IN FROZEN WASTES.
DANES’ PERILOUS POSITION
WIRELESS FOR HELP
Received August 27, 1.10 p.m. COPJiiiNH AGEN, Aug. 26. “We will die if help is not, sent,” wirelessed four men who are ice-bound in a motor boat without food and fuel oil' Cape Berlin, north-east Greenland. Preparations for their rescue were already forward in consequence of earlier news, and a Danish torpedo seaplane, manned by volunteers, will set out this morning. Leo Hansen, a film photographer, and Christian Jensen, a telegraphist, spent the winter at the Alanok Company’s station. The Danish naval boat Godthaab went to their relief, but became jam bed in the ice 450 miles from the station. Meanwhile, Jensen became ill and he and Hansen decided to try to reach the Godthaab in a motor boat, accompanied by two Manok hunters, but became blocked in the ice near Cape Berlin a week a go. It is assumed that they had a small wireless transmitter from Manok, with which they communicated to the Godthaab, which sent a message that the situation was critical and every hour precious.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 230, 27 August 1935, Page 8
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178IN FROZEN WASTES. Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 230, 27 August 1935, Page 8
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