ELLSWORTH MISHAP.
Must Return to Dunedin With Damaged Plane. ICE BROKE UNDER MACHINE. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received January 16, 11.10 a.m.) SYDNEY, January 16. A Sydney “ Sun ” story from Lincoln Ellsworth says: “The aeroplane Polar Star, which was threatened with disaster when a shelf of ice suddenly broke up, casting the Wyatt Earp adriftfi was rescued from a heaving slab on Sunday morning. The aeroplane has been dismantled and stored in the hold of the Wyatt Earp, and, as it has been found impossible here to repair the damage done when the skis slipped through the ice, we will be obliged to return to Dunedin. The damage to the plane is considerable.” There is no suggestion in the Sydney “ Sun ” story that anyone was injured. RUMOURS IN DUNEDIN. (Special to the “Star.”) DUNEDIN, January 16. Rumours were widely current list evening that news had been flashed to the American Press of a serious mishap to the Ell worth expedition monoplane, which was alleged to have crashed during a trial flight. Exhaustive inquiries among representatives of the Byrd Expedition on the Bear of Oakland, which had heavy traffic with the Antarctic last night, failed to secure confirmation, but on the other hand, no actual denial was given.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20205, 16 January 1934, Page 1
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