A RIVER TRAGEDY
. . _» ROWING'BOAT CUT DOAVN BY TUG. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright , London, xVugusfc 30. Tweiity lads of tlio training-ship Cornwall u'ei'c rowing at Purflcet on tho Thames when.a squall drove a tug upon tho rowing boat, which was cut in halves and sunk immediately.: An officer and sixteen lads wero drowned. The current was too strong for tlio most powerful swimmer.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2555, 1 September 1915, Page 6
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61A RIVER TRAGEDY Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2555, 1 September 1915, Page 6
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