LOSS OF THE PERSIA
AMERICA'S PROBABLE DEMAND By TclesraDlt—Press Association—Copyrislit ' New York, January 5. ! According to tho "Evening Post," ' America will probably demand the j execution of the commander of the submarine which sank the Persia. j MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. AFTER THIRTY-TWO HOURS. j London, January 5. Colonel Lord Montagu cables that'he had a miraculous escape after the,sinking of the Persia. He clung to a broken boat for thirty-two hours, and was rescued late ou Friday night by a ; million-to-one chance. ...Nineteen p<Jople were alive in. the boat at sunset on ' Thursday, arid' only oleven were still alive on Friday. The Persia's officers ! : and crew did all that was possible. . !
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2663, 7 January 1916, Page 5
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109LOSS OF THE PERSIA Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2663, 7 January 1916, Page 5
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