CAPTAIN BURGESS’S SYMPATHY
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS OFFER HELP IN SEARCH AUCKLAND, 13th January. Messages of sympathy from Captain Burgess and the crew of the Empire flying-boat Centaurus, coupled with an offer from Imperial Airways to join in the search for the Samoan Clipper, were received by wireless to-day by Mr Harold Gatty, special representative of Pan-American Airways in New Zealand. The message was sent while the Centaurus was in flight between Sydney and Melbourne. “I was deeply grateful for the consideration shown by Captain Burgess and the officials of Imperial Airways,” Mr Gatty said. “However, under the circumstances all I could do was to reply that it was definite that the Clipper and her crew were lost.”
Throughout the day Mr Gatty received a constant stream of messages
from all parts of New Zealand expressing regret at the tragedy and asking for sympathy to be extended to relatives of the members of the Clipper’s crew. These messages came from individuals and organisations interested in aviation and also from many local bodies.
"ONE OF WORLD’S GREATEST AIRMEN” (Received 14th January, 10.55 a.m.) MELBOURNE. 13th January. Captain Burgess, paying a tribute to the late Captain Musick, said the world had lost one of its greatest airmen. “It is a sad day for us,” he added.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 14 January 1938, Page 5
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