MISSING COLLIER.
WHAT THE KORANUI’S MASTER SAW. BIG SEA BLOTS OUT LIGHTS. SHIP HOVE TO. (Received Monday, 7.50 p.m.) SYDNEY, July 3. The log of the steamer Koranni, submitted to the Navigation Department to-day, states that she sighted the Christina Fraser at 1.50 a.m. on June 24, 7) miles south of Gabo Island, in a howling gale. The two vessels were a mile apart and both were hove to. The Koranui’s master saw a huge sea suddenly blot out the Christina Fraser’s lights, after which- there was no sign of the latter. SEARCH BY AIR. PLANE SETTING OUT BADLY DAMAGED. (Received Monday, 7.50 p.m.) MELBOURNE, July 3. A monoplane, piloted by Alexander Barlow and with two passengers, began a flight at dawn to-day from the Sale Aerodrome to make a final search for the overdue Christina Fraser. The machine, travelling at a hundred miles an hour, struck a tree during a sudden °-li. Po^ 10ns of the monoplane fell to earth and the remainder travelled a 7? rdB further - e™*. ed. The three occupants, suffering only of ?he w re c a k n ag 6 abraSi ° nS ’ OTt
WRECKAGE EXAMINED.
NOT BELONGING TO OVERDUE SHIP.
The rennw-o , SYDNEY, July 3. Ram. ■n^ P ”. rte^° f trackage found near h ? V ’ e b6en The wreckage has definitely been idenFt^L- 38 n< * belon 8W to the Christina
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Wairarapa Age, 4 July 1933, Page 5
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