TOTALLY SUBMERGED
FLYING-BOAT CENTURION
DIVERS HAVING DIFFICULTY
. (Received June 14, 9 a.m.)
CALCUTTA, June 13
The flying-boat Centurion, which sank as it was berthing on the Hooghly at Bally, became totally submerged during the night and shifted 200 yards. Divers and dockers are finding difficulty in raising the ship.
MAIL TO BE FORWARDED AS
IT IS RECOVERED
(Received June 14, 9.30 a.m.)
LONDON, June 13
The Centurion carried all the mail collections made eastward of India. The Post Office announces that salVage work is proceeding and that mail matter will be dried and forwarded to its destination as it is recovered.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 138, 14 June 1939, Page 11
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101TOTALLY SUBMERGED Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 138, 14 June 1939, Page 11
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