SILENCE STILL
No Word of Princess and Airmen In Atlantic Flight
FEARS OF A TRAGEDY
LATELY there have been wonderful conquests of the air, but not all the story of these adventurings is in the major key. Tragedy is feared now in the Atlantic flight of Captain Hamilton, Lieutenant-Colonel Minchin, and the Princess Lowenstein-Wertheim, who left the Upavon airdrome on Tuesday morning* for Ottawa, in the monoplane St. Raphael. Nothing has since been heard of them. There is alarm on both sides of the Atlantic. The Prince of Wales and Prince George have hurried to Montreal full of apprehension for the safety of the fliers. By Cable. —Press Association. — Copyright.
Reed. 9.35 a.m. OTTAWA, Thursday.
Anxiety for the safety of the Saint Raphael increased rapidly during the afternoon. Experts feared that the absence of reports of the plane’s whereabouts indicated that the expedition had met with a mishap. Headquarters officers of the Air Force late in the afternoon stated that no word had come, but refused to admit officially that they feared disaster. The Lindberg field is ready for the Princess and her companions, but there is an increasing belief that they will not arrive. This anxiety has extended to the Prince of Wales and Prince George, who proceeded to Montreal, displaying keen concern. Marine officials have ordered all merchant craft to watch for the overdue plane. Reports of high wind and thick fog and rain off the coast have increased the anxiety. Received 10.1 a.m. ST. JOHN’S (Newfoundland), Thurs. Early this afternoon the Saint Raphael was still unreported.—A. and N.Z. British 1 Vircless—Press Assn.—Copyright Reed. 11.7 a.m. RUGBY Thursday. Definite news is still awaited of the monoplane St. Raphael. A message was received in London this afternoon stating that an airplane passed over St. Malo, Quebec, at one minute past seven this morning, Canadian time, but there is no confirmation that the machine in question was the St. Raphael.—A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 139, 2 September 1927, Page 9
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