THE ITALIA

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 14 June 1928, Page 5

THE ITALIA

HOW IT MET DISASTER. HIT AN ICE-PACK. GENERAL NOBILE'S REPORT. ...id l’ress Association—By Electric Telegraph "Copyright.) ,? (Australian Press Association.) ROME, .1.1 mo l.'i. General Nobile hsus Loon able to transmit an official .report, owing to the complete re-establishment of wireless «cmini.in ic-aeion with the Citta. di Milano. His poisit.on last night was BOdeg. 38 min north. 26min. 66deg. east. Toe reports; stated that at 10.30 on Lite .morning, of May 26, the Italia, waw living smoothly at a height ol 600 me L os. It suddenly became heavy and anconUol- able and rapidly descended tor two minutes and hit an ice-pack. I'h3 cabin and part of the upper steelwork were detached and the rest of the airship was carried off eastwards. Ti:e occupants of the cabin scrambled t. j ovius .at their escape, and shouted “Viva. Italia!” CASTAWAYS IN SCATTERED GROUPS. SEVEN, MEN MISSTNG. LONDON. June 13. The latest message received by the it:. a ili Milano, the supply ship of General Nobile’s expedition, confirms the mews* that the castaways are in scattered groans. Three have been en route for ten days for Cape North on a. desperate march across, roughly. 100 miles of treacherous' ice. Four remain at tin-' wireless nost. including two had.lv iniured. Three are treking towards the Hobby, and ise.ven are missing. With the derelict. ship are the motor engineers, the. journalist. Ugoliago, an Italian, and a CVeclio-Slovak-ia.ii scientist. One of the party, named Zitta,, says he is able to bear the wi.rei’ess ton t 0... cihip clearly. but a daw or two mil ,-ee tlie end of his transmitting acemnuGtora. This fact will render rescue ope'ia'tion.si far more difficult than if the ■wr had remained together.