RESCUED AT LAST

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIV, 25 June 1928, Page 5

RESCUED AT LAST

COLONEL NOBILE SAVED. ■■ RESCUE WORK CONTINUES. (Pct Press Assoeiatiop— Copyright Australian Press Association. United Service. * Received this day, 9.15 a.m. STOCKHOLM, June 24. The Defence Ministry says that Tarnberg, head of the Swedish expedition, has wirelessed: “Nobile saved; rescue work continues.”

CITTA DI MILANO GOES NORTH.

FURTHER FLIGHTS BEING MAI/E (Special to Press Association). United Service. Received this day, 9.15 a.m. ROME, June 24. An official announcement states that the Citfa di Milano is going northward sixty miles in order to be in close touch with the Swedish rescuers. New flights are being- made in conjunction with the Swedish and Finnish airmen, to cover a wider field in search for the portion of the Italia’s crew who remained with the airship. There is no further news of flic missing marchers. NOBILE HAS BROKEN LEG. THS CONDITION SERIOUS. Australian Press Association. United Service. Received this day, 11 a.m. LONDON, July 24. A message from King’s Bay reports that Colonel Nobile broke his leg when the Swedish aeroplane landed. He is now aboard the Quest and his condition is believed to be serious.

WIRELESS SIGNALS RECEIVED. PROBABLY FROM AMUNDSEN. Received this day, 8.50 a.m. Australian Press Association. KING’S BAY, June 25. The ice-breaker Malygin reports that it picked up weak wireless signals whieh suggested that they may be from Amundsen. If so Amundsen must be within sixty miles, as neither he nor the ice-breaker are able to speak more than that distance.

A DIFFICULT LANDING AEROPLANE MASTERLY HANDLED. Australian Press Association. United Service. Received this day, 1.15 p.m. LONDON, June 25. A message from King’s Bay says that the landing of the Swedish aeroplane named Upland was a masterpiece of aeronautical skill, owing to the shifting ice, which was splitting rapidly. Icefloes weighing many tons were being tossed about like corks. I

During the excitement of the Upland’s landing, Colonel Nobile was struck by the 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 be left behind.