Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-09-06 | Page 1 | Redfern Seen and Caribbean, Ship Reports

i C 4 frad iia v I LLOYD LOY D Af R. R AU P Redfern Seen on Caribbean Ship Reports Flier Dropped 3 Notes Asking Direction of 01 South American Mainland NEW ORLEANS Sep SeE 6 6 Ar P Renewed R hope that R. R Redfern Redfern Red Red- fern had reached the South Amen Ame I. I can was expressed h here re today with the report of sighting the plane pane b by officers of the Nor Nor- eglan steamship Christian Krohg The ship was proceeding from PortAu Au Spain TrinIdad to King King- J Jamaica on August 26 when the drone ot of an airplane motor was wash h heard ard overhead officers said sald The rhe plane dIpped to within haIlIng die talc and dropped a note enclosed in around pasteboard box boic they aliI ali as- I I A boat put pat oft off from the ship to in retrieve the note but before It haP ha been the flier mer had drol dropped ped a second and thIrd Each of or them that the ship be pointed towa toward d the mainland and one of the missives asked that the distance De be signaled The third note was sig d Redfern thanks They with his request officers said pointing the shIp westward and Indicating to the flier that the nearest land was miles away The flier filer circled bout about the ship about fifty minutes before wheeling the plane In the dIrection they had IndIcated and speeding away toward the The weather was perfect for flying fly fly- Ing they said and the motor in perfect condItion At the time the flier was sighted officers said that the ship was miles east 0 of the Vent Venezuelan coast and miles from the group ot 01 Islands of which Cayo Grande ana anaE El E Roque are the largest O On er Cr of these Islands they said could the tIler have obtained a new sup sup- of gasoline had his b been en Ce- Ce The name of the plane was re corded l ir the tue g as Bruns wl wick Brazil k-Br k zU from th the Br BrazIl to Inscription on the fuselage fuselage fuse fuse- lage The n number also was noted In th the log e