400 In Craft Built For 50
STOCKHOLM, Sept 25 (Rec. 1 p.m.).—Four hundred Baltic refugees have sailed from Gothenburg for Canada in a former British landing craft, built to carry 50 persons, says a United Press report. The refugees, including 50 children, decided to sail without a permit after waiting for several months in vain for a certificate of seaworthiness from the authorities, who refused it because there were too many passengers.
A coastguard cutter was sent to intercept the craft, but the refugees ignored the orders to return.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 26 September 1949, Page 5
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