A GALE
IN ENGLISH CHANNEL. (British OffU'ul Wireless.) RUGBY, October 22. Anxiety is felt ior the safety of three young naval officers, McMullin, Keys, and Clnxland, who were caught in a severe channel gale, while returning to Portsmouth from Havrb, in a 16-foot sloop, the Little Owl. The‘vessel was in company with another small vaclit, Wallop, sailed by’tlr/ee other officers, including Paymaster Lieutenant McMullin, a brother of one of the missing men. After encountering terrific seas Hu* officers on the Wallop, who bad previously lost contact with the. Little Owl. were nicked un in an exhausted condition ofF Selscv Hill by the steamer Marv (Men. Sho; tiy at'ce' their rescue the. rode reached a velocity of 70 miles an hour. It is considered ('’at J,, e only hope for tie missing men G that t'-ey ma.v have been picK-l I, r « passing vessel not equioped with wireless.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 October 1932, Page 5
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147A GALE Hokitika Guardian, 25 October 1932, Page 5
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