S.O.S. SIGNALS.
FROM SINKING STEAMER
> Wellington, June 4
The post office has received a message from the radio station at Awanni, stating that S.O.S. calls had been received from the steamer Trevessa, at 7.36 u.m. in latitude 28.45 south, 85.42 east.
The message slated that the Trevessa was going down, and asking for help immediately. The Treginna is going to their assistance. but is 400 miles away.
At 8.3 a message from the Trevessa stated that the vessel was settling down and the occupants were going to the boats. At 8.6 the Trevessa was still calling S.O.S. but the signal faded with daylight. The disaster occurred in the Indian Ocean, 4,000 miles away. The Trevessa, a British steamer of 5,004 tons, owned by the Hains Steamship Company, was, when the series of messages ended, settling down, and the. crew were taking to the boats. The messages were all picked up by the Awanni (North Auckland) wireless station and repealed to the Chief Post Office.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2589, 5 June 1923, Page 3
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164S.O.S. SIGNALS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2589, 5 June 1923, Page 3
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