MISSING KOBENHAVN
THEORY OF DISAPPEARANCE
EXPLOSION IN ENGINE-ROOM
Australian Press Association.
(Received 19th July, 11 a.m.)
CAPE TOWN, ISth July. The chief officer of the motor-ship Mexico, who was previously the skipper of the Kobenhavn, considers that when the Kobenhavn drifted past Tristan an explosion had occurred in the engineroom, situated aft, blowing out the sternpost. The islanders watched her drifting for three hours. It was inexplicable- why they had failed to put out. He presumed that it was the first tinio they had seen a sailer. Mr. Christensen accepts the theory that the Kobenhavn sank near Tristan. The sea is very deep. He believes 'that; the cadets were taken off.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 17, 19 July 1929, Page 9
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