Thirty-eight Fishermen Believed Drowned
TWO VESSELS SINK AFTER BOW-ON COLLISION
United Press Association. —By Elects Telegraph.—Copyright. Received Friday, 11.40 p.m. BOSTON, May 12. As the result of a bow-on collision between two fishing vessels 115 miles from Boston, 38 fishermen are missing and are believed to be drowned. Nine were rescued. Both vessels sank quickly. The survivors, dressed only in night clothes, were near collapse after 24 hpurs in open boats.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 111, 13 May 1939, Page 5
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