SPANISH WAR
BOMBED & SUNK A BRITISH STEAMER. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). (Received this day at 1.30 p.m.) VALENCIA. June 22. The British steamer, Thorpeness, and the Greek steamer. Sunioti. were bundled ami sunk by rebel planes in an early morning raid. The Thorpeness was previously bundled January 2(1 at Tarragonnn. when seven members of the crew were killed. Captain Ormode, skipper of the Thorpeness. in an interview, said: “I was standing on the bridge when a plane swooped. A bomb hit amidships, shattering the port side Ixiat. and ripping out the steamer's side. Twentylivel members of the crew scrambled into the other boat, and 1 with the remainder, leapt into the water with lilehelts and swam for three hours, when the Suniou picked us up and set us ashore. T had scarcely landed when the Sunion was struck. It is an outrage that after bombing, the plane circled the thorpeness and machinegunned the decks. TliC Thorpeness was anchored miles from the wharves preparatory to unloading a cargo of grain. A Chinese member of the crew is missing.”
Over one hundred bombs were dropped on Barcelona early this morning, causing heavy casualties in the working class districts.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 June 1938, Page 5
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