MYSTERY OF MISSING STEAMER
FALSE CLUE OF HATCH COVERS LONDON, May 16. Possibly the first clue to the mystery of the steamer Anglo-Australian was supplied when the skipper of the Dalhanna sent a radio message from Cristobal that he had passed two hatch covers, on which the name AngloAustralian had been burnt, 23 miles north-east of Cristobal. Sir John Latta, owner of the ship, declared that the message was puzzling, as it was not the custom of the company to burn names on hatch covers. Apparently the ship had been destroyed by an explosion. Later Sir John announced that further advices from the Dalhanna proved that the hatch covers seen were not from the Anglo-Australian, to the fate of which there was still no clue.
The relations of the crew of 38 on the Anglo-Australian were informed on May 9 that hope had been abandoned and that the vessel was presumed to have sunk in the Atlantic. She left Cardiff on March 8 for Vancouver, and a message was received stating that she passed the Azores on March 14. There has been no news since.
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Southland Times, Issue 23512, 19 May 1938, Page 5
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