NEW THEORY.
WERE MISSING AIRMEN LOST ON JCEREiRG? \Y R EOKAGE REPORTED. MONTREAL. June- 22. Hopes 'that Nungesset* and Cbli arc alive in the northern wastes of Quebec have evaporated. tailing the -slightest confirmation of earlier report**. However, the latest rumour that the Frenchmen had been discovered by the backwoods lumberjack crew of the .steamer S wi.f twater. tire first- ship’ to navigate the Straits o.f Belle Isle this .season, brought a sensational story. The crew declare that the Swift-water was driven off her coins®© off Newfoundland. and that she entered a field of icebergs. Distinct .signs of wreckage were seen on one of the largest bergs, and also footsteps in the snow on the berg.
The theory ig advanced that the airmen hit the iceberg, wrecked their machine, and subsequently drowned in the iev waters.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 5 July 1927, Page 8
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136NEW THEORY. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 5 July 1927, Page 8
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