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Last week, accompanied by a wireless operator, Sir Charles and "Bill" set out from Sydney in the famed old Southern Cross to fly the stormy Tasman Sea to Wellington, N. Z. Halfway across, the starboard propeller broke off, part of a motor fell into the sea. With the other two motors sputtering, the ship lost altitude rapidly. Sir Charles threw 14,000 lb. of freight overboard, then 34,000 pieces of Jubilee mail. When the Southern Cross continued falling, Sir Charles sent out an SOS, added: "Port motor gone now. . . . Afraid...
...summary of the 150-pound game: HARVARD ANDOVER Sise, l.e. r.e., H. L. Lowe Dryer, Beaumont, Herman, l.t. r.t., Frye Ginsberg, Brooks, l.g. r.g., Sears Shelden, c. c., Dwyer Adams, Uhiselder, r.g. l.g., R. H. Lowe, Dean Balch, Holden, r.t. l.t., Bite McTigue, Lawrence, Brown, r.e. l.e., MacWilliams Dearborn, Tasman, q.b. q.b., Bates, Clark Gallagher, l.h.b. r.h.b., Off Corcoran, Roorbach, r.h.b. l.h.b., Miller Tucker, Churchill, f.b. f.b., Johnson...