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GREENLAND FLIERS. On Small Island. MONTBFAL,,AufeH.-t 23. There is new hope fbi iftEdXmiss.mg aviators, Hassell and Crapier, who may 7iave~sTctually gained tnc Greenland Coast, and possibly landed m some put lying Eskimo .sdWlwieiit. According to a despatch from the Danish sheriff of South Greenland, the plane was distillery sfebh early on Sunday, near Fiskenessct. BARNARD AND THE DUCH.ESS DELHI',' Augnst 23, 11l luck still dogs, Captain Barnard.; who examined th'd aeroplane propellc-.' this morning, after his arrival Karachi, and fouHd' jit in ai worse con uition. He will have, to wait t-eve-'ai weeks pending th e arrival of a new one. The Duchcrs of Bedford decided not to wait, and caught the peat at Karachi to-night, and will take train to Bombay on Saturday. Barnard proposes a record four day r non-stop" flig.it to London.
RADIO FROM aHE MISSING PLANE. (Received August 24, at S.4b p.m./ (United Service). NEW YORK, August 23. A Chicago Amateur Radio Station reported early on Friday nioiniug that it was in communication with the missing plane “Greater Rockford, which gave its position as fifty miles off Newfoundland. (United Service). (Received August 24, at 11.5 p.m.) NEW YORK August 24. The Radio message received from the “Greater Rockford” plane stated: “Failure of the old feed TorccJ the plane down on Sunday. Food supply running low. 1 ’ The operator, Harris, who received the Inbssage is confident that it is a bona fide message. A message from Toledo, Ohio, states that Joseph Williams, an amateur radio declared that he, had Teen in direct communication with thc( Greater Rockford flyers fer ten minutes, they' said that. they were stranded on a small island north -d Newfoundland, and they needed as si stand bt»dly.
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Grey River Argus, 25 August 1928, Page 5
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