MONOWAI ANSWERS SOS
DASH TO LORD HOWE ISLAND With a Royal Mail and 382 passengers aboard, the Monowai is rushing north in a big deviation from, her trans-tas-man course to rescue an urgent and dangerous appendicitis case on Lord Howe Island. Late last night Captain Davey turned his ship northwards, after an exchange of radiograms between Sydney and Lord Howe. It is not known whether the case is that of a man or woman. The Monowai is now speeding at 18 knots, though loaded to the plimsoll, and expects to reach the island at 5 p.m. Operation On Ship,,
Captain Davey has asked the administrator of Lord Howe to arrange for a launch to be sent out with the patient, as, owing to absence of charts, he will not stand in too close to the island.
The Monowai is becoming known as the Ro/al Mail rescue ship. About two years ago she went to the rescue of a Finnish apprentice on the barque Favell in the South Tasman, thereby saving the life of Lauri Grulund, for which Captain Davey received a Finnish knighthood of the White Rose.
At 9.5 this morning the radio operator received an urgent message saying that the condition of the patient was worse, and an immediate operation was necessary. Dr T. P. Walker, the ship’s surgeon, has prepared the' operating theatre. A doctor and two nurses are aboard as passengers.
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Northern Advocate, 18 January 1936, Page 4
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