WAS IT A DISTRESS SIGNAL?
By Telegraph—Press Association CHRISTCHURuH, February 10. An interesting letter, with material in it for a good deal of speculation, has been received by Captain Tnorpe, chief pilot at .Lyttelton, from a resident at Cheviot. The writer States that on Thursday night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, two young men saw a fire at sea. They Were then on Mount Seddon, at an altitude of about 1,000 feet. The fire was estimated to be forty or fifty miles out to sea, . ana though there were three vessels passing at the time it wan probably too far below the horizon for it to be seen from their decks. The blaze lasted for about half an hour It is not considered that the fire observed from the hill should be regarded as serious. On account of its short duration it is suggested as an explanation that a "flare up," which is used as a signal at sea, W3S being burnt. The flare-up, however, is commonly interpreted as a distress signal.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9716, 11 February 1910, Page 5
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172WAS IT A DISTRESS SIGNAL? Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9716, 11 February 1910, Page 5
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