A TOTAL LOSS
LINER “NORMANDIE.'* NO INSURANCE. (Rec. 12.8.) NEW YORK, Feb 17. Rear Admiral Andrews Commandant in the New York District, has acknowledged the uit - mate loss of the liner “Normandie in a letter to the Mayor ot New York, Mr La Guardia, thanking the local firemen for their work in combating the flames, which eventually caused the ship to topple over. “The Weekly Underwriter,’’ an insurance publication, declared ,tpday that there is no insurance on the “Normandie.” She was valued at sixty million dollars. There had
been no insurance since the United States had taken over the vessel as a naval auxiliary. Therefore its status at the time of the fire was that of a warship. The publication added that the ship is not salvageable.
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Grey River Argus, 18 February 1942, Page 3
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