of coal on board. The weather had since been very rough. The Minister added that immediately he knew that the vessel was overdue he consulted the Prime Minister and the head of the Naval Department, and they were arranging for a warship which was now in Queensland, and which was fitted with wireless, in order that they could keep in touch with him. The Endeavour was not fitted with wireless. The question of so fitting her had been under consideratioi by previous Governments, but it had not been, done. It was pos- ■ ,sible that she may have met with an accident/ and broken a shaft, as very often occurred at sea. She may also have run short of coal. However, she had ridden out gales before. Captain Pym, who was in charge of the Endeavour, was an old hand, and every step was being taken to allay the anxiety of the relations of those who were aboard ,the Endeavour. He understood that she carried a staybail and a couple of trysails. Later in the day the Minister for Customs Btated that the Federal Government had chartered Kuddart, Parker's steamer Worribee to go in search of the Endeavour. Following is a list of the men on board the Endeavour: — Director of Fisheries, Harold C. Dannevig j master, Geo. W. C. Pym ; chief engineer, Angus Mackay; second engineer, Stanley Ditcham ; third engineer (temporary), Charles Hoe ; mate, Joseph R. Burkett ; second :nate and chief fisherman, Alfred Ackers; chief cook and steward, A. Wythe; assistant cook, H. Kitching; firemen, Alfred Holmes, Nils Rasmussen, J. Byrne ; fishermen, H. A. Farrant, L. Olsen, Geoge Cooper, H. Samson ; ordinary seamen, Thomas Rice, J. W. Jackson jnnss-room boy, T. Scott; wireless operator from Macquarie Island, Harold Power ; biologist, C. T. Harrison.
MISSING TRAWLER
Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 150, 22 December 1914, Page 8
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