U.S. TROOPSHIP ASHORE
NO CASUALTIES REPORTED (Rec. 10 a.m.) LONDON. May 1. A tug and three lifeboats sped to the aid of the United States troopship Georgetown Victory before dawn to-day, when she went aground at Killard Point, in the Irish Sea, south of Belfast. The ship is holed in two places and taking water. The lifeboats are taking off troops. According to reports at noon to-d-iy from the scene of the wreck of the Georgetown. Victory, rescue work was. .proceeding smoothly, and the men aboard were being taken off as quickly as possible. The Georgetown Victory broke her. back on the receding tide. No casualties are reported.
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Evening Star, Issue 25781, 2 May 1946, Page 4
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