NINETEEN LIVES LOST
SINKING OF AN OPEN BOAT.
SIX MEMBERS OF ONE FAMILY
(United Press Association—Copyright) ’ LONDON, November 11. There was only one survivor of a party of 20 harvesters who were returning from Scotland to Arranmore Island in an open boat. The boat struck a roelc in the fognear Burton last night, half a mile from the island. Two brothers named Gallagher clung to the upturned boat, and were rescued 11 hours later after terrible suffering. One died soon after his rescue. Four other men and one woman or tlie Gallagher family were among the drowned.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 26, 12 November 1935, Page 5
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