LINER CORONADA SAFE.
NO REQUEST FOR HELP. WIRELESS SIGNAL MISREAD. A. and N.Z. LONDON, Jan. 3. The misreading of a signal aboard the Spanish steamer Maria Victoria was apparently responsible for the recent anxiety concerning the safety of the steamer Coronada during the hurricane in the Atlantic. The master of the Maria Victoria, which has arrived in tho Clyde, when interviewed by Lloyd's representative, said that his ship picked up a message from |the Coronada reading " CQ," which he understood to mean "Want assistance." On sending a wireless message back to the Coronada, however, they received no reply. The handbook used by wireless operators shows that " CQ " is a simple call signal. It is surmised that by some freak of memory the signal "CQD," which preceded the S.O.S. official distress call years ago, was recalled to the mind of the operator on the Maria Victoria-
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19217, 5 January 1926, Page 9
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145LINER CORONADA SAFE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19217, 5 January 1926, Page 9
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