HAWKER'S FATE
INDEFINITE REPORTS
WHAT A CABLESHIP SAW!
By Telesraph—Pro'sii Association— Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.
(.Received May 25, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, May 23
A wireless Press message states that the cableship Faraday sighted the red light of an aeroplane 55.28 degrees north, 30.02 degrees west, in the early hours of Monday roughly in a direct line midway between St. John's arid Valencia.
(R-eceived May 25, 11.5 p.m.) LONDON, May 24.
The stoamer Tactician, which picked up':the Faraday's wireless, states that "shortly after the message was received the vessel encountered a heavy cyclone. Other ships report a cyclone on Monday, in mid-Atlantic. . The Sopwith Company states that Hawker did not carry red lights, What the Faraday saw may have been a flame from tha engine's exhaust pipes, "DAILY MAIL'S" GENEROUS \a ~. ~., : OFFER. LONDON, May 22. While not abandoning hope of the survival of the airmen, the "Daily Mail" has -offered to divide the prize of £IO,OOO between Mrs Hawker and. Lieutenant Grieves's next-of-kin. The paper, offers a further £lo,ooo,for the transatlantic flight contest.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10289, 26 May 1919, Page 5
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174HAWKER'S FATE New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10289, 26 May 1919, Page 5
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