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PLANE FROM WARSHIP , CREW’S NARROW ESCAPE GIRL IN SINKING BOAT United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright l (Received Feb. 17, 1.0 p.m.) SYDNEY, Feb. 17 After making a forced descent on the ocean .33 miles east of Gabo dur- t ing naval exercises last night, an am- ] jphibian aeroplane from H.M.A.S. Syd- i ney was tossed for two hours by the waves before the crew was picked up * by H.M.S. Achilles of the New Zealand Squadron. A message giving news of the mishap, which was dropped by plane at Eden, was picked up by Miss Margaret Logan. Rowing in a leaking dinghy she took the message to a seaplane which was moored in the harbour. The pilot immediately left to makp a search. The naval exercises were suspended, and ten warships, together with several planes, joined in the search. With searchlights playing across the water Jhe Achilles found the seaplane at 8 p.m. The crew were not harmed, and the men and the seaplane rejoined the Sydney. On the return journey from the sea- 1 plane Miss Logan’s dinghy filled with ( water, and Miss Logan, bailing and 1 rowing alternately, reached the shore just before the boat was swamped. 1 ' '
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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20426, 17 February 1938, Page 9
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