From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Telegram reporting catastrophic engine failure, with broken connecting rod bearings and piston rings.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 1\4\ B001_X 100a-page241 | |
| Date | 6th March 1933 | |
| POST OFFICE TELEGRAPHS. Telegrams for INLAND addresses may be handed to the messenger who delivers this form. The Post Office accepts telegrams by telephone. This form, and if possible the envelope, should accompany any enquiry respecting this Telegram. x4057 Stamp: DERBY, MR 6 33, Office Stamp, 115 Time of Receipt: V 38 TL To: 1.45 PM MR 6 33 MB Prefix: 70 Origin Information: 170 AES 1245 6 CHATEAUROUX 38 Recipient: = HIVES ROYCAR DERBY Message: = TOP HALF BEARINGS OF ALL CONNECTING RODS METAL BROKEN AWAY THREE FOUR FIVE SIX VERY BAD CANNOT CONTINUE TO RUN STOP SHALL WE GET PARIS TO MAKE BEARINGS STOP TWO TOP PISTON RINGS BROKEN = HANCOCK + Handwritten Initials: NsL, RH{R. Hollingworth} | ||