Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-11
NOBLE With
SIX MAKING
Land, REPORT
One Man Lost in Crash
Of Italia Latest In
formation Indicates;
Rush Relief

copyright. 1928 by Associated Pressl
nINGS BAY. ~Spitzbcrgen. June IL.
-F-General Umberto Mobile. with
a party Of six men of whom two
are Injured. was reported by the
oitta IN Milan0 to be making his
way today towards land from the
PACK Ice off Northeast Land.
me advices indicated that one Of
tne men originally with the marty
mat was stranded when the bondola
y the diriEible broke free from the
aifsniDs beam. was lost.
LONDON. June lI.-P-An Ex-
cnsnge Telegraph dispatch from Rome
To-Day said that two members of the
ere" OF the dirigible Italia were in
yurea when a gondola snapped from
- oeam- General Umberto Mobile,
and seven men who were IN the Calm
al the time were thrown to the ice.
The other members Of the crew
were either inside the bag or in the
engine cabins at the tine. They
came down on the ice thirty kilo-
meters (ls.6 miles, TO the east.
Both groups were today apparently
not lar from North East Land.
KINGS BAY, Spitzbergen, June IL.
-Al-Adrift on ice foes OF the
polar seas the creS OF the dirigible
italia was in peril today. Radio mes
sages from the crew TO the base shin
Oitta de Milano stressed the necessity
OF speedy rescue.
FOR days tina. seemed to them end
iess' sixteen men of the crew have
peen making their way slowly toward
iand carrying two others who were in
Jured when the airship came down
upon the ice. The eighteen men d.
Viaed into v parties 10 make their
way to safety.
Open water leads among the floes
breaking up made their trek slow
ana dangerous. The wind or sea cur-
rents at times drifted the floes to
the east or south carrying the men
out Of their way. At times the drift
mas been 10 the west bringing the
men nearer TO North East land.
Ice Breakers Needed
Powerful ice breakers were needed
to rescue them. None was available
here and Captain Romanga Of the
Citta di Milano asked the Italian
minister to Norway to request the
Russian government to aid since il
possesses vessels regarded as the
best for battering their way through
70 General umberto Mobile and mis-
~ companions.
"a dispatch from Moscow said that
the soviet rescue commission ordered
what was regarded as the most
powerful ice cutter afloat, the Mala-
gin, held IN readiness, pending defin-
lite orders.)
The sealing ship Hobby today was
locked IN the ice off Nertegen Hook
about lao miles from Foyne island IN
which region the crew OF the Italia
was adrlft. Aboard the vessel were
two Norwegian fliers. Captain Riser
Larsen and Lieutenant Luetzow Holm.
each provided with a seaplane. Ii
was doubtful whether they would be
OF much assistance to the marooned
explorers at present. Captain Riser
Larsen said the planes aid not have
Sapce enough TO carry food for eigh-
teen men. He and Holm intended 10
try and get In touch with the I%talia's
crew but the ice packed around the
Hobby prevented them taking off.
Apparently the IS men were in no
immediate danger since they have
provisions enough for six weeks.
Rescue Plane Delayed
The ice breaker Braganza which
mad been searching for the explorers
sincere word OF their plight reached
Kings Bay was ordered to return
mere 10 be fitted out as a base ship
for flying operations. Ice conditions.
however, prevented the vessel from
making Roadway.
Word was sent to Milan to urge
the flying boat Savoia-55, bearing an
Italian rescue mission. to come
north as speedily as possible. The
plane headed for Zurich. but was pre-
vented By heavy clouds from crossing
the Alps. Taking a roundabout route
by way Of Marseilles il was forced
down on the Rhone river near Lyons,
France.
A dog driver here vas asked by
Commander Romanga if he could
make his way over the ice 70 the
Italia's crew. The driver. named
Smith, said he probably could but the
trip would be extremely dangerous
and take a long time. Smith thought
the best chance Of rescue by dog sled
would be If the marooned men
reached North East Land. from which
point they could be brought 70 safety
BY dog team.
The steamer svaibard. ship OF the
Governor OF the archipelago, twas
sent to Green harhor 20 take on board
a team Of dogs which are descendants
of the animals used by Roald Amund-
sen in the Antarctic. Skis. sledges.
guns and some American military "a
tions which Captain Sir George H.
wilkins left AZ Green Harhor when Ne
landed there in his flight from
Alaska will also he put aboard.
The slcdges will be loaded with
supplies and started across the ice
with dogs IL Captain Riiser-Larsen
and Lieutenant Holm find conditions
to be favorable
Although the Citta di Milano re-
ceived no definite word as 20 the
condition Of the dirigihle. il was as
sumed that the Italia had not been
completely wrecked. This assump-
ton was based on the fact that radio
instruments and instruments for
solar observation were saved and en-
abled General Mobile 70 communi-
cate his position 20 the base ship.
DEAL, Eng.-Myriads Of Holsters
were cast up on the beach by a
heavy tide. and the whole town had
4 free meal.