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YACHT ENDEAVOUR I
SISTER-SHIP'S SKIPPER DEAD
NATURAL CAUSES
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received September 24, 9.30 a.m.) LONDON, September 23. Mr. T. O. M. Sopwith's racing yacht Endeavour I, which broke loose in the Atlantic while being towed from New York, and had been missing for more than a week, is reported to have been found 500 miles south-west of the Azores.
The news was received simultaneously of the death at sea of Captain George Williams, skipper of the Endeavour 11, while en • route from America, from natural causes. His widow received the message at the same time as a letter from Captain Williams stating that he was in good health and looking forward to seeing her shortly.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 74, 24 September 1937, Page 9
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122FOUND IN ATLANTIC Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 74, 24 September 1937, Page 9
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