STRANGE CALL FROM SHIP.
IMMEDIATE HELP SOUGHT
ATTEMPTED MURDER STORY
BRITISH DESTROYERS SENT.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received November 22, 6.5 p.m.) LONDON. Nov. 22. The British Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, Sir Frederick Field, reports by wireless that signals were receiver from a British steamer, tho Baron Elcho, from Tjilatjap, a port on tho south coast of Java, requesting immediate assistance, as an attempt had been made to drug or murder tho wireless operator. Tho signals were beliovod to bo a hoax, but four destroyers were sent to search for tho steamer. The owners of tho Baron Elcho say they are convinced that there is an extraordinary mistake somewhere. When tho ship left Port Said on Wednesday, homeward bound, with a cargo of sugar from JaVa, sho sent a message that all was well. Tho officers and tho engineroom men are mostly from tho Clyde. Tho wireless operator comes from London, and was provided by the Marconi Company. The crew is composed of Lascars. Tho Baron Elcho is owned by tho Hogarth Shipping Company, Limited, of Ardrossan. Sho is of 4286 tons, and was built in 1905 at Glasgow, her former uamo being Hyndford.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20420, 23 November 1929, Page 13
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193STRANGE CALL FROM SHIP. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20420, 23 November 1929, Page 13
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