ESCAPE VIA PORTHOLE
MAN ABOARD AORANGI
MEMBER OF BYRD PARTY
(Received February 27, li;'a,m.)
SYDNEY, This Day.
William'Orr, aged .19,-formerly a member of the. Byrd Expedition, is missing from the Aorangi, where he had been detained as a prohibited immigrant. He- escaped through a porthole, but whether he reached the wharf or fell into the water and was drowned is unknown. Orr was not allowed to land in , Sydney because his passport had nat been vised, and he did not have sufficient money to be classed as a tourist. /
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 49, 27 February 1934, Page 9
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89ESCAPE VIA PORTHOLE Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 49, 27 February 1934, Page 9
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