User talk:Moleski

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Niku VI:

Team names.

Dates.

File:Portolan Chart copy.png

Upgraded to 1.16.0 --Moleski 14:56, 31 July 2010 (CDT)

Strange problem with cron job -- backup.sh. I shot myself in the foot!

Interesting news articles

• http://tighar.org/smf/index.php/topic,174.msg999.html#msg999
• http://tighar.org/smf/index.php/topic,67.msg2238.html#msg2238

To do Any Day Now

Get possessive fix: Gallagher's

Nutiran Ritiati Noriti Tekibeia Aukairame South Ameriki Aukairame North Taraia Baureke Passage Tatiman Passage

• FTP Upload is broken

How to link to Mediawiki pages: {{Mediawiki|Help:Contents}}

Prettytable example

Foo	Bar	Baz	Quux
100	Cake	Monster in the closet	NO!
Wikipedia	^______^	Darth Vader	42
Moo	1.618033989	Pay your bills	Bach

Box #	Folder ID	Notes
Box	Folder	Notes

Notes to myself

Broken link checker. With the reorganization of tighar.org, many links have been broken. Not sure we can use it ...

BrokenLinks extension. Seems to require 1.14. I've updated to 1.15. It's working now.

• Backing up the whole wiki.
• Upgrading the wiki.

A Python script. Takes a week to get results. :o(

Welcome!

Please forgive me for using this as a practice page. Feel free to comment below.

test table drop

All I did here was to copy and paste the table from the Forum post into the wiki.

This shows that it will tolerate that kind of insertion.

The table lacks interior lines because the .css definitions for the wiki are different from those for the Forum, but I'm sure that that could be relatively easily tweaked.

Depart Lae Airfield	1	7/2/37 0:00	0	0	0	0	-	-	6°34'11.00"S	46°43'34.00"E
EA Radio Transmission	2	7/2/37 4:18	4.3	4.3	-		-	-			7,000
EA Radio Transmission	2	7/2/37 5:19	5.3	1.0	277	277	52	52	7.3 S	150.7 E	10,000

Link revision

Almost all Earhart Project links need "Archives" inserted after "Earhart" and before whatever the link points to. Exceptions:

• AEdescr.html
• AEdescr1.html
• AEdescr2.html
• ameliavideo.html
• currentwork.html
• EarhartFAQs.html
• niku7.html
• solomonsresearch.html
• sponsors.html

(although I think that the Solomons page is dead, the substance having been moved into the Expeditions folder)

All links to TIGHAR Tracks need "Publications" inserted after "tighar.org" and before TTracks.

All links to Finding Amelia need to be configured: ".org/Publications/Books/findingamelia.htm"

All links to the old forum files need to be checked for case problems. The folder is "Forum" and many of the links use "forum."

