OVERDUE AT MANILA
PAN-AMERICAN AIRWAVS CLIPPER NOTHING HEARD FOR FIVE HOURS. SEARCH BY TRANSPORT VESSEL ORDERED. By Telegraph—Press Association. Copyright. SAN FRANCISCO, July 29. Pan-American Airways have reported that they have not heard from the flying-boat Hawaii Clipper for more than five hours and stated that she was overdue at Manila. It is understood that the United States Army officials at Manila have ordered the transport vessel Meigs to steam at full speed to the clipper’s last given position. HOPES OF RESCUE SIXTEEN PERSONS ABOARD CLIPPER. NAVAL CRAFT TAKING PART. IN SEARCH. (Recd This Day, 10.50 a.m.) SAN FRANCISCO, July 29. Pan-American Airways reported that they had not heard from the Hawaii Clipper for more than five hours and stated that she was overdue at Manila. There are sixteen persons aboard, including a crew of ten. The authorities are convinced that the plane must have been forced down by exhaustion of fuel. They hold out the hope that rescue is yet possible, as the Clipper is capable of alighting, even in a heavy sea and remaining afloat. The plane is provided with sufficient food and water to last for several days and also is fully supplied with emergency foods. It is estimated that the combined foods would last all aboard for fifteen days. The Clipper carried enough fuel to remain aloft until 10 p.m. (Manila time). The night is dark and cloudy and ground crews- have been ordered to remain at their posts. The Naval authorities at Washington stated that the search would be under the control of Admiral Harry Yarnell. They also declared that there were facilities at Manila for a comprehensive search both by sea and air. The Navy announced at Manila that, after taking in fuel, the ‘destroyers Stewart, Edsall and Paul Jones will depart about midnight, via the San Bernardino Straits to search the area east of Samar.
Army officials stated that 'several planes would take off at dawn. The transport vessel Meigs radioed the war department at 12.30 (Manila time) that she found no trace of the Clipper.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 July 1938, Page 5
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343OVERDUE AT MANILA Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 July 1938, Page 5
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