CHRISTMAS GHOSTS
RANSACK SHIP AT NIGHT
AN EXTRAORDINARY THEORY
(U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright) '(Received Jan. 1, 5-5 ip.m.) , LONDON, Dec. 31
What resembles a plot of one of W. W. Jacobs’ stories was disclosed in all seriousness when the British ship Timberham berthed at Blyfli Harbor on arrival from Belgium. The crew said that they retired to their bunks on Christmas Eve all shipshape, but woke up in. the morning to find the ship ransacked. ICaptain Jones added that the vessel was in a, state of chaos. Furniture and gear were scattered and provisions and clothing stolon. He' believes tho officers and crew were doped by a, mysterious drug sprayed through the keyholes by thieves, who drew alongside in the course of the. night.
A Seamen’s Union official declares that robberies from British sailors in Belgian ports are becoming common.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11403, 2 January 1931, Page 5
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