LOST AIR LINER
WRECKAGE SIGHTED DEFINITE IDENTIFICATION FLOATING WING SPAR PUBLIC INQUIRY TO BE HELD By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright (Received October 22, 10.25 a.m.) MELBOURNE. Oct. 22 So hopeless is the prospect of finding the missing air liner Miss Hobart, which left Launceston for Melbourne on Friday, that the official search has practically been abandoned. Lieutenant Frewin, who was conducting an aerial search, returned this afternoon. He reported having seen wreckage about 10 miles south-west of llondondo Island, consisting of a box wing spar and a 9ft. pieco of wood, which were definitely recognised by one of the company's engineers as part of the ill-fated Miss Hobart. Two vessels are known to be in the vicinity of the wreckage. The cruiser Australia and several coastal steamers interrupted their voyages to assist in the search. The theory is advanced by Lieutenant Frewin, who has piloted the missing aeroplane previously, that the controls were accidentally touched while the pilots were changing seats. This would have resulted in the aeroplane diving into the sea. The Federal Cabinet has decided that a public inquiry is to be held into the disappearance of the machine.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21938, 23 October 1934, Page 10
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190LOST AIR LINER New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21938, 23 October 1934, Page 10
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