Three Lives Lost During Errand of Mercy
(Received 1.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, July IG. rpiIREE LIVES WERE LOST AND FIVE MEN WERE RESCUED WHEN A COASTGUARD SEAPLANE CRASHED ON A FLIGHT TO BRING ASHORE A SICK SAILOR.
The seaplane, with a crow of six, was despatched from New York at the urgent request of the oceanographic survey schooner Atlantis, which was 150 miles off the coast, and which reported that a member of the crew was critically ill with pneumonia.
The seaplane landed alongside the vessel, and transferred the sick man, but, in attempting to take off, a pontoon struck a wave, causing the seaplane to plunge nose first into the ocean.
The pilot, co-pilot and patient wore drowned, and two of the coastguardsmen suffered broken backs.
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Northern Advocate, 17 July 1939, Page 5
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