Norwich City Chronology

2300 Fri 29 Nov	Norwich City hits reef.
0200 Sat 1 Dec	Contact made with Apia, Western Samoa.
0400 Sat 1 Dec	Smoke seen coming from engine room. Crew prepares life boats. Captain Hamer lost overboard.
0515 Sat 1 Dec	Starboard boat lowered, but capsized.Starboard boat lowered, but capsized. Eleven men drowned.
1030 Sat 1 Dec	Swindell ordered to leave Apia to assist the crew.
morning Sat 1 Dec	Camp established. Crew searched for water. Fire started. Three bodies buried. Hamer The beach was very exposed so a camp site was selected some 100 yards into the woods, all hands assisting in carrying provisions etc. Fortunately all those who reached safety were uninjured so we were unhampered in that respect. The boats’ sails were used to make a tent to keep out the rain but when they became saturated rain began to come through making life fairly miserable.
1400 Sat 1 Dec	Trongate departed Apia.
Sun 2 Dec	Hamer The dawn came with the promise of fine weather and shortly afterwards each man was given a dipper of water and the camp was reorganised. A more suitable site was selected and parties told off for various jobs. One party under the Second Officer was told off to obtain water, another for cocoanuts and the remainder to build a shelter. The lifeboat axes came in very useful for this. Small trees were cut down, trimmed and lashed between four large trees in the form of a square. A trellis of smaller trees and branches was formed on top and over this the two sails were spread. Around three sides a barricade was made to keep out the crabs, leaving the lee side open for the fire, which was soon got under way. The ground was cleared of twigs etc., and then covered with leaves over which was placed a couple of blankets and old canvas which had been washed ashore. Altogether it looked and was fairly comfortable.
Mon 3 Dec	Lincoln Ellsworth agrees to rendezvous at Gardner Island.
Tue 4 Dec	Hamer Afterwards several parties set out for the other side of the Island and on their way sighted two steamers coming round to our side. It wasn’t very long before those in camp knew the good news and all were on the beach in no time, sore feet and coral forgotten. To see those two vessels approaching, one from the north and the other from the south was the finest sight I have ever seen. Both had slowed down during the night and made the Island by daylight arriving on the east side, meeting then turning round and arriving at the scene of the wreck about the same time; this would be about 8 a.m. The boat was handled with superb skill, coming through the surf about 200 yards south of the wreck. The two vessels now cruised along the reef in search of a suitable place, the surf near the wreck being far too dangerous. A place was found about 1 1/2 miles south of the wreck, the breakers being not quite so bad, but bad enough to make it anything but a joy ride to get over. We then crossed the lagoon in the boat to where the vessels were waiting on the outside and transported the boat to edge of the reef. Swindell 6:50 a.m.Sighted Gardiner Island. 7.30 sighted Norwich City and crew on beach. 8.30 stopped half mile off wreck. 9.0 launched whale boat, water provisions, boat unable to return. Lincoln Ellsworth motor boat alongside. Steamed ship round south East corner. Launched ships boats, first mate in charge. Lincoln Ellsworth doing same and launching motorboat. Observed boatmen transporting crew and whaleboat across lagoon. Trongate, also Lincoln Ellsworth standing by. 2.30 p.m. Fired rocket line on shore, received message: Send water, biscuits, weather too bad, try tomorrow. 3. p.m. Whale boat successfully over reef. 3 survivors, our boat again ashore, unable take water or stores. Heavy surf, many attempts made to launch unsuccessfully. 6.30. Head south and full away for one and a half hours. 8. 0 Stopped engines for night. Swindell's Statutory Declaration 7. The whale boat succeeded in making the shore in safety. I consider that only wonderful seamanship and courage enabled them to get the boat over the reef and through the heavy breakers between it and the shore. 8. It was a physical impossibility to get the whale boat back to the TRONGATE at that spot, so I steamed along the reef to try to find a better landing. The Motor Ship LINCOLN ELLSWORTH which had arrived to render assistance followed the TRONGATE. 9. When we rounded the south East corner of the Island, I observed the native crew taking the survivors across the lagoon towards the South East.
0900 Tue 4 Dec	Lott We took the stores and water from the surf boat and went to the camp. They told us that it was impossible to go through that surf again so we went to the lee side. The surf boat went across the lagoon. On arrival at the lee side the surf was pretty well as bad. After several attempts with the surf boat they eventually got away with three men. They returned to us again. A rocket line was fired from the Trongate's life boat about 2.30 before the lifeboat had left the island with the three men. The rocket line could not be used for life boat purposes but was used for sending messages with.
0900-1400 Tue 4 Dec	Tichendorf: "After the surf boat had landed both ships circled the island in search of a more suitable place to effect the rescue. A place was found about a mile and a half from the scene of the wreck, the crew and the survivors transporting the surf boat across a lagoon to the waiting vessels. Several attempts were made in the afternoon. One boat with three men was taken to safety. The boat returned, and several more attempts were made, but were unsuccessful. After the boat capsized, it was decided to wait until next day." The Whale boat crossed the lagoon to a position near the ships. Lincoln Ellsworth launched a motor boat; the Trongate launched a motor boat.
1430 Tue 4 Dec	Hamer: "Send water, biscuits--weather too bad--try tomorrow."
1500 Tue 4 Dec	Three survivors taken across the reef.
1800 Tue 4 Dec	All other rescue attempts failed. Natives cooked crabs and birds for dinner.
1200 Wed 5 Dec	Three more survivors rescued. Hamer thought a seaplane would be needed, and asked for more provisions. "Enough for a month" were supplied. Five more crossings made that afternoon.
1415 Wed 5 Dec	Last of the survivors aboard Trongate.

Links

• Cover Letter to the Board of Trade, London.
• Statement of Henry Cleveland Lott, Second Officer, S.S. Norwich City.
• Statement of John Harry Swindell, Master, S.S. Trongate.
• Statement of Daniel Hamer, Master, S.S. Norwich City.
• Statutory Declaration by J. H. Swindell, Master, S.S. Trongate.
• Position Report describing condition and location of S.S. Norwich City.
• Report of J. Thomas, First Officer, S.S. Norwich City.
• Crew List.