Salvage Contractors Killed.—A salvage contractor. Captain C. H. van Delden, and his chief assistant, on the eve of refloating the stranded City of Lincoln and claiming a large sum for her salvage, were standing on a hatch which blew up while under air pressure. Both were killed. The City of Lincoln was wrecked off Quoin Point, near Cape Town.—Cape Town, January 12. 36 Rescued from Crash.— Thirty-six of the 42 passengers and crew aboard the air liner bound from Hong Kong which crashed in the South China Sea have been rescued so far.—Manila, January 12. ' .
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25082, 14 January 1947, Page 3
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