The Archive · 1936

Thrilling Tale of Rescue

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London, Jan, 17.

The distinguished American explorer, Lincoln Ellsworth, and his London-born companion, Mr. Hollick, Kenyon, who were rescued to-day, after having been missing in Little America for almost two months, are ow safe and well aboard the Royal research ship Discovery 1, according} toa message received by the Colonial Once.

Finding of the lost airmen-explorers for whom hope had. gradually been diminishing, has caused a sensation, and the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. J. H. Thomas, has sent a telegram of congratulations to the' master of Discovery LI on the success of the rescue.

Messages announcing the safety of the missing men were at once com-

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