WIRELESS CALLS
SIBERIA MYSTERY STILL UNSOLVED.
Br Telegrapb—Pres# Association-— Oopyrißb* "Times'* and Sydney "Sun” Services. (Received May 5, 5.50 p.m.) LONDON, May 5. The mystery of tho wireless calls from tho Siberia is unsolved. TOKIO, May 5. Tho operator stationed at southwest Nagasaki claims that he received a distress signal. An American vessel also heard it, whilst, for twenty-four hours, merchantmen. warships and land stations vainly tried to get in touch with the Siberia.
The mad] steamer Siberia (11,284 toms gross) going to Manila, is making repeated wireless calls for help off the shores of Formosa, said a Tokio message on May Ist. There are seventy passengers on board. The messages are getting more indistinct Several ships are hurrying to the scene. A San Francisco message on the same date said :—The Pacific Mail Company, owners of the Siberia state that the Siberia .is fully equipped, and that the crew and passengers tire safe. A reported attack by Chinese pirates is not accepted here. Mr George Egan,. Governor of Bartanos in the Philippines, is one of those on hoard the steamer. A message on May 3rd from Manila reported The Siberia has arrived here. The distress signals have not been explained. It is feared that another vessel is involved.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8725, 6 May 1914, Page 8
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