New Britain herald., 1928-06-26
MOBILES PARTY
STILL MAR00NED
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The huge Italian S-55, under COM
mand of Major Maddalena and the
Marina II meanwhile will start to-
ward the east as soon as possible in
search for the missing men of the
balloon party.
Hope of saving the three men
headed by Dr. Finn Malmgren, swed-
ish meteorologist who started for
land on foot almost a month ago is
considered very small.
Mobile Worn Out.
General Umberto Mobile, worn out
by the privations of the last month
and suffering from a broken leg, Is
resting in bed aboard the base ship
Citta Di Milano here, under careful
attention for his injuries and is be-
being kept as free as possible from
the worries of the rescue groups.
Efforts to obtain an interview
with the general today were in vain.
Captain Romagna OF the Citta Di
Milano permitting no one to see the
general.
While the rescue planes, of which
there are a half dozen here, are be-
ing held down by fog, fear for the
safety of the stranded radio party
is not acute inasmuch as the outfit
has plenty of food having killed sew
eral polar bears with the weapons
dropped last week by Major NADIA
lena and the Swedish leader. Cap
tain Tornberg.
The flyers had hoped to make an
other trip to the marooned group
yesterday but found it impossible
because Of the fog.
Ice expeditions are growing easier
for the ship and next week the ex-
petitions base will be moved east
ward to Hinlopen Straight. or per-
haps even farther east or north.
This would place the flyers within
$50 miles Of Foyne Island and with
in easier striking distance of the
marooned men
When the large Swedish and 1tal-
ian airplanes left Kings Bay on Sun
day for Virgo Bay. everything was
quiet in the little mining town.
Causes Excitement.
Shortly afterward however the
town was thrown into excitement by
reports that General Mobile had
been saved and taken to Virgo Bay.
BY chance a small fishing boat
was lying near the quay and aboard
this boat the correspondent for the
Associated Press left for the north
The midnight sun was beaming
and the weather was clear. After six
hours journey the correspondent ar
rived in Virgo Bay at Dane Island.
Sheltered within the bay was the
Citta Di Nilano and close by was
the plane Of Major Maddalena.
The Swedish supply ship Tanja
was near the coast and near it we're
two Swedish planes. in addition to a
second Italian plane.
On Saturday evening Captain
Captain Tornberg. leader of the
Swedish expedition. in his large
Heinl>ler hydro airplane. Lieutenant
Lundborg in a small light Follker
$50 horsepower machine equipped
WIFI SKIS ana lieutenant JdCCDStIl III
another Heinklcr machine, started
on an expedition TO save Mobile and
then pick of Natal Ceccioni, the
motor chief whose leg, had been
broken and Prof, r Behounek, the
Czechoslovakion rneteorologist, who
also had been injured.
The planes landed near Hinlopen
Strait where they renewed their
gasoline supply from stores estab-
lished there and then proceeded di-
rectly 70, Mobiles camp off North
East Land They were directed to
The camp by wireless since it had
been found or previous flights that
il would be impossible to see the
camp if visual directions only were
used
Skillful Landing
From the air Lieutenant LundborE
discovered 4 landing place on the
ice plain measuring 500 Yards by 200
Yards and on this plain made
skillful landing close to the little
red tent in Hhlch the Mobile party
has been living for the last month,
The lieutenant spent one hour or
the ice Noble embraced hin, and