NORWEGIANS ' ORDEAL.
IN OPEN BOAT FOR 55 HOURS. BOAT CAPSIZED TWICE. (United Press Association—Copyright.. LONDON, November 21. The Copenhagen correspondent of “The Times” says that Denmark anxiously received news of the weekend sinkings “by ruthless mine waifare. The existing Danish mine area has been extended to include' the Great and Little Belts, with provision for day and night fairways. This differs from the procedure in 1914, when Danish waters were' open to both merebantment and warships. Several German mines which broke loose during storms exploded on coining ashore . Twelve survivors of the tor-' pedoed Norwegian tanker Arno Jvjdoe have hem landed at a. British port. Seventeen members of the crow escaped from the sinking ship and were 55 hours in an. open boat before an aeroplane, sighted them and , brought a rescue ship. Twice their frail boat capsized. The first time, they lost all their food and lived for two days on a few drops of water. The second capsize, drowned four, and as they were being taken aboard the rescue vessel another sailor died.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 60, Issue 36, 22 November 1939, Page 6
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