FATAL DELAY IN TELEPHONE MESSAGE.
RYE LIFEBOAT TRAGEDY. ■* V '- LONDON, Deo. 20.'/; Five' ■tqiniiteV' delay in a telephone' ihessage cost "17 lives in the Rye Iff£-' r ' i boat' disaster, ■" This wag revejafe&l •aV "J the 'BoSrd 's' Trade inquiry. ' ,•! "'■■'■ lifeboat • was; launched' at = ' 6.45 , ■ ahd a message was received at, 6.50. that 'Alice's •crew' had been!" iep chedii' - •" : ' ; ':''' ' f ►• "The 'message originated from' tl}e Nortli Foreland wireless station at ' 6;12 but 38 minutes to reach Bye through the various coastguard stations because the call was Hot treated "tis { a '. life-saving message.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 5, 21 December 1928, Page 7
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