MYSTERY OF THE SEA
S.O.S. SIGNALS HEARD. : VESSEL’S NAME UNKNOWN. United Press Association—By EleetrW Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, May 8. A sea mystery lies behind message* received in Sydney from Townsville Radio Station, apparently from some unknown vessel in distress in Japanese or North Pacific waters, but no station has been able to pick up tho call letters giving the ship’s name. Yesterday Townsville heard the S.O.S. radioed three times, followed by the word “distress.” Although . all Japanese and Malay coastal stations were audible, nothing was heard of any vessel in distress.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6900, 4 May 1929, Page 9
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