OWEN INJURED

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 10908, 28 May 1929, Page 5

OWEN INJURED

PLANE WRECKED

RELIEF STEAMER AT LIGHT-

HOUSE.

PILOT BRAIN’S UNCANNY INSTINCT.

PROP.OSED PUBLIC PRESENTATION TO BRAVE RESCUER.

United Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copyright

(Australian Press Association.; (Received May 27, 9 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 15.

Air Rolinjson states that the Vellore's right wing is broken. Moi l ' •and Owen waved to the crew of Tjje Atlanta, messages were dropped, and Moir and Owen replied by .signals that both were unhurt and desired a boat to pick them up as soon as possible. • , The Atlanta returned to Darwin yesterday afternoon. It is now learned that the lighthouse steamer Kyogle was on the way to Cape Don lighthouse last week when .she was ordered to search the coast for the missing aviators. The vessel is expected to arrive at Cape Don to-morrow. (Received Mav 27, 10 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 27.

Ad vice has been received that the lighthouse steamer Kyogle has already arrived at Cape Don, and Moir and Owen are due. to leave on board her for Darwin.

At noon to-day the Kyogle radioed that Owen is suffering from internal injuries. The aeroplane is wrecked, but tho engine will ho salvaged. The topic of conversation in Australia to-day is the discovery of the missing aviators, and Pilot Brain’s uncanny instinct of knowing' just where to look when engaged in missions such as these. Pilot Brain expressed tho opinion last week when in Sydney'that he was confident Moir and Owen Imd crossed the Timor Sea, and were marooned on some remote spot on' tho Australian coast. A fund is now be ng raised to enable the public to express their pride and gratitude to Pilot Brain. JOY IN THE MOIR FAMILY. Mrs Moir and her daughter, interviewed to-day, declared: “We aro the happiest family in the world now that Jim lias been found alive and well. We had a fee ing .that both were safe, and never lost our faith in the efforts of the gallant men who went to search for them.” A LONELY SPOT. Naval officers who visited the lighthouse at. Cape Don agree Hint the climate there is of the worst kind, pestered as it is by all kinds of insects. The families there grow all their own vegetables, but lead extremely lonely lives. EXPENSE. OF WIRELESS AT LIGHTHOUSES. Commenting upon the desirability of equipping lighthouses with wireless the Customs officers sav that the cost is prohibitive, as the lighthousekeepers do not possess the requisite technical knowledge to keep a wireless plant'in order, and it would require trained men at each of the 63 main lights, aggregating £30,000 yearly for salaries. THE OLD LESSON. LONG-DISTANCE PLANES MHO ULI) CAR R Y WI It BLESS. United Tress Assn, by Mb Tel. (Jo p.v right ‘•firm's Uho ion.; (Received Mav 27. 0.5 p.m.) LONDON. May 2(5. The Times says that the grave anxiety lor' Moir and Owen Ims been happily dispelled. The only clear lesson from the adventure: js the old lesson that machines for" long adventurous flights should carry wireless. ’liter should also be provisioned and equipped to meet emergencies. That lesson was terribly taught bv the story of the Southern Cross, and tragically told by the story of the Kookaburra. Wireless also appears iudispensihle for lighthouses, such as Cape Don.