"BRITISH ARE GOOD SPORTSMEN."
The British, says an American jour.l, the " Nautical Gazette," are our neatest competitors on the ocean, but ■ e-have to admit that they,,.are at least jod sportsmen. The Fort St. George, n her way to Bermuda, bumped into ;ie' Olympic in the- Norih River and \-as so damaged that she had to put ack. The' Royal Mail liner. Arcadian, • iSO bound for Bermuda and a rival of ac Fort St. George, passed out safely, .ad was well on her voyage when she oceived a. wireless from the Royal' Mail jhcials in New York to turn back and ;ck up the passengers of the Fort St. eorge, who were prevented by the acdent from continuing the voyage on le ship of their choice. The Arcadian ime back again, took on board the ■assengers of her damaged rival, and arried them to Bermuda. *
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 146, 21 June 1924, Page 24
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