WRECKAGE FOUND
NEW SOUTH WALES COAST}
THEORY AS 7Q IDENTITY
(Beceived 9th February, 11 a.m.)): T SYDNEY, This Day. Charred; and rusted by long: exposnrS in salt water tho parts of an aeroplanewere washed ashore in Oervis Bay. They: were examined by mechanics and experts at Mascot, who were emphatis that the parts were not those of the Southern Cloud, but they are considering the* possibility, tbat they are _ portiojn of the Hbod-Moncrieffi. aeroplane.
The Australian National Airways monoplane Southern Cloud, piloted by ■ Captain T.- W. Shortridge,.-th 0. L. * Dunnell as second pilot and six passengers, two of whom were women, left Sydney for Melbourne on 21st March, 1931, and was never heard of again, though an- intensive search for her was begun. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith led the search. Lieutenant J. E. Moncrieff and Cap* tain G. Hood left Australia on 10th' January, 1928, in an attempt to fly the Tasman to Wellington. They travelled in an aeroplane equipped only, with* radio buzzer, and no trace of them has since been discovered.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 33, 9 February 1933, Page 11
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173WRECKAGE FOUND Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 33, 9 February 1933, Page 11
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