SEA MYSTERY
FATE OF ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN HATCH-COVERS SIGHTED NEAR CRISTOBAL. SHIP APPARENTLY SUNK BY EXPLOSION. (Recd This Day 11.15 a.m.) LONDON, May 16. Possibly the first clue to the loss of the Anglo-Australian is given by the skipper of the Dalhanna, in a message radioed from Cristobal. He passed two hatch covers on which “AngloAustralian” had been burnt, 23 miles north-east of Cristobal. Sir John Latta, chairman of Lowther, Latta & Co., shipowners, declared that the message was puzzling, as it was not the custom of the company to burn names on hatch covers. Apparently the ship had been destroyed by an explosion. A cablegram from London on May 9 stated that the relatives of the crew of 38 on the London steamer AngloAustralian had been informed that hope had been abandoned and that the vessel was presumed to have sunk in the Atlantic. She left Cardiff on March 8 for Vancouver. A message was received stating that z she had passed the Azores on March 14. Since that time no news had been received of her.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 May 1938, Page 8
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175SEA MYSTERY Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 May 1938, Page 8
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