RESCUED

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20182, 26 June 1928, Page 7

RESCUED

FEAT BY SWEDES Nobile and a Comrade Carried From Icy Prison A BOLD LANDING SAFE ON THE CITTA DI MILANO. [By Telegraph—Per Press Assn.--light ] f Australian Press Assn. J Received June 25, 11 p.m. ROME, June 25. A Swedish aeroplane has rescued a second member of the Italia’s crew who is now on board the Citta di Milano. It is officially stated that during the night of June 23 and 24, a Swedish ’plane fitted with runners made a bold landing near General Nobile’s camp, General Nobile being taken to Hinpolen Straits, whence another Swedish ’plane took him to Virgo Bay, where he was placed on board the Citta di Milano. A Swedish aeroplarc again approached the Nobile party in the daytime but overturned in making a difficult landing. The. pilot was uninjured. Official messages state that Captain Penso twice camo down to 15 feet in an attempt to alight at General Nobile’s eamp but the rough ice made the attempt hopeless. The jAtfty of alpinists returned to the steamer Braganza, as they failed to locate Malgren’s party. The Citta di Milano is sending out a seaplane to search for Captain Amundsen along the west coast of Spitzbergen. The Italian Government prize-giving committee for important artistic and scient : fic works has awarded Captain Maddalena and his comrades £lOOO for finding General Nobile.

SWEDISH RESCUERS SUPPLY SHIP GOES NORTH. KIISBR LARSEN'S PLANS. [ Australian Press Assn. ] STOCKHOLM, June 24. The Defence Ministry says that Tornberg, head of the Swedish cxpeuition, has wirelessed: Nobile saved. Rescue work continues.” An Italian official announcement states that the Citta di Milano is going northward for 60 miles in order to be in close touch with the Swedish rescuers. New flights are being made in conjunction with Swedish and Finnish airmen to cover a wider field in the search for the portion of the Italia’s crew who remain.)* with the airship. There is no furtl/ffr news of the nnSsing marchers. The ice-floe conveying General Nobile and party is drifting close to the Great Glacier and increasing the chances of an aeroplane landing. Captain Riiser Larsen is trying to borrow the steamer Braganza from Captain Romagna, commander of the Citta di Milano, to aid in the search for Captain Amundsen. Messages from King’s Bay state that the Maddalena party again found landing imposible. They threw out accumulators, medicine and smoke bombs with which General Nobile will be able to indicate his position.

WEAK SIGNALS MAY BE AMUNDSEN. NOBILE REPORTED INJURED. [ Australian Press Assn. I LONDON, June 24. The icebreaker Malygin reports that picked up weak wireless signals which it suggested may be from Amundsen. If so Amundsen must be within 60 miles, as neither he nor the icebreaker are able to speak more than that distance. A message from King’s Bay states that the alnding of the Swedish aeroplane named Upland was a masterpiece in aeronautical skill. Owing to the shifting ice, which was splitting rapidly, icefloes weighing many tons were being tossed about like corks. During the excitement of the Upland’s landing General Nobile was struck by ice, the bones in his leg being shockingly broken. His condition made it essential for him to be rushed to the Quest, though his companions had to bo left behind.