MEN CHOKED BY OIL
CAPSIZED MINESWEEPER SURVIVOR’S STORY (Reed Feb. 12, 2.50 p.m.) LONDON. Feb 11. The survivors of the naval minesweeper, H.M.S. Sphinx, which capsized in heavy weather while being towed to port after the disablement of her engines through enemy air attack reveal that oil which was poured from the vessel to calm the tempestuous seas- choked many of the crew
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20170, 13 February 1940, Page 11
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